Wednesday, February 19, 2014

So I have admitted to being a bad blogger and that is a fact. Another fact is that I have not had a lot to say. My first blog (Post-Genfast Nation) was started just after my employment at Genfast (formerly Stelco Forging and Fastener) came to an end with the company filing bankruptcy and closing. I checked the PGN blog a while back and there was a comment by a co-blogger who ran our employee centre for the Steelworkers here and he mentioned that at the time I set up the site there was no Facebook or Twitter and blogging was not such a big thing either. It served it's purpose by allowing me to blow off steam about our MP and MPP. It served a better purpose by allowing Brian to communicate with the former Genfast employees and keep them informed about the action centre. Move ahead a year and I was in a robotics course when I found out about co-working and the movement around the world for these sites where people could for a small fee, have a work place to work at their own business yet have the community and "water cooler" experiences that help in a normal work place. Not everyone wants to work alone at home or in the busy environment of a coffee shop so I became enamoured by the idea of opening a centre like this with a group of like minded people. At that point I started this site to track the progress of the idea which failed to take off because I took the easy route and just got a 'JOB'. About the same time I started a blog about books hoping to do something in that direction but again I had the 'JOB'. So what am I blowing air about here? Here it is. The 'JOB' went south. I'm out of work again and this time I'm taking a serious stab at a business through O.S.E.B. which will, if I qualify, help me to get a viable business off the ground and running. I am going to blog about this a little at this site because it sort of fits with the original intention of this page although the title comes from a past venture, I hope to ride this into the future. Oh! And maybe become a better blogger! ..........................................dave

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