Post 31:08 Feeling apprehensive about my first ever greatest hits show

March 31, 2008 in Age, Music, staycooldad

For ages I have resisted the idea of going to concerts at which (often reformed) bands I grew up with play their greatest hits on their Superannuation Tours, to audiences comprised largely of forty-somethings trying to remember what it was like to be a teenager. I generally try to look forward, so have shunned this [...]

Post 30:08 The new logo was a waste of time after all (for the marketing industry, anyway)

March 26, 2008 in Freelance life, P-aaaaargh!, Worst Pitch Ever?

Check out Post 27:08.
I did indeed do it as a phoner and am happy that I did.
It turns out there was never any intention to discuss news.
The main theme of the phoner was that virtualisation creates backup problems. The discussion of the new logo revealed two interesting nuggetoids, the first being that it took 18 [...]

Post 29:08 Fired!

March 18, 2008 in Freelance life, Sport

I’ve been fired by my only pro bono client, the Newtown Jets.
For the last three years, I have written match previews for ‘The Jet Base Rag,’ a wee magazine the club distributes at home games.
I’ve used it to channel HG and Roy into a torrent of Rugby League cliche. It’s been fun.
But the powers that [...]

Post 28:08 Go on. Sponsor my podcast

March 17, 2008 in Freelance life, Organised begging, Uncategorized

Some readers may know that I now podcast.
It’s called SmartCall and it’s a weekly half hour about the customer service and contact centre industries.
Listen to it here, if you dare. You’ll be one of a surprising number of folks tuning in.
Long story short, we are looking for sponsors. Drop me a line of you or [...]

Post 27:08 New logos

March 17, 2008 in Freelance life, P-aaaaargh!, Work, Worst Pitch Ever?

I was invited to an event last week at which the vendor in question has announced it will unveil its new logo.
That’s right. A new logo. (A few weeks after it was unveiled in the USA)
The company’s name begins with “N”. The new logo is a big “N”.
Apparently the event will also explain why [...]

Post 26:08 Whys Up

March 13, 2008 in Freelance life, P-aaaaargh!, Work, Worst Pitch Ever?

I did an interview yesterday that lasted six minutes.
The brevity is explained by the fact that I had heard all of the interviewee’s arguments before, from others.
That’s not unusual for me these days, because so many interviews seem to me to have very little “why” to them.
Let me explain.
Journalism 101 says that journalism is all [...]

Post 25:08 Signing my life away

March 11, 2008 in Bicycles, Random, Sport

I’ve signed some scary documents lately.
One, which I signed last night, declared that as I am now a Volunteer Under 7 Soccer Team Manager I have not ever been convicted of a child sex offense. If I have lied about this and am found to be a sex offender who comes within a mile of [...]

Post 24:08 Why is my hair is so valuable?

March 5, 2008 in Freelance life, Organised begging

There’s no getting away from it: I am a hairy man.
But it seems my hair is more valuable than you would imagine.
When I grew this horror for Movember last year I raised a few hundred bucks.
And I have just come back from the Kickstart Forum at which folks paid nearly $1000 to see my [...]