Categories rant

Bad, Warren Ellis, Bad

I love Warren Eliis’ writing. He is a truly sick man who should be locked up far away from animals and little children. But he is an amazing writer. But I have caught him twice now, letting me down, by reporting only part of a story, which results in a Continue Reading

Categories design

my kingdom for a name

What the hell do I call my company? It’s a stupid little thing that I absolutely hate obsessing over. It’s such a ridiculous detail. But I need to get business cards printed. I need to put up a website and get email working. I do want something I won’t mind Continue Reading

Categories design

motivational speakers

Not to mention, that every successful businessperson I’ve ever heard speak suggests, that once you’ve found your passion, You write down your goals and how you plan to achieve them. You don’t have to like Trump as a person to see that he knows business. Something my last boss never Continue Reading

Categories design

The end.

I’m seriously into starting my own business. I am in a kind-of-forced-self-instigated-leaving-of-my-job thing. I’ve got about 3 weeks left before I HAVE to go. (Which conveniently coincides with both an annual trip and my upcoming jury duty.) After that… nothing. I started out looking for a job. Duh. Applied for Continue Reading

Categories reference

More definitions

Brought to you by the need to understand what Warren Ellis is talking about. You know when your parents told you about “baaaaaaad men”? That’s Warren Ellis. bint — n. British slang for a woman or girl, but it is always disparaging and offensive and signals the user as lower Continue Reading

Categories art

Purge.

When did we invent salespeople? The professional salesperson is one of those people I love to hate. They’re the people who are all about the sales and nothing about the thing they’re selling. They read books by famous salespeople, who haven’t, you know, sold anything in years except those books. Continue Reading