Interviews and a Taste for the Rising Sun

Yesterday (today since I haven’t gone to sleep yet), was one heck of a busy day. The kind folks at Hireglyphics managed to setup two interviews today. One with a major interactive agency in downtown Toronto, another with a mobile/web development house in Mississauga.

The first interview could of gone better. But I should of done more programming these past few months. So very much mea culpea. However I’m glad the company thought well enough of me to interview me. And I do know what to improve upon both technically and personally. To celebrate/mourn the interview I dragged poor Caroline for sushi lunch. Great food and amazing company, thanks so much Caroline!

The second interview turned out awesome. I feel I really connected and showed that while I’m not an experienced mobile developer, I am an experience developer who can work in any language, platform or paradigm. The opportunity to get into mobile computing excites me to no end. And the job description sounds compelling. Feeling a bit peckish afterwards, so I went to one of my favourite Japanese restaurants for teriyaki. Awesome as always, and I got the bonus of meeting with and catching up with Rudy afterwards.

So why am I writing all this? This whole day and my career situation has really solidified in my head. I spent a good chunk of the day, recording all of my progress in job hunting. I know where I am at, and where I’d like to be. I like it that quite a few different companies expressed interest in me. Also I am so thankful for having such awesome people as my friends. While I can point to many, many aspects in my life that need work on, I am lucky to have amazing, supportive friends. Finally I am thoroughly in love with Japanese food and coffee.

Upgraded to WordPress 3!

Well after a long wait, I finally upgraded to WordPress 3. Amazing is all I can say. However rather than doing a simple upgrade, I decided it was time for a fresh install. Just in case, and to get rid of any old configurations or scripts that might cause problems. I still plan on adjusting the theme and fixing the categories which magically exploded from some reason.

Dents for 2010-07-28

A Day in the Life of Dorian for 2010-07-27

  • Can’t sleep for some reason. Time to catch up on a few things. #
  • Oof! Not sleeping is not the best tactic to catch up. Today I really appreciate the wonderful invention that is coffee. #
  • Buried alive by my email and Facebook. This is what happens when your schedule is not your own… #

A Day in the Life of Dorian for 2010-07-15

  • You know you are an organization freak when… you bust out a banker box, buy a ton of file folders and start filing ALL your records. #
  • For the record, Jono and Aq, I’m devasted to hear the end of the #shotofjaq. 🙁 Now what will I listen to? Thanks for the awesome run! 🙂 #
  • Note to self: Getting rid of passwords on PDFs: http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2010/07/13/removing-the-password-from-a-pdf/ #
  • And so it begins. Time to take out some TODO lists. #
  • @bkuhn My, my look at who just became the grumpy old man. 😛 And that is an awesome tag: #GETOFFMYLAWN 😀 #
  • Downloading the new !opensuse 11.3. Wish I could a simple upgrade though… #