Category: Life

  • What’s next for Kevin update – interviews, more unexpected discussions, another opportunity, a new blog, and a non-answer

    It doesn’t seem like it, but it’s been 3 weeks since my last ‘What’s next for Kevin’ update. More interesting updates since then. It’s been nice to stay busy while still enjoying the change of seasons and being home with my faithful sidekick. Interviews The process with Dimdim for the Web 2.0 Marketing Specialist and…

  • ‘What’s next for Kevin’ update–new connections, resume feedback, and an unexpected discussion

    Some interesting developments in my “What’s next for Kevin?” work. Since last week I’ve attended 2 technology events in the Boston area: Ignite Boston 4 (Sept. 11) Web Innovators Group (Sept. 15) They were both good opportunities to network.  At Ignite Boston I saw 2 of my favorite Tweeters (@CMajor, @znh).  Got some great advice…

  • Web Strategy Resume – v1

    After a minor glitches, the first draft of my updated resume is below. A couple things to note: my goal is to shift the focus of my experience from just technology management to better reflect the broader web management and strategy experience I have the formatting is readable, but I’ve had to switch editors and…

  • Resume – work history, exaggeration and ethics

    As I’m working through my resume re-write mapping my work experience to the web strategy competencies, I’m trying to be careful how I state my role in the events/projects/initiatives I reference.  I want to avoid exaggerating my work.  Not sure if it stems from my personal standard of ethics or because I’m under-valuing the work…

  • Rebuilding the resume, competencies for web strategy

    The tool I’m most frequently asked for in this job hunt is my resume.  Though I haven’t fully decided what’s next for me, continuing in the web strategy space is a reasonable place to keep looking. My current resume emphasizes technical leadership with less focus on the strategy side.  The result has been many calls…

  • What’s next for Kevin?

    Typically, I take very few risks.  I was taught that you never leave a job unless you already have the next one lined up  Recently I realized my career wasn’t going where I wanted. So, I left my job at the beginning of July…. …and I didn’t have a new job lined up yet. It…

  • Getting started

    The software is set up, so the only thing left to do is to start posting to my blog. I’m still not sure exactly what I want to focus on, but I’m sure it will evolve over time. -k