True Crime: Hong Kong Pre-Orders from GameStop

Hey everybody,

Get over to Gamestop, and Pre-order yourself a copy of True Crime: Hong Kong!
And then Pre-order one for your friends as well!!! :)

Two posts in one day!!!

Hey gang, another one of my car designs is being showcased, this time as a pre-order bonus (I didn't tart it up as a cop car, but the car design is mine)!!!

True Crime: Hong Kong Official Site

(The second news item is the pre-order bonus.)

Some work comes out from under the NDA! New NFS stuff.

Hey gang,

Well this mornings' E3 has brought about some fresh work for me to share...
Now that "Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit" has been announced, I can say, that I've done some work, designing some of the black and white cars, seen in the trailer.

:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6ouHWP0KrY

Busy Busy Bees.

Hey gang,

Though things have gone pretty silent on the blogging front, things are hotter than ever on the working front. There are lots of new startups in town, and some of them are in need of contractors, as well there is interest from companies overseas. Busy busy busy. And the boys (my 8 month old twins), are a real handful right now. In a good way. But busy we are, none the less.

So much new work... But all of it is NDA'ed!!! :P

Maybe I'll squeeze in some personal work one of these days!

Cheers,

-mike

New EI program utterly useless

The Canadian government has just passed a new addition to the Employment Insurance act, which was supposed to cover the contract worker... Their self employment program however, turns out that it does not offer regular EI benefits for insurable income, rather it only allows access to their "special programs" such as 15 weeks maternity, a parental leave, sick leave, etc.

There are no regular benefits available for the loss of work/income... So there is little to no reason to opt in, giving them a percentage of your income, when you can invest that percentage yourself for a rainy day.

From one contractor to all others, watch out for yourself, and provide that extra bit of care to your work. Because... You ARE working without a net.

:)

Updates.

Updates on the horizon.

There is a new version of my website coming. I have it designed, and tested offline. I just need to get my FTP access fixed up. (A little wonky at the moment).

I've updated the blog to match the design of the site. Let me know how you like the new color scheme.

Working on some exciting projects at the moment. Stay tuned for further updates!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2010. The year of the independent contractor? The year of landing a full time gig? No one knows for sure, but it's going to be great. :)

Here's to you and yours! Make this one great!

-mike