I met Fabian Kruse, The Friendly Anarchist, online in February 2010, and I was initially drawn to his website because of the terrific name. I stuck around, though, for his well-thought-out posts on subjects like becoming a “productive night owl” and tempo giusto freelancing (sort of a “slow food” movement for work). Fabian and I [...]
While summer’s quickly slipping away, I’ve started slowing down, trying to stay present and enjoy the beautiful weather and lazy pace of August. Here are a few things that are making me happy right now: If you’re needing to slow down and get creative this month… The August Break Susannah Conway’s running The August Break, [...]
One of the great things about not having a plan for Rock Unemployment is that I get to check out all of the awesome folks online who are doing cool stuff. After all, being between gigs isn’t *always* about sitting on the couch, watching Dance Your Ass Off… right? Today, via Super Duper Fantastic—who I [...]
… and I couldn’t be happier. Bear with me, since this post is going to be all about me. (Look! I’ve already used “me” twice in a sentence!) Yesterday, I broke apart the Rock Unemployment site. Today, I’m taking down the Twitter feed. I’m killing off the Disqus comments, too, and returning to the standard [...]
This morning, Sam Bennett and I had a chat about creativity, organization, and getting geared up for your next project or job search. We had such a great time, I’m posting the whole 30-minute conversation here, unedited. Click through to listen!