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At an interview the other day I was asked to describe what type of person I am.  After a brief pause for thought I replied that I'm a task-oriented person.  It's true; I am.  I'm sure that that's why I love projects so much - you jump on a project, execute a series of tasks and then you are at the end.

A nice list to review next time you are in planning and wondering: "Will this succeed?" :-)

Got back from holidays on the weekend and straight back onto looking for some work.  I had a couple of interviews with companies this week which I've had pretty mixed feelings about.  On the one hand there was some interesting work available (using different platforms, languages and databases). 

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There are 2 cool new features that weren't present previously.

1) When you create an account (option available via the Login page) you have the ability to add "Bookmarks" and categorize them. Bookmarks are intended to be a store of all your favourite online tools and widgets. You can bookmark both internal and external projects. When you view an internal project and you are signed in, you will see a "Add to Bookmarks" link. To add external bookmarks and categories, go to your user profile page and add them from there.

2) You can now mark Groups/Projects/Releases as "private" and they will only be available to members of your Group. This is a great option if you have a Group which you've made public but you might have a certain project that you only want to be visible to yourself (such as a special Sql script or something).

You can start with the Bookmarks immediately by going to the site and creating a User account. To get setup with a Group (which allows you to upload your own projects), create a User account and send me an e-mail requesting a Group.

I got forwarded this link today:

This is my last week here at work and, while cleaning my desk I found this quote:

Because I will soon be looking for work I've decided to take this week off to do some "creative dreaming" about my future. What I've found is that there is a whole other world out there waiting to be tapped. In this week I've visited museums, art galleries and libraries in search of inspiration. I spent a lunchtime just hanging out in a cafeteria at a local university and I've enjoyed bus and train rides to places that I've never visited before. What a week... it's been great just letting my mind run free.