POST-ITS: PAPER IS NOT DEAD
random post-its from my sketchbook
NYTimes article on Post-It notes:
In 1980, when the 3M company introduced the Post-it, no one could have foreseen the effect the 3-by-5-inch Valium-colored rectangle would have on domestic life. Its beginnings were folkloric: 40 years ago, Spencer Silver, a scientist at 3M, discovered the imperfect adhesive that would adorn the Post-it; it took another six years for Art Fry, another 3M scientist, to find the application for this half glue, which came in a flash of inspiration after the bookmarks for his church hymnal kept falling out.
Nothing is more of a blessing at work than an inexhaustible supply of Post-It notes, especially when you don’t have your sketchbook handy.
BECAUSE THIS BLOG HAS SEEMED TOO MUCH LIKE A BLOG RECENTLY…
…here is a sketchbook page I drew half-asleep at 1:30 last night:
Should I be posting pages like this in the middle of a job search? Should I be posting pages like this at all? Probably not. But why not? Shouldn’t we all be honest with each other?
Looking for work sucks. It sucks horribly. The worst part is figuring out how to fit what it is that you do into language that a hiring manager can dig.
And quite honestly, I’m sympathetic with hiring managers. I’m sympathetic with all participants in the hiring process. How do we communicate what we’re looking for? How can we get on the same page? Finding work sure is a pain in the ass, so I can imagine hiring good workers must be a real pain in the ass, too.
I did a re-tooling of my sidebar on this page to try to distill what it is that I do and do well into a few sentences. I want to make my living communicating with pictures and words. It’s that simple. Communicating with pictures and words. That’s my passion, that’s my skill.
“But we need health care” is the punchline to our lives.
AT BREAKFAST, THIS MORNING
It’s my opinion that every couple should go out to breakfast at least once a week, if they can afford it. (The breakfast special at the Inn on Coventry is $3.35 or something.)
LUNCH WITH HARVEY AND JOYCE
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