http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Finding freedom en Vox Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:35:38 +0200 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/emancipation-in-a-small-yet-significant-way.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ReasonWreck) http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/emancipation-in-a-small-yet-significant-way.html?_c=feed-rss http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/emancipation-in-a-small-yet-significant-way.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:35:38 +0200 It's been almost a year since my last disgruntled post, and a lot had changed since then. As very few of you know, my situation at the Big Bad Corporation got so bad that I decided to throw the towel in. No wait, that sounds like I gave up. I did... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/emancipation-in-a-small-yet-significant-way.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141d4a656a4700e398d17cab0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/assumption-is-the-mother-of-all-fk-ups.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ReasonWreck) http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/assumption-is-the-mother-of-all-fk-ups.html?_c=feed-rss http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/assumption-is-the-mother-of-all-fk-ups.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 May 2007 11:20:13 +0200 I cannot understand it. Everything seemed to be going so well. A lot has happened since my last post. I guess I was being hopeful. I think I believed that I would have been able to change the way that a big corporation thinks and works. Imagine t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/assumption-is-the-mother-of-all-fk-ups.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d41432c3d76a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/hopes-back-with-a-side-order-of-wings.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ReasonWreck) http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/hopes-back-with-a-side-order-of-wings.html?_c=feed-rss http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/hopes-back-with-a-side-order-of-wings.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:21:39 +0200 The last three weeks have been an emotional roller-coaster for me. I went from elation to depression to confidence to doubt and back to confidence, at an even higher level than before, all in the space of 21 days. The truth of it is that settling... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/hopes-back-with-a-side-order-of-wings.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142dbcdb3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/this-is-the-tunnel-theres-the-light.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ReasonWreck) http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/this-is-the-tunnel-theres-the-light.html?_c=feed-rss http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/this-is-the-tunnel-theres-the-light.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:23:33 +0200 I haven't been able to post as regularly as I would like to, because the new job is still quite hectic. However, I can with the greatest confidence say that things are starting to fall into place. I am adapting. I feel so much better. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/this-is-the-tunnel-theres-the-light.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142c55253c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/almost-a-holiday.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ReasonWreck) http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/almost-a-holiday.html?_c=feed-rss http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/almost-a-holiday.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:24:31 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d09e5ea377be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d09e5ea377be2b-50si" alt="Crashing wave" /></a> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142ad0503c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142ad0503c7f-50si" alt="Ash" /></a> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142871096a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142871096a47-50si" alt="Iain" /></a> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142ad0833c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142ad0833c7f-50si" alt="Garethf" /></a> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d414245669685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d414245669685e-50si" alt="Gareth" /></a> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141d4a656a4700cd971cc0c14cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4141d4a656a4700cd971cc0c14cd5-50si" alt="Shirley" /></a> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142456f8685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142456f8685e-50si" alt="Lighthouse" /></a> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142456c9685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142456c9685e-50si" alt="Umhlanga Beach" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I haven't been on holiday for two years, give or a take a month. It's a long time not to take a break, and the idea that I need to get away was thoroughly reinforced over the last two days, when I went down to the coastal city of Durban on busine... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/almost-a-holiday.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d09e5ea37abe2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/adapt-or-die.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ReasonWreck) http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/adapt-or-die.html?_c=feed-rss http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/adapt-or-die.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:29:11 +0200 No truer words could be applied to me at the moment. I am finding the change of pace, as well as the overall change of environment, quite difficult to cope with. True, I have only been at the job for four days (and the powers that be seem to be e... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/adapt-or-die.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142738a86a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/the-best-decision-ever.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ReasonWreck) http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/the-best-decision-ever.html?_c=feed-rss http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/the-best-decision-ever.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:47:40 +0200 It might, realistically speaking, be a little early to say, but right now I feel as though I made the best career based decision ever when I left the U-Team and joined the new company. Yesterday was an incredible day and, although my mind was a l... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/the-best-decision-ever.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d414222469685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/537-am.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ReasonWreck) http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/537-am.html?_c=feed-rss http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/537-am.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:49:05 +0200 I can't sleep. I normally get up at around this time, yes, but the fact is that I have been up for hours. I am posting this because I need something to do. I am caught in a swirl of excitement and utter nervousness. The excitement is understandab... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/537-am.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142862693c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/its-done-i-am-relieved.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ReasonWreck) http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/its-done-i-am-relieved.html?_c=feed-rss http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/its-done-i-am-relieved.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:09:52 +0200 It's done. I am relieved. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/its-done-i-am-relieved.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d09e5c17e1be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(ReasonWreck) http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/1.html?_c=feed-rss http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/1.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:56:51 +0200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d41421adb7685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d41421adb7685e-50si" alt="Going" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> So here it is, the last day. I didn't sleep well last night - my mind was racing far too much. There is still a lot that could happen today, although I doubt that it will. So yeah, 1... 1 is, as they say, the loneliest number. But it also mark... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://reasonwreck.vox.com/library/post/1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141d4a656a4700d4142828293c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>