Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Hockey Pictures
The season is over, but we had a good run and finished with a silver medal.
Take a look at these pictures that Adam and Tyler took.
Take a look at these pictures that Adam and Tyler took.
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| Playoffs 2008 |
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
2007 in Review (Part 5)
Before I continue, I need to back up a bit. I forgot to mention the Fang Caves trip that I did on Thanksgiving. A bunch of us drove out to the McGregor mountains past Purden to hike the 2.5 km’s in to the cave mouth. Pictures are worth a thousand words, so I’ll just post the slideshow I made and you’ll get the idea.
Continuing on…pretty much right after I got back from Edmonton I started to get ready for the Bahamas; we were leaving the following weekend. I must say, I was pretty excited. Warm weather, beaches, and palm trees…that’s a pretty good escape from -10'C and a snowstorm. We were actually going to the Bahamas for two reasons; the first was a Global Leadership Summit where we attended over 20 keynote presentations on leadership and the importance of having character in leadership. I learned a lot from the conference, but I’ll try and sum it up with some impactful one-liners:
Now, let’s finish up shall we.
The rest of November was a blur as I got back into the swing of things for work and began getting ready for Christmas. Then December came along and it was another whirlwind month full of eating and partying and family. But it was a fun month, good memories all around; too much to describe here though…
And that, folks, sums up 2007. All in all a pretty great year. Looking back it was even more full than I remember…and I really did make a whole lot of slideshows didn’t I? I’ll be hard pressed to do so much this year.
But then again:
Why am I always so busy?
Continuing on…pretty much right after I got back from Edmonton I started to get ready for the Bahamas; we were leaving the following weekend. I must say, I was pretty excited. Warm weather, beaches, and palm trees…that’s a pretty good escape from -10'C and a snowstorm. We were actually going to the Bahamas for two reasons; the first was a Global Leadership Summit where we attended over 20 keynote presentations on leadership and the importance of having character in leadership. I learned a lot from the conference, but I’ll try and sum it up with some impactful one-liners:
- Character is what you do when no one is looking
- The only way to demonstrate character is through testing of character
- The eagles don’t fly with the pigeons
- Integrity is when the way you act, what you think, what you say, and what you do are all the same.
- Leaders fail their way to success
- Habits are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken
- When things go wrong, don’t go with them
- If you’re going through hell, don’t stop
- When pursuing greatness, you don’t know your limits, so you pretend you don’t have any
- Don’t envy people for what they have, because you don’t know what they did to get it.
- Some people are always there when THEY need you
- Don’t make someone a priority when they make you an option
- You can’t see the picture if you are in the frame
- You don’t know what you can’t do
- You are paid according to the problem you solve
- If you find yourself too deep in a hole, stop digging.
- Excellence is expecting more than others think is possible
Now, let’s finish up shall we.
The rest of November was a blur as I got back into the swing of things for work and began getting ready for Christmas. Then December came along and it was another whirlwind month full of eating and partying and family. But it was a fun month, good memories all around; too much to describe here though…
And that, folks, sums up 2007. All in all a pretty great year. Looking back it was even more full than I remember…and I really did make a whole lot of slideshows didn’t I? I’ll be hard pressed to do so much this year.
But then again:
- Thinkfast is in two weeks
- The Diocesan Youth Conference is at the end of April
- We’ve got a trip planned for the Victoria Youth Conference in May
- I may be going hiking in Ontario with Peter in May
- I am going to Australia in July
- Two Camp Morice teen camps in August
- There are several weddings coming up…
Why am I always so busy?
Thursday, February 07, 2008
2007 in Review (Part 4)
The last day of camp, we broke the guys away from the girls for a gender specific session. I had a good time talking to the guys about being a guy, then we headed out to the field to do some filming with my Action Cam. Here is what we came up with:
I eluded to the Bahamas trip earlier. I’ll come back to that later. For now I will continue on reflecting about the summer months.
So, teen camp was over and it was back to work for a while. Tyler and I finished up some major parts of the Design Standards website, and I began to prepare for my next amazing adventure: The West Coast Trail.
Located on the West coast of Vancouver Island, The West Coast Trail is 75km of some of the most breathtaking and physically gruelling terrain North America has to offer. The trail is not for the faint of heart nor the inexperienced…but it is one of the most rewarding hikes I have ever done. We hiked the trail mid-August…by we, I mean Peter, Rachel, Elizabeth, Rob, Tiina, Randy, and I. I was impressed that we could have finished the trial in 5 days; to most experienced hikers that is a very good pace. We decided to take a detour on the 5th day, relax at the beach, and visit some sea caves. It was well worth it. So, after the detour, we finished the trail in 7 days. Here is a slideshow of our trip.
