Re: Friday Questions (several)

[Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>]

1. What newsletters do you subscribe to (technical, language-related, 
misc.)?

This one and others related to web SEO, creative writing, video 
productions and photography.  (Can't remember their names at the moment 
and I already deleted them for the day.)

2. What sites do you bookmark and access regularly?

I scan most of the news related sites in the morning over coffee.

Google
Clusty
Comic.com (Dilbert)
Powerball (only twice a week though)
New York TImes
Anchorage Daily News
Fairbanks Daily News Miner
MSNBC
CBS-online
CNN
Science Daily Magazine
Mother Jones
AntiWar.com
Reuters
Techwr-l
Burlington Free Press
SFGate (San Francisco Chronicle online)
Los Angeles Time
San Jose Mercury News
Seattle TImes
Medford Tribune
Mother Jones
NPR
History News Network
Small Business Computing


3.  What diversions do you subscribe to or regularly access?  How much 
time a day do you feel is justified in accessing/reading these kinds of 
things?

Obviously reading newspapers online.  I also work on my photographic 
website (Geist Images) and jot down ideas in my journal.  When I work at 
home, I do this whenever the mind goes blank, because I can pick up the 
time later.  If I am working onsite, only during lunch.  I never access 
the Internet for personal pleasure if I am working at a clients, or 
employer's site.  If I need a break, I read the local newspaper (printed 
version) or I jot down ideas for my website (see above) or other 
endeavor not related to the work I am getting paid to do.  I hardly take 
breaks when I'm working on a project, but when I do, it's only for five 
minutes or so.

4. And perhaps to put everything in proportion, how many hours a week 
were you hired to work and do you actually work?

If it's a contract, it's for the project so hours per week don't count, 
only deadlines.  If I am working onsite, or as an employee, then you get 
40 hours plus or minus a couple here and there.....usually plus five to 
ten.  If I'm hourly, then you may get 10-15....just kidding.

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Al Geist
Technical Writing, Online Help, Marketing Collateral, Web Design, Award 
Winning Videos, Professional Photography
Voice/Msg: 802-658-3140
E-mail: al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com <mailto:al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
URL: www.geistassociates.com <http://www.geistassociates.com> (online 
portfolio/resume)

See also:
URL: www.geistimages.com <http://www.geistimages.com> (fine art prints 
for home or office and note cards for all occasions)

"When the situation is absolutely hopeless, you have nothing to worry 
about."
                        Compliments of The Monkey Wrench Gang


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