[TCP] update

2007-05-21 Thread Lisa Gielczyk
Hi everyone, Thanks for all the comments, condolences, encouragements, and suggestions you sent after I was laid off 3 weeks ago. Some highlights of what I've done since the layoff: * I bought a nice (and at $600, quite reasonably priced!) laptop to use for my business ventures * Using oRipa

[TCP] update

2007-07-31 Thread Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)
Hi everyone, Thought I'd give another update on my employment situation. I spent a significant amount of time working on a business plan after meeting with a SCORE counselor in the hopes of finding an investor. The more I heard about investors (including a quote from a friend who is a financial pl

Re: [TCP] update

2007-07-31 Thread Dick Margulis
Lisa Gielczyk (TCP) wrote: > > I'm open for contracting if anyone knows of anything, and own Word and > FrameMaker. Something will come up, I know. It's just a matter of > time. > Lisa, Admittedly, I have not been following the blow-by-blow description of your efforts to date, nor am I quite s

Re: [TCP] update

2007-07-31 Thread Chris Borokowski
Have you tried Guru.com and Craigslist? These seem good places to solicit short-run contracts. If you could rope others into it, TechComm Pros is a great name for a company renting out computer help worldwide. You can't do any worse than the GeekSquad, and having *articulate* workers is a good dea

Re: [TCP] update

2007-07-31 Thread Bruce Wolf
Sounds like Dick should hire Lisa to do his overflow work. ;-) --- Dick Margulis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lisa Gielczyk (TCP) wrote: > > > > I'm open for contracting if anyone knows of > anything, and own Word and > > FrameMaker. Something will come up, I know. It's > just a matter of > >

Re: [TCP] update

2007-08-01 Thread Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)
Hi Dick, Thanks for all the good advice. This experience has taught me one thing (and having never been unemployed before, it took going through it to figure it out), I shouldn't have waited so long to start my job search. I was so sure one of the other things was going to pan out, but now, I need

Re: [TCP] update

2007-08-01 Thread Melissa Nelson
zyk (TCP)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "TCP List" >Subject: [TCP] update >Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:56:45 -0500 > >Hi everyone, > >Thought I'd give another update on my employment situation. I spent a >significant amount of time working on a business

[TCP] update and another question

2008-04-14 Thread Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)
Hi everyone, Thanks for the input on my question about adding color to a book file. As one person said offlist, "You're dreaming. But at least you're dreaming in color!" :) The way I decided to work around it, I put all the files in the by type (they aren't read in any particular order--you start

[TCP] update on changing color in graphics

2007-03-22 Thread Lisa M. (Bronson) Gielczyk (TCP)
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a question to the list about changing colors in graphics using PhotoShop. I have been working on this intermittently, and while I'm not quite done, I have learned a lot, and thought I'd share what I'm doing. (I think it's time to ask my boss to invest in a good PhotoS

Re: [TCP] update on changing color in graphics

2007-03-22 Thread Gordon McLean
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lisa M. (Bronson) Gielczyk (TCP) Sent: 22 March 2007 19:16 To: TCP List Subject: [TCP] update on changing color in graphics A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a question to the list about changing colors in graphics using PhotoShop. I have been