Comments on: Catch up post http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2005/12/catch-up-post/ The Virtual Investor Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:44:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom Dolan http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2005/12/catch-up-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1771 Tom Dolan Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:28:11 +0000 http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/12/29/catch-up-post/#comment-1771 If you want to catch up on what life is like outside after six years in the beeb, give me a shout. (Well, outside at other broadcasters anyway... :-) If you want to catch up on what life is like outside after six years in the beeb, give me a shout. (Well, outside at other broadcasters anyway… :-)

]]> By: Ian Forrester http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2005/12/catch-up-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 Ian Forrester Mon, 02 Jan 2006 03:14:08 +0000 http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/12/29/catch-up-post/#comment-1743 Good on you Ben, I was going to also echo the need to use a non microsoft word format. Plain text, HTML and even XML (or Microformats) will be a good idea to make it more accessable to non human eyes. 6 years at the BBC, wow! I think theres certainly a time to make a break and the BBC is a good enough place to come back to at a later date if you feel the need to do some public good. I wish the industry didnt evolve around SF but it simply does and although we like think we can work from anywhere, a move sounds like a good idea. Becareful of all those laws against creativity however... Good on you Ben, I was going to also echo the need to use a non microsoft word format. Plain text, HTML and even XML (or Microformats) will be a good idea to make it more accessable to non human eyes.

6 years at the BBC, wow! I think theres certainly a time to make a break and the BBC is a good enough place to come back to at a later date if you feel the need to do some public good.

I wish the industry didnt evolve around SF but it simply does and although we like think we can work from anywhere, a move sounds like a good idea. Becareful of all those laws against creativity however…

]]> By: Nancy White http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2005/12/catch-up-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 Nancy White Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:39:56 +0000 http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/12/29/catch-up-post/#comment-1741 Ben, good luck w/ the Hep C portal. It will be a success. You might want to peek at a sort of related effort at http://www.shareyourstory.org - where blogs and discussions are combined. This is with a very non techie audience which bolsters my confidence of adoption for those who want to participate even if they are not early adopters. But of course at the BBC, you already know that! Ben, good luck w/ the Hep C portal. It will be a success. You might want to peek at a sort of related effort at http://www.shareyourstory.org – where blogs and discussions are combined. This is with a very non techie audience which bolsters my confidence of adoption for those who want to participate even if they are not early adopters. But of course at the BBC, you already know that!

]]> By: frosty http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2005/12/catch-up-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1735 frosty Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:35:03 +0000 http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/12/29/catch-up-post/#comment-1735 hey ben, although it would be brilliantly ironic if you worked for 6A... the main places to look for jobs out here in the SF area are people-you-know, and craigslist. the first is your best bet, the second is pretty good, and all the others (yahoo, etc etc) are worth checking/aggregating but for the most part, anyone you'd actually want to work for will post on craigslist in addition to wherever else they post. also, you should put up a plain-text or HTML CV. around here you have to have a .doc to send to the recruiters, but people don't want to click on that. good luck. san francisco's a great place to live... so resist the temptation to work in the valley! hey ben,

although it would be brilliantly ironic if you worked for 6A…

the main places to look for jobs out here in the SF area are people-you-know, and craigslist. the first is your best bet, the second is pretty good, and all the others (yahoo, etc etc) are worth checking/aggregating but for the most part, anyone you’d actually want to work for will post on craigslist in addition to wherever else they post.

also, you should put up a plain-text or HTML CV. around here you have to have a .doc to send to the recruiters, but people don’t want to click on that.

good luck. san francisco’s a great place to live… so resist the temptation to work in the valley!

]]> By: Anil http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2005/12/catch-up-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1734 Anil Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:46:57 +0000 http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/12/29/catch-up-post/#comment-1734 "I certainly can’t see me working for SixApart, for example!" What's that, you don't think we could use your help? :) “I certainly can’t see me working for SixApart, for example!”

What’s that, you don’t think we could use your help? :)

]]> By: hugh macleod http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2005/12/catch-up-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1733 hugh macleod Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:22:54 +0000 http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/12/29/catch-up-post/#comment-1733 Yeah, Happy New Year, Buddy =) Yeah, Happy New Year, Buddy =)

]]> By: Ben http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2005/12/catch-up-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1732 Ben Sat, 31 Dec 2005 15:53:10 +0000 http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/12/29/catch-up-post/#comment-1732 Seasons greetings to you too Hugh. :) Seasons greetings to you too Hugh.

:)

]]> By: hugh macleod http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2005/12/catch-up-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1722 hugh macleod Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:34:29 +0000 http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/12/29/catch-up-post/#comment-1722 Three points: 1. I'm appalled to see you using your blog to plug your own agenda (even if by doing so, you may be taking food from the mouth of the "most qualified" candidate). 2. Glad to see I'm not the only one polluting the blogosphere with my pimping, whoring ways ;-) 3. What the hell, I blogged you anyway: http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/002114.html Like you said to me once, it's all good ;-) Three points:

1. I’m appalled to see you using your blog to plug your own agenda (even if by doing so, you may be taking food from the mouth of the “most qualified” candidate).

2. Glad to see I’m not the only one polluting the blogosphere with my pimping, whoring ways ;-)

3. What the hell, I blogged you anyway:

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/002114.html

Like you said to me once, it’s all good ;-)

]]> By: Jeremiah Owyang http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2005/12/catch-up-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 Jeremiah Owyang Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:41:26 +0000 http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/index.php/2005/12/29/catch-up-post/#comment-1720 Interesting Resume, its quite enchanting and refreshing, esp your admission to being dyslexic in the last section. Without a doubt, you're an open and honest guy, pretty interesting. Have you tried simplyhired.com, my buddy Damon works there and turned me onto that tool, pretty cool as it aggregates many of the job feeds into one location. Good luck Ben, look me up if you make it to SF, I'm in the bay area myself. Interesting Resume, its quite enchanting and refreshing, esp your admission to being dyslexic in the last section.

Without a doubt, you’re an open and honest guy, pretty interesting.

Have you tried simplyhired.com, my buddy Damon works there and turned me onto that tool, pretty cool as it aggregates many of the job feeds into one location.

Good luck Ben, look me up if you make it to SF, I’m in the bay area myself.

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