Technology In The Gap

One of the things that every technology blog needs is a way to show code.

So, I think I’ve found a plugin that should do this quite well.

C#

printf(“Hello World”);

Did that work?

I don’t know how many of you use Windows Live Writer to write web posts, but today, as I was writing about Polygamy and Divorce I noticed that I was having the same problem I had when I tried to post about Christa Taylor’s Summer Sale:  My images were not loading from Windows Live Writer.

For the Christa Taylor post, I simply created the post, and then uploaded the image and used the WordPress interface to create the post.  Today, when it happened on MInTheGap I decided I needed to fix it.

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If you haven’t used an instant messenger, raise your hand.  Put it down—I can’t see it and you just made yourself look silly.

Most people today have used some form of instant messaging—whether it’s through a downloaded application or through Facebook, communication has never quite been the same since this technology came out in the 1990s.

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I was wondering how easily it would be to get paid from a free lancing company like Elance and now I know.  After completing the work last Thursday, I received the check today from the company.  That’s pretty quick!

So, now I’m out there again looking for jobs that an be done, and wondering what the next gig I get will be.  I am also curious as to how follow-up work is done.  The company I just finished working for said that they’d have a phase 2.  I wonder if I have to bid, or whether they’ll just come to me!

One of the things that I’ve wanted to do for some time was to free lance.  The romantic notion that one could code from home, in their spare time no less, and make money has always been something that’s appealed to me.

I guess that’s partly because of the way I’m wired.  I’m a family guy—and having children and a family I believe that I should be spending time with them, and you can’t do that effectively if you’re married to a job or making long distance commutes.

So, when I lost my job last winter, and again this summer, I took it as an opportunity to get a chance to try out the realm of freelancing and see if my skills were something that were in demand and if there was money to be made that way.

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