by Dave | Feb 22, 2011 | Job search
I do not want a job that is out of my league – that would be too stressful and counter-productive – it is more a question of getting a job that appears to be out of my league. How to get through the mass of applicants, to get to interview where my talent...
by Dave | Feb 20, 2011 | Computing
We all know that we should back up. We have all heard stories of people losing their thesis, homework, whatever without having a backup. But, still, do you have an adequate backup strategy? One of the reasons that I like OS X is that backup is easy using Time Machine....
by Dave | Feb 20, 2011 | Computing
More inspiration from Lifehacker, this time on writing code. I wrote my first code in 1982 on an Apple II (with a whopping 16kb memory) using BASIC. Since then I have very occasionally dabbled with other languages including Pascal, Visual Basic, macro and script...
by Dave | Feb 13, 2011 | Photography
Yesterday I attended a one day “Basic Photoshop” course. If you didn’t you might find these posts from Lifehacker useful. http://lifehacker.com/#!5753459/learn-the-basics-of-photoshop-in-under-25-minutes...
by Dave | Feb 3, 2011 | Job search
In the last few months I have received a lot of advice on writing a good resume, this is Lifehacker’s spin on the subject. Of course, some of it is conflicting (include a photo/do not include a photo) but one consistent point is “keep it brief”,...
