And cut!

Phew. The huge video transcription project has died down into translating correspondence for licensing video clips, and should be over soon as the documentary gets ready to air. It's been quite draining - I find even reading the news about the aftermath of the Tohoku disaster totally draining - but I've really enjoyed it and it's been a nice introduction to the field.

Other than that, the ITI's Professional Support Group is steaming ahead. After ripping up all our CVs and preparing something that makes us look more like a one-person business and less like a job applicant, we moved on to talking about specialisms and then got stuck into quoting and invoicing.

Yes, yes, you think. I've quoted and invoiced. I know this... except I often find I don't know it as well I'd like to. I'm doing it right, but that's thanks to (well-informed) guesses so it's great to have an opportunity to go through it with a group of supportive professionals and check my ideas against theirs, which are backed by the weight of experience and expert knowledge. The feeling of "I know this is right" is quite different from "I hope/think this is right". (Not right in the moral sense, of course, but appropriate and satisfying local legislation.)

The specialisation exercise technically didn't answer my question, but it did convince me that I have to answer it for myself. There's some news in there too, but I'll wait until it's confirmed to tell!