Now, as I said earlier, there was something else I was contemplating in June. Whether or not I could afford to go to The Bahamas in November with my family for a leadership conference and vacation. I mean, if you were going to go to a leadership conference, wouldn’t The Bahamas make it just that much better? So, as in my usual fashion, I started to crunch some numbers as to the costs of the trip and the income I would need to do it. Once I factored in airmiles and shared rooms, it didn’t seem all that bad. So, I was committed to go to the Bahamas. But, there was still plenty of work to be done before that could happen.
Firstly, the Camp Morice Annual General Meeting was coming up and I was to make a slideshow for a reflection on the past summer. By now, you must have figured out that slideshows are what I do…I’ve got them down to an art. It’s probably one of the most favourite things that I do after an event because it allows me to tell a story with pictures and music while the experience is still fresh in my mind. That way, months or years down the road I can go back and watch the slideshow and have the memories come back. For me, it is truly entertaining. I go back and watch old slideshows all the time…reminisce about the fun and excitement. To me, they are a priceless artefact.
That said, here is a slideshow I made up for the Camp Morice AGM:
So, as October rolled around Adam had already proposed to Myrica and made the decision to move back to PG at the end of the month. Adam asked me to be the best man at his wedding in one breath and asked if I could help him move back to PG in the next breath. It was a cunning and bold move on his part…buttering me up with the invitation to be best man and then playing my feelings to get me to drive to Edmonton and help him move all his junk back to PG. Well played Adam…well played. Of course, I’m just kidding…it was actually pretty fun to drive to Edmonton at the end of October to help move Adam back. I borrowed Tyler’s scoocum tripod for the trip so I could take some cool pictures along the way, and I made a point to stop at Mt Robson for a break where I got changed at the trailhead and ran a few kilometres up the trial and then back again. I must say it felt pretty good to do that…what amazing scenery and clean air! One thing that I thought was pretty funny was when I was coming back down the trail (running pretty fast and listening to some sweet techno) there was a couple walking up the trail; the guy (who was pretty overweight) looked at me as I ran by with a look that said something like “you’ve got to be friggin kidding me…”. It’s kindof hard to explain, but I can still see the look on his face and for some reason it makes me laugh. Anyways, here are some pictures I took from that trip:
I think I've got about one more post to finish off this year in review....so stay tuned.
I eluded to the Bahamas trip earlier. I’ll come back to that later. For now I will continue on reflecting about the summer months.
So, teen camp was over and it was back to work for a while. Tyler and I finished up some major parts of the Design Standards website, and I began to prepare for my next amazing adventure: The West Coast Trail.
Located on the West coast of Vancouver Island, The West Coast Trail is 75km of some of the most breathtaking and physically gruelling terrain North America has to offer. The trail is not for the faint of heart nor the inexperienced…but it is one of the most rewarding hikes I have ever done. We hiked the trail mid-August…by we, I mean Peter, Rachel, Elizabeth, Rob, Tiina, Randy, and I. I was impressed that we could have finished the trial in 5 days; to most experienced hikers that is a very good pace. We decided to take a detour on the 5th day, relax at the beach, and visit some sea caves. It was well worth it. So, after the detour, we finished the trail in 7 days. Here is a slideshow of our trip.
Now, as I said earlier, there was something else I was contemplating in June. Whether or not I could afford to go to The Bahamas in November with my family for a leadership conference and vacation. I mean, if you were going to go to a leadership conference, wouldn’t The Bahamas make it just that much better? So, as in my usual fashion, I started to crunch some numbers as to the costs of the trip and the income I would need to do it. Once I factored in airmiles and shared rooms, it didn’t seem all that bad. So, I was committed to go to the Bahamas. But, there was still plenty of work to be done before that could happen.
Firstly, the Camp Morice Annual General Meeting was coming up and I was to make a slideshow for a reflection on the past summer. By now, you must have figured out that slideshows are what I do…I’ve got them down to an art. It’s probably one of the most favourite things that I do after an event because it allows me to tell a story with pictures and music while the experience is still fresh in my mind. That way, months or years down the road I can go back and watch the slideshow and have the memories come back. For me, it is truly entertaining. I go back and watch old slideshows all the time…reminisce about the fun and excitement. To me, they are a priceless artefact.
