I'm a big believer in writing scripts for important occasions; the first time that I presented at the ATA annual conference (a presentation on free and open source software at the 2004 ATA conference in Toronto), I typed out every single word I was going to say, including a few pre-scripted jokes. … [Read more...] about The importance of scripts
Link: living on an irregular income
Get Rich Slowly has a great post on How to budget for an irregular income; it's definitely worth a read on your coffee break. Two of J.D.'s tips that I particularly agree with are: Use separate business and personal accounts and pay yourself from the business account as if you were an employee. I … [Read more...] about Link: living on an irregular income
Guest post: project manager pet peeves
The recent guest post on Translator pet peeves generated so much interest that I thought it would be interesting to let other players in the industry vent, I mean share their thoughts as well. The following guest post is by Paula Dieli; her bio appears after the post. These pet peeves include my … [Read more...] about Guest post: project manager pet peeves
Self-publishing with Lulu
Thanks to Andrew Bell for suggesting this post idea! Years ago, becoming a published author was a really big deal; one had to write up a book proposal, find an agent, shop the book around to various publishing houses and hope that one of them would sign on to publish the book. In the traditional … [Read more...] about Self-publishing with Lulu
Some interesting links
If you're looking for some coffee break reading, you might want to check out: Paula Dieli's new blog Essential Project Management. Paula just launched this blog, and as far as I know it's the only one devoted to translation/localization project management. Get Rich Slowly on The high cost of … [Read more...] about Some interesting links