The Blog

I will be writ­ing about a vari­ety of sub­jects. Most of the time I will be writ­ing about sub­jects that interest me, things like music, tech, and athe­ism. I’ve only been writ­ing for a short time, so I ima­gine that at this, the begin­ning of my writ­ing car­reer, there will be some rough spots. Possibly the occa­sional typo will be found, and I hope that won’t scare too may people off. The updates may some­times come infre­quently, but I will try to man­age my time appro­pri­ately so that the Blog does not fade into (fur­ther) obscurity.

The  Person

My name is Nelson, I’m a writer, a drum­mer, and an atheist,  –  I’m also a com­puter tech­ni­cian. I have many books that I would like to read, yet haven’t. I live and work in Calgary, Alberta, but that could change pretty eas­ily. I like read­ing and cook­ing and sit­ting quietly in the sun. I ride a cruiser style bicycle because the seat is more com­fort­able. I used to skate­board too, but never very well.

The Résumé

My Objective is to find long-term employ­ment in an industry in which I can cap­it­al­ize on my know­ledge and interests in the field of Technical doc­u­ment­a­tion and writing.

Skills

• Clear and con­cise com­mu­nic­ator, both writ­ten and verbally.
• Explain com­plex sys­tems in a man­ner that can be eas­ily understood.
• Work in a team envir­on­ment or alone with equal capacity.
• Identify and cor­rect read­ab­il­ity issues in documentation.
• Proficient in a vari­ety of desktop envir­on­ments includ­ing those spe­cific to Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac, and GNU/Linux.
• Competent using a vari­ety of com­mand line and graph­ical user inter­faces to per­form tasks.
• Provide guid­ance and advice to cli­ents regard­ing soft­ware needs and upgrade paths.
• Troubleshoot and repair a vari­ety of hard­ware and soft­ware issues.
• Install and con­fig­ure new hard­ware, soft­ware and oper­at­ing systems.
• Build and con­fig­ure com­puter sys­tems from indi­vidual retail or OEM components.
• Remove vir­uses and spy­ware using whichever tools are available.
• Perform and main­tain soft­ware and data backups.
• Recover lost or dam­aged data.

Work History

• Depot Technician/Supervisor — Tech Squad, Calgary, AB — April, 2008 – Present
• General Labourer — Louisiana Pacific, Golden, BC — November 2002 – April 2008
• General Labourer — Merc Building Supplies, Golden, BC — July 2000 – November 2002
• Cashier Husky Convenience Store, — Golden, BC — July 1999 – September 1999

Education

• Certification — A+® Certified Professional Depot Technician, Calgary, AB — Jul 13, 2009

 

• Completed First Year — Augustana University College, Camrose, AB — September 1999 – July 2000
• Diploma — Golden Secondary School, Golden, BC — September 1993 – July 1998.