That said, here is a slideshow I made up for the Camp Morice AGM:
So, as October rolled around Adam had already proposed to Myrica and made the decision to move back to PG at the end of the month. Adam asked me to be the best man at his wedding in one breath and asked if I could help him move back to PG in the next breath. It was a cunning and bold move on his part…buttering me up with the invitation to be best man and then playing my feelings to get me to drive to Edmonton and help him move all his junk back to PG. Well played Adam…well played. Of course, I’m just kidding…it was actually pretty fun to drive to Edmonton at the end of October to help move Adam back. I borrowed Tyler’s scoocum tripod for the trip so I could take some cool pictures along the way, and I made a point to stop at Mt Robson for a break where I got changed at the trailhead and ran a few kilometres up the trial and then back again. I must say it felt pretty good to do that…what amazing scenery and clean air! One thing that I thought was pretty funny was when I was coming back down the trail (running pretty fast and listening to some sweet techno) there was a couple walking up the trail; the guy (who was pretty overweight) looked at me as I ran by with a look that said something like “you’ve got to be friggin kidding me…”. It’s kindof hard to explain, but I can still see the look on his face and for some reason it makes me laugh. Anyways, here are some pictures I took from that trip:
I think I've got about one more post to finish off this year in review....so stay tuned.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
2007 in Review (Part 3)
A few other things happened in May…they’re not really a big deal or anything…just worth mentioning. The lease on my Honda Civic was almost due, I hit a moose and totalled our family van, and I finalized the purchase of the other half of our house (the side my Aunty Sharon owned).
The lease coming due meant that I was looking for a new vehicle. A brand new Toyota RAV4 was my choice. For anyone who’s gone for a ride in it, you’d know that it’s a great vehicle and a monster in the snow. I’m very happy with it. It is an epic vehicle.
Hitting the moose changed my outlook on life again. I didn’t have a scratch on me and the van was totalled. I had glass in my hair and down my pants, but no cuts or bruises. God must have something else in store for me otherwise things would have been different. A few days later I heard of a lady who was driving a smaller car who hit a moose driving slower than I was…she died in the hospital.
(That’s two life changing experiences so far in 2007, for anyone who’s keeping track)
I bought the other side of our house, and my aunt moved out and bought a condo in Westgate, but I didn’t move in. I remained in the basement suite of my parent’s side of the house and began to rent out my side to some family friends who are building their own house in the Hart. So, things were working out alright. Double payments on the mortgage each month and some help to save for Australia in the summer of 2008.
As June approached I started to focus on two things: Teen Camp at Camp Morice and the feasibility of going to the Bahamas in November.
I was pretty excited to direct the teen camp at Camp Morice. There was a lot of planning to do in order to have everything ready because after all…you pretty much have to plan for every minute of the day and have contingency plans for if/when the weather is not co-operating. Not to mention the pressure of making the teen camp the same as it has always been but also make it new and exciting at the same time. I put a lot of pressure on myself, but that’s just who I am…I like to do something to the best of my abilities. So, during June I made up a short slideshow from past teen camps:
Between Adam, Roberta, and I…I think we took over 2500 pictures during the week of Teen Camp 2007. I’ve uploaded a whole bunch of them to facebook, but for all of the readers of this, I put some up on picasa web albums as well. They can be found here:
We also did a really cool skit called “The Backpack”
Much more fun to follow....
The lease coming due meant that I was looking for a new vehicle. A brand new Toyota RAV4 was my choice. For anyone who’s gone for a ride in it, you’d know that it’s a great vehicle and a monster in the snow. I’m very happy with it. It is an epic vehicle.
Hitting the moose changed my outlook on life again. I didn’t have a scratch on me and the van was totalled. I had glass in my hair and down my pants, but no cuts or bruises. God must have something else in store for me otherwise things would have been different. A few days later I heard of a lady who was driving a smaller car who hit a moose driving slower than I was…she died in the hospital.
(That’s two life changing experiences so far in 2007, for anyone who’s keeping track)
I bought the other side of our house, and my aunt moved out and bought a condo in Westgate, but I didn’t move in. I remained in the basement suite of my parent’s side of the house and began to rent out my side to some family friends who are building their own house in the Hart. So, things were working out alright. Double payments on the mortgage each month and some help to save for Australia in the summer of 2008.
