Interviews: Tips for Talking Your Way Into a Job (65)
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It takes a lot of work to find a great job, determine what it should pay and make your resume stand out, but that all led up to the big moment—the one where you stop planning and writing and start actually talking to the people you may soon work with. We're offering up a few tips on staying cool, telling your story without bragging or boring, and being prepared for any curve balls, so take ...
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JayCrossler said:
Some of the tricks I frequently use in conversations are synching (mirroring, especially breathing) and footprinting.
IE8 Beta Released To Public (4)
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Tim writes "English, German, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese versions of Internet Explorer 8 have been released for public beta. New features include accelerators, which provide instant context menu access for a number of common tasks; automatic crash recovery, which prevents a single page's failures from taking down your entire browser; and browser privacy, a feature that didn't make Firefox 3. I'm primarily a Firefox user, and I've been using IE8 at work (MS) for the ...
Beyond The Conversation (22)
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OK, let's get this straight. For the past couple of years we've had a great time talking about the merits of conversation, transparency, authenticity, facilitation, participation, and blah blah blah. Having talked about "The Conversation Economy" myself—I'm no exception to the "BLAH". So, we get it—and now it's time to get down to business. From my vantage point there are a few things going on at once, so here's a few thoughts rolling around in ...
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JayCrossler said:
This is a good perspective on three types of initiatives that could make sense when explained to executives. Shared so I can later use the image on a PowerPoint slide.
Airborne IEDs Are the Next Generation of Homebrew Weapons [Mega Weapons] (4)
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In the arms race between local terrorist groups in Iraq and the US occupying forces, things just got more complicated with the development of the "improvised rocket-assisted mortar." Essentially it's IED 2.0, the next step in homebrew explosives that militant groups use against US forces. Though the IRAMs aren't being used widely yet, what's scary about them is that they're mobile, have really bad aim, and pack a punch that's considerably bigger than a conventional ...
mmmm … sweet carbonite (5)
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Michele created this Star Wars inspired cake depicting a cartoony Han Solo imprisoned in carbonite. Hmm, wonder if that first slice would free him or do him in? - Han Solo frozen in Carbonite [via Neatorama] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Crafts | Digg this!
Custom Video: Google Reader in Plain English | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English (23)
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The Google Reader team hired us to create this one minute introduction to Google Reader. Share this video with this code: <object width="319" height="266"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VSPZ2Uu_X3Y&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VSPZ2Uu_X3Y&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="319" height="266"></embed></object> Our other videos for Google include: Google Docs Mobile Maps (My Location) Google Apps with Salesforce View all of our custom client productions.
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Ian said:
I AM BEING REPLACED BY ROBOTS
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Rob M said:
figured i had to share this ;-)
Animoto Emerges from Beta with 4M Videos (3)
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Animoto launched in beta last year as a way to create professional-looking videos based on a user’s set of uploaded images, as an alternative to other slide show creation sites or professional software packages used for editing purposes. A year later, Animoto is emerging from beta, with a reported 4 million unique videos having been produced on its platform. Along with the official public launch of Animoto, there are a handful of new features, including ...
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JayCrossler said:
I love Animoto - in addition to what they make, they have one of the best business models I've seen. Very web 3.0
I Cannot Navigate Your Building's User Interface [Interior Design] (16)
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User interfaces for computers are modeled after familiar places like offices and houses (hence "folders" and "windows"). But in this design project, called Signterior, architect Nobuhiro Nakamura uses a computer-like interface to help people to navigate a large Shanghai office and shopping structure. I often think this is what the future would look like if I could travel to it: A bewildering world filled with signs and directions I can't parse. Check out a few ...
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puthali said:
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Alexander Williams said:
Looks like my idea of a dream office.
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JayCrossler said:
I don't think the future is going to be so stark and lifeless. I rather think that using vibrant displays and virtual overlays will put us in "sensory overload" environments that react to us.
Amazon Acquires Shelfari: Moves To Corner Book-Centric Social Networks (7)
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Shelfari, a social network for bibliophiles, has been acquired by Amazon for an undisclosed amount. Amazon has been a longtime supporter of the Seattle based startup, having invested $1 million in the site in February 2007. The move comes less than a month after Amazon’s acquisition of AbeBooks, a vendor of rare and used books from independent publishers. As part of that acquisition Amazon also got a stake in Shelfari’s competitor LibraryThing, which AbeBooks had ...
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JayCrossler said:
I really like Shelfari - I pull it up all the time in bookstores to get ratings on books I want to buy.
Designing a better ballot (41)
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“How Design Can Save Democracy” is AIGA’s attempt to identify common design problems in election ballots and offer improvements. Problem (excerpt) Solution (excerpt) More details. Is it an improvement? Sure. But the real crime here is how terrible the original one is. Looks like a bunch of lawyers trying to figure out Quark. It’s tough to have much faith in your government’s ability to solve truly complicated challenges when it seems so inept at dealing ...
