One Week Job Show – Episode #1: Steam Whistle Brewery

At long last – the pilot episode of the One Week Job Show is here! The episode is the result of many…many…many hours of work shooting Sean on the job, editing the footage, searching for the soundtrack, encoding, transcoding, uploading, you name it. The result is an approx 17 minute film.
In this [...]

August 8th, 2007 | 15 Comment

Piercing The World Of Tattoos: First Days At New Tribe

Last week was so busy that it felt as if the week had barely finished yet the following Monday morning had already arrived and it was time to start my next One Week Job at New Tribe Tattooing and Piercing.
I think Ian and I are the only ones in there without tattoos completely covering our [...]

August 7th, 2007 | 0 Comments

Week Twenty Announced – Tattoo Parlour Assistant

This week I will be working at New Tribe Tattooing and Piercing in downtown Toronto.
I will be up to various things throughout the week – shadowing the piercers and current shop helpers, jewelery packaging, station tear down and setup, cleaning and sterilizing of tools…
I am not sure if you need a certification to [...]

August 6th, 2007 | 2 Comment

A Week In Review: Lessons From The Steam Whistle Brewery

We have barely had time to catch our breath since we arrived last Sunday in Toronto, yet we had an incredible week working with the crew at Steam Whistle Brewing. We were so warmly welcomed by everyone from the start and I can’t say enough about the kindness and generosity that was shown to us. [...]

August 5th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Sleep Is Overrated Anyways

Things just keep getting better each day here at Steam Whistle. It’s been a really busy week and although we are operating on about four hours of sleep a night, we are having an great time. I am positive you could ask any employee here and they would tell you that they really enjoy their [...]

August 2nd, 2007 | 2 Comment