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10/10/04--15:00: View out my office window (chan 1412661)

I seem to be followed around by a construction fairy who strews construction sites in my path wherever I go. This is the view from my office as of 25 June 2004. You’re looking North from Commerce Valley Road west towards Highway 7, just west of Leslie Street. There’s quite a pleasant field there. This [...]


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02/07/06--16:53: Sudden contract (chan 1412661)

Suddenly I’m working on a short and fairly intense contract to produce timely documentation for a fast-paced contract, so you won’t hear much from me. I even skipped the monthly meeting of my professional society. Luckily, I can sign in from my home office and work remotely. Status: busy


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05/05/06--16:00: Workplace (chan 1412661)

This is “the office” for this month – an impressive building at Progress & Brimley in the former borough of Scarborough.


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06/02/06--17:00: View out my office window (chan 1412661)

This is the view as of 2 June 2006. When I started this contract, it was a nice green square with a couple of rows of pine trees. Within a week, the trees were being bulldozed and the whole thing was a construction site. I tell you, the construction fairy is following me around!


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10/19/06--18:00: My office space, October 2006 (chan 1412661)

This is my desk at ExtendMedia. They have a beautiful, open-concept office in an historic building with high ceilings and post-and-beam construction. The office is relatively dim, with task-area lighting for everyone. I have a flat-screen monitor and an upright wire file for keeping my work organized.


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03/26/07--17:23: Work work work (chan 1412661)

I’m in the last week of my contract. March 31 is the end of their fiscal year, so projects and contracts tend to wind up then, to be continued later, perhaps. I should be looking for another contract but so far I’m quite busy with this one.


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07/31/08--17:30: My contract has been extended (chan 1412661)

My initial contract was for six weeks, ending August 8. It’s now been doubled to September 19. Our team is creating a wiki and writing training materials for a technical support group with many varied applications to support.


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my office space at TorStar

11/12/08--21:21: Office (chan 1412661)

The setup at the Brampton office: The IT department had a computer up and running for me on the first day. Posted in employment, personal Tagged: office


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