As June approached I started to focus on two things: Teen Camp at Camp Morice and the feasibility of going to the Bahamas in November.
I was pretty excited to direct the teen camp at Camp Morice. There was a lot of planning to do in order to have everything ready because after all…you pretty much have to plan for every minute of the day and have contingency plans for if/when the weather is not co-operating. Not to mention the pressure of making the teen camp the same as it has always been but also make it new and exciting at the same time. I put a lot of pressure on myself, but that’s just who I am…I like to do something to the best of my abilities. So, during June I made up a short slideshow from past teen camps:
Between Adam, Roberta, and I…I think we took over 2500 pictures during the week of Teen Camp 2007. I’ve uploaded a whole bunch of them to facebook, but for all of the readers of this, I put some up on picasa web albums as well. They can be found here:
We also did a really cool skit called “The Backpack”
Much more fun to follow....
Saturday, January 26, 2008
2007 in Review (Part 2)
(continued...)
So, now I’m on my way back from Toronto, working on my laptop creating a small website. You see, Plank Creative gave me some specs for a small website before I left Toronto…so I began work right away. By the time I landed in Prince George later that day, I had finished the first version of the website and had, in essence, made enough money from the website to pay for my plane ticket to go there in the first place. Not to mention the fact that I can write the flights off as a business expense. Yes, I arrived back in PG feeling pretty good about myself.
Upon arriving back from PG I was presented with an opportunity to give a quote for a website for a company called AllNorth. The site was to be called Design Standards and was to function similarly to their existing site, except work all the time and provide more features. I won the contract and ended up working on the site for over 4 months along with the help of my good friend Tyler. It was a huge learning experience for both of us, and after it was all over I was happy that I got the chance to do it. But, I don’t think I’ll be looking for a contract like that again. It’s more fun to make sites that look and act cool than it is to do a whole bunch of coding (at least, that’s my preference). I like making things look pretty. So, that’s enough about Design Standards I think…it was a huge part of the year, but not all that interesting for you to read about.
April marked a new era in my life. From this point onward I started to look at the world around me in a different way. Thinking back on it now, I realize just how profound a change it was. It allowed me to see the world around me in a completely new way. You see, in April I bought a Canon Digital Rebel XT (semi-professional camera), and now everywhere I go I am looking at the world around me trying to capture its beauty. I see things I would not have seen before…I look at things you see every day and turn them into something spectacular (or at least I try). I love the way that it has transformed my life. The best investment I have ever made by far.
In April we had the ThinkFast and the DYC where I took over 1500 pictures with my new camera. Here are some DYC pics.
http://picasaweb.google.com/dycprincegeorge/DYC07
As May rolled around, I found myself working 3 jobs: SIS, Money Concepts, and Nata Reforestation. Nata needed my help to keep their seedling shipments on track for the upcoming tree planting season, and all that is managed through a website so I could do it from my office at the Coast Inn. This was also the month that Tyler started working for me on a contract basis. He was helping me create the Design Standards website application that I was talking about earlier. Let me tell you, I took great joy in being able to pay Tyler large amounts of money for him to do something he’s good at: programming. It was great.
(to be continued...)
So, now I’m on my way back from Toronto, working on my laptop creating a small website. You see, Plank Creative gave me some specs for a small website before I left Toronto…so I began work right away. By the time I landed in Prince George later that day, I had finished the first version of the website and had, in essence, made enough money from the website to pay for my plane ticket to go there in the first place. Not to mention the fact that I can write the flights off as a business expense. Yes, I arrived back in PG feeling pretty good about myself.
Upon arriving back from PG I was presented with an opportunity to give a quote for a website for a company called AllNorth. The site was to be called Design Standards and was to function similarly to their existing site, except work all the time and provide more features. I won the contract and ended up working on the site for over 4 months along with the help of my good friend Tyler. It was a huge learning experience for both of us, and after it was all over I was happy that I got the chance to do it. But, I don’t think I’ll be looking for a contract like that again. It’s more fun to make sites that look and act cool than it is to do a whole bunch of coding (at least, that’s my preference). I like making things look pretty. So, that’s enough about Design Standards I think…it was a huge part of the year, but not all that interesting for you to read about.
April marked a new era in my life. From this point onward I started to look at the world around me in a different way. Thinking back on it now, I realize just how profound a change it was. It allowed me to see the world around me in a completely new way. You see, in April I bought a Canon Digital Rebel XT (semi-professional camera), and now everywhere I go I am looking at the world around me trying to capture its beauty. I see things I would not have seen before…I look at things you see every day and turn them into something spectacular (or at least I try). I love the way that it has transformed my life. The best investment I have ever made by far.
