Posts tagged amtrekker
Résumé Padding!
May 3rd
Hey Team,
Are you crazy kids ready for some Résumé Padding? Here’s the deal: In addition to this little GEitW contest that’s rolling out we’re going to start taking things a step further. You know what? That’s just lazy. Why take things a step further when you can take them THREE steps further?!
Good. That’s settled then. Let’s start over…
Are you crazy kids ready for some Résumé Padding? Here’s the deal: In addition to this little GEitW contest that’s rolling out we’re going to start taking things THREE HUGE STEPS FURTHER. I know what you’re thinking. 1) Who’s this “we” and 2) What are you babbling on about?
It seems I can’t in good conscience run a website that doesn’t provide a startling amount of entertainment relative to how many people are working on it* so, starting next week there will be a new weekly web series on this very site operating under the name…Résumé Padding!
Résumé Padding will be serving a dual purpose of 1) entertaining the masses (that’s you, friends!) and 2) proving once and for all that I am indeed…the Greatest Employee in the World! (Maybe.)
The concept is simple. Each episode will feature me taking on a different local job (Maybe a pizza parlor, a shoeshine stand, a zoo? Who knows?), going over what it takes to do the job well, a little look at training and ending with a grand competition between me and a regular employee for the title of “Greatest Employee in the WORLD!” Sounds fun, right?!
It’s kind of like the web’s answer to Dirty Jobs…but without the dirty…and no one nearly as cool as Mike Rowe…and less of a focus on obscure jobs…and not sponsored by Ford…and done with little to no budget…y’know what, it’s probably more like the web’s answer to Amtrekker.
Here’s where the “we” comes in. Since these episodes don’t have to be super timely I’d LOVE to shoot as many as I can, as quickly as possible and just spread out the editing. Which means, if you own your own business or know of a business that would love to be part of an episode shoot me and email at brett [at] GEitW [dot] com! I’m based in Fresno, CA so the closer to there the better but I am willing to do a little driving. (You know what? There are some pretty good airline deals out there right now…if you’ve got a cool idea for an episode hit me up regardless of your location!)
I’m super pumped about this, gang! Let’s make it happen!
I’m done.
Brett.
*Bear in mind there is exactly one person working on this site. 
Monetize This Post
Apr 24th
Hey Team,
Andrew Mayne has a great new site up about monetizing internet projects that is a must read. Very well thought out and concisely written, it provides some great insights into specific concepts. And since he recently wrote a post about tipping and donations, which I happen to know a thing or two about after living off the good graces of the web for almost two years, I agreed to write a quick devil’s advocate response.
You can check out my guest post here.
And his homepage is right here.
Thanks, Team!
I’m done.
Brett.
Too Exciting
Apr 15th
I don’t think I can overstate how excited I am about this project. Amtrekker was a non-stop adventure of immense proportions that spanned almost a year and a half and gave me the opportunity to collect experiences like most people collect, well…paychecks. And at first glance even I’d be forced to admit that it would be pretty tough to top that kind of adventure.
But here’s what REALLY gets me excited: the unknown.
With Amtrekker I had a clearly defined set of goals, an unlimited amount of time and a video camera. In at least one respect I knew exactly what was going to happen. I was going to go hang gliding, I was going to milk a cow on an Amish farm and, somehow, I was going to tell Donald Trump he was fired. Not only that but I was going to get as much of it on tape as possible and I would do my best to make compelling videos despite my “office” often being a crowded seat on a greyhound bus in the middle of the night.
This time things are completely different. There are no boundaries, no limits. I could be landscaping a golf course in Scotland, going back to the design world in LA or cleaning giant rock heads with a toothbrush on Easter Island for all I know. And no matter where I go, or what I do, it will be a new experience in a new place where I can make an impact regardless of whether it’s in a corporate setting or in the great outdoors.
Equally exciting is the idea that I will be in one place for an extended length of time with enough dollars to do better than my best when it comes to making compelling video content. No more calling a project done because my laptop is about to run out of battery and I’m cruising down a forgotten one-lane highway in Montana with no hope of an outlet for another 24 hours. (Unless of course the winner of this little contest happens to be whatever Montana transportation authority is in charge of back roads.)
AND, although there are great stories everywhere and I’ve yet to have a job that wouldn’t have made for an interesting series of short documentary videos, I’ve hedged my bets by letting you guys have a say in which position wins out. The jobs YOU think will be most interesting to get an inside look at will be the ones that make up the final 10!
Too exciting.
So, here’s to the unknown and here goes nothing…
I’m done.
Brett.
