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Keep Bill in Townsville

So, I’ve been in Townsville for a year now…

…and it’s been great. I’m loving the weather, the people, the weather, the beaches, the city. Pretty much everything. (Did I mention the weather isn’t bad?). I’ve been freelancing web and graphic design for that time, and while it’s fun and interesting it’s not completely satisfying me. That’s where you come in. Can you help me find a job?

What am I looking for?

I need to find a job and I want to hear what you think. I’m looking for ideas, leads, really anything that can help me!

I’m sure new and exciting directions await, so bring ‘em on.

My current experience is based around:

• Graphic design for print and web (see mr.billi.am)
• Website creation (using WordPress primarily)
• Light remote server administration
• Social media

That said, I’m happy to try completely new directions. I’m flexible and interested in just about everything.

What can I offer?

• Experience in social media and web design, among other things. You can check out my résumé here.
• A desire to apply myself and to learn and discover new things.
• Bachelor of Arts (with first class honours) with majors in English and linguistics as well as honours in linguistics.

How can you help?

Have a look over my LinkedIn account then contact me on Twitter, or send me your suggestions by commenting on this blog post or emailing me at b@journee.org. If you want to talk face to face, drop me a line. You can also catch me at the tweetup I founded in Townsville, @tsvtweetup.

You can download my résumé here.

If you’re really a masochist, I can even send you my honours thesis.

Reviving a dead horse

So, here. Well, here I am. I doubt any of the 3 people who read this blog are still with me after 14 months.

I stopped blogging last time because I realised that between actually doing my thesis and everything, I couldn’t handle the next step of getting meta about my thesis in extended form on here. On the other hand (in hindsight) it was a great way to get some perspective on the bigger issues of what I was doing.

That was last year, though, and this is this year. So far, this year has been almost completely linguistics free. In part, that’s because I’ve moved to Townsville, and Townsville is a fairly linguistics free place. In part, it’s because I needed a break, so when I sit down to decide on a PhD topic some time in the coming months I’ll have a fresh mind.

In the meantime, I’m going to start blogging again. Like before, I’ll blog about any number of things, including but not limited to language, the media, politics, and the web (I’m doing web design now, did I tell you? I’m also part of Social Media Solutions!)

Where I can I’ll also try and draw them into some kind of lucid storyline.

Butternut pumpkin.