In April we had the ThinkFast and the DYC where I took over 1500 pictures with my new camera. Here are some DYC pics.
http://picasaweb.google.com/dycprincegeorge/DYC07
As May rolled around, I found myself working 3 jobs: SIS, Money Concepts, and Nata Reforestation. Nata needed my help to keep their seedling shipments on track for the upcoming tree planting season, and all that is managed through a website so I could do it from my office at the Coast Inn. This was also the month that Tyler started working for me on a contract basis. He was helping me create the Design Standards website application that I was talking about earlier. Let me tell you, I took great joy in being able to pay Tyler large amounts of money for him to do something he’s good at: programming. It was great.
(to be continued...)
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Friday, January 18, 2008
2007 in Review (Part 1)
Well…I’m thinking that another “Year in Review” is in order.
Let’s begin.
We’ll start off 2007 with a lot of new things happening in my life. For those of you who remember, I started two new jobs at the same time: 1. working for the family business keeping them going with technology, and 2. starting my own business Sonic Interactive Solutions: Specializing in Web Design and Video Editing.
Now, January and February are the busiest months for financial planners because everyone is thinking about RRSP’s and taxes and stuff and have until the beginning of March to invest in RRSP’s and get a tax break for the previous year (ie. get money back on their tax return instead of paying money on their tax return). So, I ended up working pretty much full time hours at Allan L Johnson Financial Group (even though I was only supposed to work part time…but everything works out…you’ll see).
I also got to work on making my own website for SIS. I wanted it to be an amazing website…it needed to stand out and be something that makes you say, “Merde, I want this guy to make ME a website!” (pardon my French). And so, www.sonicinteractivesolutions.com was born. What an amazing investment of time it was. It has proven to be my single most effective advertising tool. Since then, I’ve made sites like:
Let’s begin.
We’ll start off 2007 with a lot of new things happening in my life. For those of you who remember, I started two new jobs at the same time: 1. working for the family business keeping them going with technology, and 2. starting my own business Sonic Interactive Solutions: Specializing in Web Design and Video Editing.
Now, January and February are the busiest months for financial planners because everyone is thinking about RRSP’s and taxes and stuff and have until the beginning of March to invest in RRSP’s and get a tax break for the previous year (ie. get money back on their tax return instead of paying money on their tax return). So, I ended up working pretty much full time hours at Allan L Johnson Financial Group (even though I was only supposed to work part time…but everything works out…you’ll see).
I also got to work on making my own website for SIS. I wanted it to be an amazing website…it needed to stand out and be something that makes you say, “Merde, I want this guy to make ME a website!” (pardon my French). And so, www.sonicinteractivesolutions.com was born. What an amazing investment of time it was. It has proven to be my single most effective advertising tool. Since then, I’ve made sites like:
- www.campmorice.com
- www.bnac.ca
- www.vapormusicgroup.com
- www.parkslaw.ca
- www.pgysa.bc.ca
- www.pghm.ca
- www.andrewjohnson.ca
- www.macscustomimports.com
And a computer application website for keeping track of engineering schematics that are custom tailored for various engineering projects. It’s called Design Standards, but I don’t have a link to it because it’s not open for the general public to access. But I’ll get a little more into Design Standards later in another post.
Now, let’s see, where was I? Oh yes, I was working full time for the family business and full time for my own business. During the first couple months though, I didn’t make much money through my own business. But as time went on and I finished my website, Peter had some ammo to let someone in
people because I had to. But, in other ways, it was very draining for me…I’m not an extrovert…I don’t get energy from that kind of stuff. Needless to say, I slept very well each night of that retreat, but that is to be expected at a retreat. Anyways, I got to visit the CN tower and see some things in downtown
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/supersonic.johnson/RetreatInTO
That’s it for part 1. I’ll continue with part 2 soon.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
It's my Birthday
It's my birthday today, and I got to thinking about the last year. I haven't posted much on my blog.....mostly a result of that book-something-er-other website. But I've found that writing really helps to keep me focused on what's important in my life and reflect on the things that happen or are going to happen. So, I might do a little more posting for personal growth purposes. But, just out of curiosity, how many people still look at my blog?
It would be awesome if you could post a quick comment to say you look at it...just so I know. I'll give you one week to do so, then I probably won't look at the post comments again. So, you've got until January 20th 2008.
