Episode 038: A Tale of Two Countries
Thu 23 Oct 2008 – 22.49
In this long-overdue episode, Scott chats with London, Ontario-based graphic designer John Leschinski about the design industry on both sides of the border. Unfortunately, it does break into some complaining, but the themes are worth contemplating.
With guest appearances from Firefighter Chick and Dustin “Arcatacat,” there’s plenty of career talk from disgruntled twentysomethings to go around.
Recorded way back in April 2008, so apologies for the long delay. Although somehow the timeliness seems to fit with current events. Maybe I’m just ahead of my time.
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Podcast Awards — don’t forget to vote
Canadians Keith McNally and Beer Chick
Freelancing wastes tons of time
John Leschinski, Canadian graphic designer
McNally’s “sitting-on-the-curb” cast
Read it in HOW, maybe
Non-New York design culture
Pentagram’s New York work (here and here, for instance)
specialist vs. generalist
Firefighter Chick, and the Nova Scotian Firefighting ranks
Closing Fire Stations in New York
The Running Man
when Homer joined the Naval Reserve
the last episode with Kristen Fischer
Barack Obama’s book (The Audacity of Hope)
job retraining
gotta love the New York Sanitation Department
Michelin and Larsen’s
Industrial Psychology aka why clients suck
Arcatacat works in Jefferson County, Colorado
National Parks Service
“The Forums” refers to KeithandtheGirl.com/forums
my blog
business school podcats
a blog post about Law & Order
Under Siege and Under Siege 2
Ken Burns documentary, The War
“gestalt”
Wolff Olins (London 2012 Olympics, The New Museum)
Gordon Ramsay, the master of branding
Richard Williams from WMH
Hovis bread, baked beans packaging
Debbie Millman’s Hershey Bar
Be A Design Cast
alt-london.org
Cubana Bop, British Jazz band with a terrible website
Craig’s List
Huffington Post
Sarah, the Canadian actress
“eh?”
A Life of Grime: New York
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posted by Scott in careers, education, life, podcasts.
Vote for twentyhood for the Podcast Awards!
– 12.58
In an unexpected move that I find immensely flattering, twentyhood, the podcast about life as a twentysomething, has been nominated for a Podcast Award in the Culture / Arts category. This is a giant honour, and I appreciate everyone voting for us!
Head to the Podcast Awards site and cast your vote for twentyhood. Obviously, you can vote for other shows in other categories. You are allowed one submission per email address per day. (email confirmation req’d) So as they say in Pakistan, “vote early, vote often.” And tell your friends!
twentyhood is up against such stiff competition as This American Life (which, I have to admit, is a brilliant show), so every vote matters.
And yes, I understand the irony that the show got nominated in spite of not airing a new episode in several months. I am going to make the effort TODAY to edit an existing episode which has been collecting dust since April. Stay tuned!
Again, thanks for the nomination and for your votes. This is very humbling.
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posted by Scott in podcasts, this website.
Tue 07 Oct 2008 – 14.30
Just in case you’ve become a victim of this economy and are therefore job hunting, here’s a massive list of resources regarding interviews and the questions. In fact, there’s 100 links so take your time, there’s plenty to go around.
via HR World
posted by Scott in careers.