Hello readers!
Right now, I'm dealing with a difficult situation because I'm getting carpal tunnel syndrome. Finally, seven years of spending 15 hours on the computer every day has caught up with me. I did buy some speech recognition software but I use a Mac and the software isn't nearly as good as the ones for Windows. My biggest problem is that I can no longer apply for administrative jobs, since they require lots of typing. It's a big blow because I'm not sure what other jobs I qualify for. If you want, you are free to talk about my carpal tunnel in your article. But the reason I've been on the internet so much is that I'm pretty isolated because of my depression and lack of a car.
I keep forgetting about food stamps. I'll a investigate it this week. I think I still have the info you gave me. If not, I'll ask you for it again.
I did recently make $200 doing some consulting work for a guy I know who is working on a website for a toy company. He has new technology that he wants to use on it, but I'm skeptical about it. In its current incarnation it seems like a gimmick. I think I may have told you, I get pretty angry seeing internet companies that have funding and don't know what they are doing with their websites. The guy who gave me the assignment is kind of a friend but I don't know him well. He told me to do a critique of the website. I spent probably 20 hours on it and wrote nine single-spaced pages. He said it was 'terrific' but I'm still extremely skeptical that he'll implement any of my ideas. He just had me rewrite the site's FAQ (and didn't pay me anything) and his writing was pretty cheesy. I suppose I can't complain because it's the first money I've earned of any kind in two years and he may have more assignments for me. But I really should be getting more than $200 for my work. I wish there were other websites looking for similar consulting but I have no idea how to get those jobs.
I know that lots of kids right out of Harvard get jobs as "consultants" and I never understand what kind of consulting they can do right out of college. If I knew of some consulting firms that do website assessments, I would contact them but I have no idea if there are any in LA.
I think I also told you that in October I came up with some funny IPhone app ideas for a guy who started a company to make funny apps. I hadn't corresponded with him since October and yesterday I sent him another email and he responded, saying he'll send me an NDA and look at my ideas. I will let you know if anything happens.