Andrew
It would be awesome if you could post a quick comment to say you look at it...just so I know. I'll give you one week to do so, then I probably won't look at the post comments again. So, you've got until January 20th 2008.
Andrew
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Thursday, October 04, 2007
Wow....it's been a while
I just noticed the date of when the last time I posted....wow....quite a long time. I've been a bit busy, but I think I've also lost the Blog luster. I enjoy writing things and reflecting on what's going on in my life, but for whatever reason I haven't found the drive to do it on my blog. Probably a side effect of being on Facebook. But anyways, for anyone who still reads this, here is a bit of an update:
I have been working with some dynamic image gallery technology and decided to make my own dynamic gallery in order to work out the bugs and find a way of making a sell-able image gallery for my website clients. SO, I bought a new web domain and uploaded a dynamic gallery to it:
AndrewJohnson.ca
Pretty cool to have a domain that is your name. Anyone else want one? I can make that happen for you. Anyways, I added the dynamic gallery to my site, a video gallery, a graph of my running times, and a few other things.
Meanwhile, back at the farm Andrew is organizing trips, budgets, and money to go to the Bahamas in November and Australia next July. Lots to organize, expensive trip, and all that needs to be done right now because of contention for flights to get to Australia.
Other News
I'm teaching two courses at UNBC!
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX NOV 21-DEC 6/07 --Want to learn how to make a website?
Macromedia Flash MX APR 3 - 17/08 --Want to learn how to make animations or dynamic websites?
And I'm helping out for a video editing course with Tony Donovan:
Beginners Digital Movie Making Course APR 9 - 23/08
Lots of cool stuff going on. More to come for the Bahamas trip....More to come for the Australia/World Youth Day trip.
Adios,
Andrew
I have been working with some dynamic image gallery technology and decided to make my own dynamic gallery in order to work out the bugs and find a way of making a sell-able image gallery for my website clients. SO, I bought a new web domain and uploaded a dynamic gallery to it:
AndrewJohnson.ca
Pretty cool to have a domain that is your name. Anyone else want one? I can make that happen for you. Anyways, I added the dynamic gallery to my site, a video gallery, a graph of my running times, and a few other things.
Meanwhile, back at the farm Andrew is organizing trips, budgets, and money to go to the Bahamas in November and Australia next July. Lots to organize, expensive trip, and all that needs to be done right now because of contention for flights to get to Australia.
Other News
I'm teaching two courses at UNBC!
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX NOV 21-DEC 6/07 --Want to learn how to make a website?
Macromedia Flash MX APR 3 - 17/08 --Want to learn how to make animations or dynamic websites?
And I'm helping out for a video editing course with Tony Donovan:
Beginners Digital Movie Making Course APR 9 - 23/08
Lots of cool stuff going on. More to come for the Bahamas trip....More to come for the Australia/World Youth Day trip.
Adios,
Andrew
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Too much on my plate
Well I must say that I've got a lot going on right now which is why it's been so long since I've posted. Maybe too much going on. I've been taking on too much I think and it's beginning to really wear me down. I don't think I've had more than 1 day in the past month where I didn't do anything to do with websites for that day. And I can't even remember the last time I got to bed before midnight. I'm really happy with how successful things are with my business, but it's really affecting me right now because of all the other things coming up. I'm actually getting a bit nervous about Teen Camp at Camp Morice because I don't have everything planned out and it's kinda getting close....I am totally capable of making it a fun camp with what I have organized right now, but I want it to be something a bit extra...I want it to be inspiring....even if it's only inspiring to one person at camp that would be fine. But I feel like I haven't done the best I can if I don't put some more time into it. But I can't put more time into it right now.....if anything, I should give myself a day off....but that's a bit hard to do as well since the clock is ticking and the project I'm currently working on is supposed to be finished before Teen Camp.
I'm just at a bit of a loss right now. Hopefully an evening off will sort things out and I'll have renewed energy in the morning.
I'm just at a bit of a loss right now. Hopefully an evening off will sort things out and I'll have renewed energy in the morning.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Something cool
This is totally cool. I'd love to get a hold of someone to buy this for me.
Action Camera - I Want One Of Those
Action Camera - I Want One Of ThoseWednesday, May 02, 2007
Nobody updates....
