It Happened to Me

Terminated, Part 8: The Layoff Weight Loss Plan

Since getting laid off, I've been getting a little less exercise. My bike commute to work, a 14-kilometre (8.7 mile)…

16 years ago

Terminated, Part 3: Need Suggestions for Where to Have the Last Supper

[This article also appears in Global Nerdy.] Because I was laid off and not fired from my former place of…

17 years ago

Terminated, Part 2: How I’ll Ride Out the Layoff and the Credit Crunch: Friends

[This article was also published in Global Nerdy.] Technology, media and pop culture writer Douglas Rushkoff, who's got a guest…

17 years ago

2 Million Pageviews!

Yearly statistics for the Accordion Guy blog, courtesy of StatCounter. StatCounter says that sometime within the half-hour before I wrote…

17 years ago

The Fortune Cookie Wasn’t Kidding

I found this while cleaning out receipts from my wallet. It's from my last fortune cookie:

17 years ago

Terminated, Part 1: The Very First Things You Should Do When Laid Off

[This article also appears in my tech blog, Global Nerdy.] Introduction Hello. My name is Joey deVilla, and I am…

17 years ago

Accordion News for July 27th, 2008

Accordion Death Squad Brian Jepson forwarded me an email with the preface "Couldn't let this sit in my inbox without…

17 years ago

I Have an Advance Copy of Neal Stephenson’s “Anathem”!

Neal Stephenson's Anathem A large, thick bubble-wrap-padded envelope arrived for me at the b5media office. As you can see in…

17 years ago

The Aftermath of Last Night’s Storm

Last night's storm, in which the sky turned a greenish colour, was a pretty impressive if brief one. The wall…

17 years ago

My First Brush with the Music Industry

This article also appears in Global Nerdy. Clay Shirky: Gin, Television, and Social Surplus If you're a reader of the…

17 years ago