Posts Tagged ‘radio’

In Business For Myself

// October 12th, 2010 // No Comments » // Business

Those of you who know me reasonably well (and even those who pay close attention to this blog) will know that radio is one of my passions. Depending on your point of view, the radio industry in the UK is either (a) on the cusp of a renaissance, or (b) on its arse. Either way you look at it, there are fewer opportunites for talented people to get noticed. Just so you don’t think I’m big headed, John Collins and Steven Scott are the ones who class me as talented.

Anyway, as there are fewer radio stations and fewer opportunities, I decided to create my own. Opportunities, that is – not radio stations. This decision in turn has created *audioninjas, or Audio Ninjas Limited, if you’re from Companies House. So far, I’ve picked up a couple of radio stations, one of which I can’t really publicise right now..

It’s safe to say that we mainly to audio for radio, but we’re in the process of producing a podcast or two, and we’re available to create all kinds of corporate audio, in-store radio stations, etc. If you’re interested in what we’re doing or would like to know more, head on over to www.audioninjas.eu and follow us on Twitter!

It’s been a while…

// October 11th, 2009 // No Comments » // News

…but hopefully you’ll forgive me. I started a new job a few weeks ago, and I’ve been finding my feet. It’s full of new challenges, and I’m meeting each and every one of them. For now.

It’s always interesting starting a new job. Meeting new people, remembering their names, finding out what they like/dislike… just being sociable in general. Luckily, I’ve gone full time in a place where I have been temping. Same department, different job, and different location, so the transition from old to new hasn’t been the upheaval it might have been if I’d switched employers. By and large, I’ve managed to hit the ground running.

I appear to have found a niche in the work that I do, but I’m not going to allow myself to become to comfortable. After all, this is only a 12-month contract. I need to push the boundaries and go beyond my comfort zone if I want to pick up new skills. New skills which may help be find a new job if, after 12 months, this temporary position isn’t made permanent. Intertwined with that, I need to start studying again. I’ve been talking about it for long enough, but it’s time that I actually got that Microsoft certification I’ve been planning. I’ve got all the training materials – I just need to start using them.

I’ll be tough not to let this diminish my other interests. I’m still a keen photographer, and I really want to forge ahead with some radio work. After all, the long-term goal is to move abroad with the missus where she can get a nursing job, and I can proceed in radio. However, I need to pay the bills now, and the IT industry is paying. Radio is not (for the most part).

So that’s about it from me for the moment… I’ll try to write again soon, but as you’ve already seen, that may be a problem for me.

I’ll leave you with the video on the right. Courtesy of @RadioPaulo.