Just an observation, but it seems that everyone has migrated to facebook to keep people updated on what they are doing. Probably because it's easy to write a couple one-liners on there and get the point across. Most people just aren't into writing a huge post anymore....I'm one of them. It just seems like I'm too busy, but then again I've spent countless hours on facebook looking at pictures and other peoples profiles....I could have spent that time writing some amazingly long blog posts and still had some extra time on my hands. But that's ok. I am not ashamed to admit that facebook is addictive and that I check it at least as often as I check my email. It's actually an impressive site. The way they've set things up...it's very smooth and easy to use. You can click around from profile to profile in a matter of seconds checking what people have done and who they've talked to. It's revolutionary how it connects people. People that you almost totally forgot about all of a sudden add you as a friend and POW, the memories come back. Very impressive. The whole 'events' thing is pretty amazing too. Type up what you want (where, when, how, why...), click a bunch of check boxes for who you want to come....hit send and BIFF, everyone knows about it. Another thing....it sure helps me remember names of people....here I am browsing through a friends photo album that they've tagged, and I see all these people in the pictures...I recognize a bunch of them but forget their name.....but since the photo's are tagged, I can see their name. And the next time I see them working in Starbucks, I can say "Hey Iliana! How are you? I haven't seen you since highschool!" And just like that, that person feels appreciated...and important....and good. All because I remembered her name. And I remembered her name because of facebook. Amazing.
But ya, I just checked all the blogs on my link bar and only one had updated (Tyler), so I thought I'd have to comment. As another comment, Tyler didn't even really update his site, it was his friend Simon who posted on Tyler's site for him.
Anyways, back to work I guess. Enough procrastinating.
Andrew
But ya, I just checked all the blogs on my link bar and only one had updated (Tyler), so I thought I'd have to comment. As another comment, Tyler didn't even really update his site, it was his friend Simon who posted on Tyler's site for him.
Anyways, back to work I guess. Enough procrastinating.
Andrew
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
The New Camera
We'll I've invested in a new camera. It's been a long time coming...I've wanted a camera like this for more than a couple years. Basically, once Peter got his, I thought it was the best thing ever. Finally, now, I've saved enough to buy it. It's a Canon EOS digital Rebel XT and it came with two lenses: an 18mm-55mm wide angle lens, and a 55mm-200mm zoom lens. I've already taken a bunch of pictures with it and I foresee uploading them to my Picasa account soon. I'll keep you posted. Now all I need is some free time to use it. I'm sure it will be put to good use at the DYC next weekend.
Anyways, that's just a quick update....I'm actually supposed to be somewhere right now so I better go.
Congrats to Jane for not having to pay $5000 (US) in taxes.....that's a blessing.
Andrew
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
T-Shirts for SIS
Hey there....I just came from Capabilities where they are making up SIS t-shirts for a boys 9-10 soccer team here in Prince George. I was really excited to see how they turned out. I got them to change the 3d Robot dude into a cartoon-like robot with only 2 colors (white and black) and then the color of the t-shirt will be royal blue. The eyes and belly button will not be colored, so the blue from the shirt will show through. Anyways, it looks really cool and I can't wait to see how it looks on the soccer jersey. Also, I've check into things, and managed to get my Tree Planting bosses son on my team. Ya, just excited about that and had to share.
Andrew
Andrew
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Into the big time....
Well, it's official....I had a meeting at AllNorth today to finalize the project that they want implemented. I'll be the one creating the website and hooking it up to their database. It's a pretty big project and I anticipate it taking a couple months to finish. I just met with Frank last night and gave him some things to do (in anticipation of being awarded the contract). So that's great to be able to employ one of my friends to help with this project. I'd probably give Tyler a bunch to do if he didn't have to finish his masters within the next few months....but that's OK, I foresee being very busy over the next year and being able to give both him and Frank a bunch of work if they are interested. For now, I'm relaxing tonight and I will start to attack the website tomorrow and see how far I can get. My plan is to run at this thing head first and get as much done as possible. For all the geeks reading this ,that means that I will be reusing as much technology as possible in order to reduce design time and increase efficiency through the use of the ASP.NET 2.0 framework and it's inherent modules which will provide me with the classes and object-oriented models to inherit all my functionality.
Anyways, I'm super excited about this new contract and what it means for my business.
All I need now is for Simon to figure out how to make money from a blog, and I'll be made in the shade. (after he shares that knowledge with me that is...)
Anyways, that's all for now.
Adios,
Andrew
Anyways, I'm super excited about this new contract and what it means for my business.
