Where Have I Been?
Feb 15th, 2011 by Carlos
It’s been a really long time since I posted, and I wanted to share a little bit of what I’ve been up to.
Most of my time has been spent applying for a pretty cool freelance opportunity. It’s a writing gig and wouldn’t take up very much of my time, but the pay is really nice and it’s in a space I know pretty well. I’d be writing about computers and gadgets…and I’d be doing it in Spanish.
Anyway, the application process is kind of insane. I submitted my relevant information, along with some links to stories I’ve written that deal with computer stuff.
I got passed into the next round, which involves a ton of writing (which is what I’ve been working on these past couple of weeks). That is done: I turned in my last piece this morning.
If I pass into the next stage, I’ll be building a site with the content I’ve written. At that point they’ll make their decision.
What’s Coming Up
I have a couple of articles in draft form that I’m pretty psyched about. One is about decision making and how using rankings to make decisions isn’t always the best way to go. It’s inspired by my latest purchase quandary (a new netbook) and by Malcolm Gladwell’s latest piece in the New Yorker, What College Rankings Really Tell Us.
It’s a great read and I highly recommend it, I’ll be referencing it when I publish the post later this week.
Another article I’ve had kicking around for a week or so is about arbitration in Major League Baseball. I think arbitration is a fascinating process and I’m going to look at a couple recent examples and explore what it would be like bringing that process to the real world.
Imagine going into a courtroom-like environment where you’re on one side and your employer is one the other and you’re trying to convince a third party that you deserve more money.
And they’re trashing you to convince them you aren’t worth that much.
Then, win or lose, you go back to work on Monday and try to put it all behind you…
I think there’s something really interesting there.
Anyway, it’s all coming soon…sorry for the hiatus!
