The Other Side of the Desk
On in Career Assistance, Landing a Job, Working with Recruiters.
Back in June when I was laid off, I was advised to reach out to recruiters for help with my job search. Although I spent a frustrating six months working with a few recruiting agencies trying to find my next…
Continue ReadingDo You Know How Much You Make?
On in Career Assistance, Landing a Job, Market Analysis.
When searching for a new job these days, you will undoubtedly be asked what you are currently making and even what you were making in past positions. Occasionally when I ask this question I run into folks who try to take…
Continue ReadingHow much Data does a Super Bowl eat… A LOT!
On in Cool Tech, Just For Fun, Mobile News.
AT&T Data Use Explodes At The Super Bowl We’ve all been there. You are at a crowded event, taking pictures with your smartphone and trying to share them on Facebook or Twitter but the damn photo just won’t upload. The…
Continue ReadingRemember to communicate and don’t assume anything!
On in Just For Fun.
Communication is Key! The scene: a woman goes to buy a cake for, oh, let’s say her cat Whiskers’s birthday. She decides to put a photo of Whiskers’s face on top of the cake… READ MORE
Continue ReadingSad and strange…but still this is amazing personal project management / outsourcing at its best.
On in Just For Fun.
How a ‘model’ employee got away with outsourcing his software job to China Bob was his company’s best software developer, got glowing performance reviews and earned more than $250,000 a year. Then one day last spring, Bob’s employer, an American…
Continue ReadingCool…but claustrophobia may be too intense in these awesome mini tech apartments.
On in Cool Tech.
New York City unveils its vision for micro-apartments under 400 sq. ft. New York City today announced the winner of its competition to design micro-apartments, between 250 and 370 square feet, intended to address a shortage of housing stock for single New Yorkers. http://ow.ly/h2w8Z
Continue ReadingFacebook goes BOOM with Graph…”watch this video”
On in Social Media.
Here’s What Using the New Facebook Search Looks Like Facebook Graph Search is an amazing feature with a terrible name. It takes the massive, inordinate amount of personal information and experiences you’ve charted over the years, and pulls them up with a few…
Continue ReadingOkay Microsoft, I’ll admit it…this is pretty darn cool…I want my MePhone…as in, my hand is the phone.
On in Cool Tech.
Meet Microsoft, the world’s best kept R&D secret As far as 99.9 percent of the world population is concerned, Microsoft is a stodgy, old-guard technology company. Its bottom line is fully leveraged against PC operating systems and business software—hardly the building blocks…
Continue ReadingPBS has a more highbrow show about Silicon Valley than Bravo…go figure.
On in Events.
Looks Like PBS Made A ‘Silicon Valley’ TV Show That Could Really Be Worth Watching Those who dreaded the ‘Silicon Valley’ reality TV series that aired this past year on Bravo did not have much to worry about after all. The show received mostly negative reviews and…
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