All I need now is for Simon to figure out how to make money from a blog, and I'll be made in the shade. (after he shares that knowledge with me that is...)
Anyways, that's all for now.
Adios,
Andrew
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Friday, March 23, 2007
Big MONEY
Well...apparently my blog is worth a few bucks. I don't know just how it's calculated and I don't have time to ready exactly how it works, but it's cool. And, I'm super happy that if somehow I could sell my blog, I would more than triple the amount of money I currently have in my bank account.
My blog is worth $2,258.16.
How much is your blog worth?
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Some updates are in order I guess
Well now....I guess it's been a while. Here's a little bit of what's going on.
The class that I was going to teach at the university (Introduction to Marcromedia Flash MX) has been canceled because there is not enough people registered :-( But I guess that's OK...It will free up more time for me to do other things.
I'm just getting started on a big project for All North Consulting. It should take quite a while to do (maybe 2 months), so I've asked Frank to give me a hand. I'm going to meet with him soon to start some planning (so Frank if you're reading this...now you know we have to meet). I'll post more about this as things progress.
I just met with the Prince George Youth Soccer Association (PGYSA) to see about creating a new website for them. I think it will be a fun site to make, and the site they have right now is seriously lacking in content (mostly 'under construction' pages). They're having a board meeting tonight to go over my quote and sample sites and should be able to give me the go-ahead sometime soon.
I finished a site for the Frontier Apostolate which is up and running right now. It allows FA's to register and gain access to each others information, and there is also a discussion forum for anyone to join. There is still more to be added to the site, but I've set it up so that the webmaster can easily add to the site. Overall, I think it's a pretty clean and tidy site.
So as you can see from above I've been super busy with things at work, but I'm really enjoying it.
More things coming up:
Cheers,
Andrew
The class that I was going to teach at the university (Introduction to Marcromedia Flash MX) has been canceled because there is not enough people registered :-( But I guess that's OK...It will free up more time for me to do other things.
I'm just getting started on a big project for All North Consulting. It should take quite a while to do (maybe 2 months), so I've asked Frank to give me a hand. I'm going to meet with him soon to start some planning (so Frank if you're reading this...now you know we have to meet). I'll post more about this as things progress.
I just met with the Prince George Youth Soccer Association (PGYSA) to see about creating a new website for them. I think it will be a fun site to make, and the site they have right now is seriously lacking in content (mostly 'under construction' pages). They're having a board meeting tonight to go over my quote and sample sites and should be able to give me the go-ahead sometime soon.
I finished a site for the Frontier Apostolate which is up and running right now. It allows FA's to register and gain access to each others information, and there is also a discussion forum for anyone to join. There is still more to be added to the site, but I've set it up so that the webmaster can easily add to the site. Overall, I think it's a pretty clean and tidy site.
So as you can see from above I've been super busy with things at work, but I'm really enjoying it.
More things coming up:
- Think Fast (this weekend March 24-25) Should be a good time.
- DYC (April 27-29) I'm working on the opening slide show, opening ceremony "special presentation", and a special skit for the reconciliation service.
- Alumni Golf Tournament (May 24th)....always a good time.
- YC in Edmonton (May 25-29) this is tentative, but I might be driving the bus there....
Cheers,
Andrew
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Sunday, March 11, 2007
New site
I just finished a new site last weekend. I'm pretty proud of it. Hopefully I'll be able to make more sites as custom as this one. It was pretty fun.
http://vapormusic.com
AJ
http://vapormusic.com
AJ
Thursday, February 15, 2007
No More Bugs...Send me a message
I fixed the bugs in the website for the contact us form. It will now send me a message if you type some things in. I'm using GoDaddy.com for my hosting and they seem to block a few things which made getting the contact form to work quite the headache. Oh well.
I'll put a real post on here later.
Andrew
I'll put a real post on here later.
Andrew
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
And Now...Without Further Adieu
Sonic Interactive Solutions has launched!
This is the name of my new company. The focus of what I'm doing is going to be web design, but I would also eventually like to find some clients who need some video editing done.
Any feedback about the site would be awesome. The contact us page doesn't really work right now, but I hope to have the bugs worked out later this afternoon.
Hope you like it!
Andrew
This is the name of my new company. The focus of what I'm doing is going to be web design, but I would also eventually like to find some clients who need some video editing done.
Any feedback about the site would be awesome. The contact us page doesn't really work right now, but I hope to have the bugs worked out later this afternoon.
Hope you like it!
Andrew
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