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iomegadrive said:
"VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE(1)"Hahaha, wow.
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Derick Valadao said:
They should take a lesson from Elections Canada:1. Names are in alphabetical order2. Put an "x" in the circle next to the name3. Give your ballot backSimple, gets the job done.
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rexy said:
I think that this is a very interesting design problem to solve.
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猫影 said:
还是我国的选票比较简单!
Debunking The Myths of Multitasking [Exclusive Lifehacker Interview] (56)
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In a fast-paced business culture of "get everything done yesterday," it's easy to admire and reward those busybusy people who always seem to be juggling fourteen things at once. But business coach Dave Crenshaw argues that the most common kind of multitasking doesn't boost productivity—it slows you down. In his new book, The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done, Crenshaw explains the difference between "background tasking"—like watching TV while exercising—and "switchtasking," ...
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Chris McQueen said:
If I stopped multi-tasking I might be able to implement this...
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Simon said:
I've been trying to focus on a single task at a time at my new job and I have really noticed a difference. Mind you, my new job doesn't have nearly the pressure of the old so I can focus on one thing at a time.
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Sean said:
More discussion on this ever present problem.
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JayCrossler said:
Rich Byrne once challenged me that the more you multitask, the less quality all of your result are. I took that as advice to stop checking my blackberry and texting someone on my iPhone while he was talking.I think there is another story, though - multitasking at the right time is very valuable. I see many people who attend 4 hour meetings without brigning their laptops - and then during the 2.5 hours where their attention isn't needed, they just doodle or try to inject their great ideas into areas that don't need them. I think if we understand that most people don't deserve my full attention (though, Rich Byrne definitely does) then we can all get much more done.Anyone know a polite way of saying, "Excuse me for typing while you are talking, but you're only worth 28% of my attention"?
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Timothy said:
For some reason this made me think of what Ashley has to deal with on a daily basis in the ER.
[Preview] ~ AppMaker v1.0 Beta (1)
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Preview ~ AppMaker v1.0 Beta! Announcing AppMaker 1.0! AppMaker is the go to app for on the run source code generation! ( YES - It does look a lot like Gojohnnyboi's app, don't worry =p ) Main Screen: Finished Operation: About Screen: Release later today!! In just one click this app spits out source code to what it say on the buttons.
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Note - iPhone app generation on Windows!
[Preview 2] iPodUtil (1)
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This is another look at iPodUtil, with a GUI enhance around the corner, we will show off more features Just Please Keep this thread Flame free. Expected Public BETA Release Date: 27th (At the latest) Credits to JoshRose54, Jikoo, Simonichards150, Micaheljcaboose, H_Picko, Gojohnnyboi (Yes, he helped us with soft respring) Prepare: Hope you enjoyed :D
The Inked Life: Tattoo Networks From Italy to America (10)
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We here at Mashable are always ready and willing to expand our view of the social networking realm top to bottom, left to right, east to west, and all the little nooks and crannies that make up the long tail of niche interests and fascinations. So, naturally I was curious when a site by the name of Tatuatori crossed our path. It is, in a few words, a venue for tattoo enthusiasts. Before you step ...
Microsoft: We're not "cool enough" for Mac OS X (53)
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Filed under: Humor, OS, Odds and ends If you thought the new Get a Mac ads were spot-on or funny, then you will definitely get a kick out of this. On Microsoft's Photosynth website, they admit something that we've known for years: They're not cool enough to run on Macs. "Unfortunately, we're not cool enough to run on your OS yet. We really wish we had a version of Photosynth that worked cross platform, but ...
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vanlandw said:
Microsoft is so stupid..
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Todd Albertson said:
Enough said...
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Bill said:
exact same error message on Linux... ouch.
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Nick said:
you sir, is too cool to shop in our stores. So please leave.
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enc said:
new trademark: not cool enough. or "my OS is too sexy for your photosynch"
Animal Internet (1)
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Clay Shirky on our cognitive surplus (15)
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There's a great talk from Clay Shirky in the latest issue of Edge -- about all of our surplus, unused brain power, and what we might be able to do with it if we turn off our TVs: How big is that surplus? If you take Wikipedia as a kind of unit, all of Wikipedia, the whole project -- every page, every edit, every line of code, in every language Wikipedia exists in -- that ...
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Allan Haggett said:
I suppose this isn't telling us anything we don't already know, but it's really interesting when put in these terms. It should definitely be thought provoking for those of you who spend many hours a week watching TV (and not multitasking while doing so).
Free Alternatives to Replace Jott's Functions [Mobile Apps] (82)
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When formerly-free phone-to-text service Jott announced they would start charging for its smartest functions this week, it caught a lot of fans by surprise. Good, free things can't last forever, but once you get used to adding calendar appointments and to-do items, emailing or texting friends, and even blogging directly from a phone call, it's hard to imagine losing those tools. While $4/month isn't an unfair price, many folks just don't shell out for web-based ...
