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When chatting with an occasional reader last night, I realized that I haven't really updated things about my professional life in a little while.

I suppose the biggest news I'd have is that I've changed ministries, beginning my second contract with the Ontario government about six weeks ago. I'm now working for the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM).

The work is a little different here, because even though I'm in an "issues" unit (which I think I've described here a bit before) my role is a little more versatile. This is largely thanks to this ministry being much smaller than where I started - Community and Social Services is among the bigger ones in this government. Anyway, what this means is that while I have responsibilities in issues, I'm also getting to write communications materials to help out our main office in Sudbury - news releases, speeches and the like.

Things have taken a bit of an unpredictable turn in recent weeks when I was asked if I had any desktop publishing skills. The funny part is, I had taken it upon myself to learn InDesign in my previous post but the opportunity hadn't come up to use it. So a good chunk of my time has been spent working with gradients, graphics and gamuts, trying to balance what goes into a good document template. So all in all, this was a pleasant addition to an already varied portfolio.

I'm interested to see what'll come my way in the next year or so, because I'm already pretty pleased with what has been offered so far.