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Posted March 9th, 2010 by justBcoz in Finances, Gadgets 'n Stuff, Work
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Is there anything worse than a borked computer?
I think not!
You know how my machine crashed a few weeks ago and I lost all that data? Well, this morning it started doing some REALLY weird shit and rather than risk having it crash again, I decided to go out and buy a new iMac.
I was going [...]

Posted March 3rd, 2010 by justBcoz in Work
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Happy 10th Birthday to The Forge Web Creations!
Actually, I’ve been a free agent for a bit longer than that but my CC was officially registered a decade ago.
So, who woulda thunk, eh? A chickie with no formal training, no qualifications, no mentor and no investors decided to start her own web agency and actually made [...]

Posted February 10th, 2010 by justBcoz in Work
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It had to happen sometime, I suppose. For the first time ever since I’ve been working on a computer – about 17 years now – a hard drive has bombed out on me.
AAAARGH!
My iMac, the one my Dad sold to me a few years ago, has given up the ghost. The HDD hasbeen sent off [...]

Posted February 1st, 2010 by justBcoz in Work
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Nope. It seems like no-one wants a foot in the proverbial door.
Strangeness. I’m normally inundated with CV’s and at the moment, there’s NOTHING.
Which seriously sucks because with 40 new sites coming in each week, we really DO need new people!
Well, I’m not going to panic. These things always have a way of working themselves out [...]

Posted January 20th, 2010 by justBcoz in Work
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If you’ve spotted my tweets about me looking for new talent at The Forge Web Creations, you might want to know a little more about what the work entails in particular, and about working for me in general.
Firstly, let me just say upfront that this is NOT sexy work. This is entry-level, basic front-end development. [...]

Posted September 21st, 2009 by justBcoz in Work
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Today is not going to go down as a ripper.
Unfortunately, I’ve lost a team member. He resigned last week, just prior to a disciplinary hearing and this morning I decided to pay him out for his notice period so that he could leave immediately and receive no further blemish on his record.
That was a tough [...]