090216 Meltdown Links

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Thought For The Day: …successful cities, unlike biological organisms, actually get faster as they grow. In order to grow bigger and overcome diseconomies of scale like congestion and rising housing and business costs, cities must become more efficient, innovative, and productive. –Richard Florida Finding a Job With Twitter Sensible advice for an emerging new channel. […]
 

090212 Future Tech Links

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Thought For The Day: “We have to move very fast to even stand still. ” ~~John F. Kennedy Smartphone Apps Great for Marketing, Bad for Social Skills Leave it to parents. Whatever kids start playing with is never, ever good enough. Now that video games have reached deep market penetration (and, if you notice Spore, […]
 

090210 Useful Links

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Thought For The Day: We even outsource our outsourcing. Facebook In Reality Funny video. David Perry and Kevin Donlin Launch “The Guerrilla Job Search Home Study Course” Let’s root for our homeboys. Rumors of Job Board Death Greatly Exaggerated Much of the carping you hear comes from the people they are replacing. Long Url Please […]
 

Novotus II

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Novotus II (Read Novotus I) (Feb 10, 2009) Mike Mayeux is one of those guys whose genius is simplification. He’s a big bear with a humble approach. Jimmy Stewart would be proud of the clear spoken ideas that populate Novotus‘ values. Patiently learning through constant experimentation with tiny tweaks, Mayeux assembled a team of master […]
 

090209 Digital Links

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Thought For The Day: Fear is viral. Why newspapers must die Today fresh information is immediate, cheap, abundant, available. News happens and is distributed in real time – worldwide – before lumbering outfits like the New York Times even have a chance to think up a catchy headline. Great video from Douglas Rushkoff at the […]
 

090211 Small Job Links

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Thought For The Day: Tell your boss. The times are changing. Run when he tells you it doesn’t matter. Top Job Sites and Career Experts on Twitter How to use social networking in your job search It’s the new thing this downturn. Tweetajob Fast. Reasonably priced. Try it and let me know  if it’s effective. […]
 

090206 New Tools Links

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Thought For The Day: Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer Google LattitudeThe future of candidate pools?   Is Big Data at a Tipping Point?"For the past several decades, an increasing number of business processes– from sales, customer service, shipping – […]
 

090205 Geo Health Links

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Thought For The Day: Anything worth doing well is worth really screwing up the first time. – Dave McClure Google Lattitude The future of candidate pools? It’s Twitter, GPS and IM all rolled into one Hans Rosling on Third World Stats He’s the founder of gapminder.org. This video will change your mind. Google Latitude shows […]
 

090203 Techie Links

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Thought For The Day: Ideas are cheap. Execution is everything. What the Web knows about youMany states publish scanned documents that include lots of personal information. Your deed and mortgage, with signatures and SSNs may well be online.   10 Recruiting Lessons That You Can Learn From the Super BowlLesson # 9 – It takes […]
 

090202 Mostly Craig Links

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Thought For The Day: “Google feels like ours (even though it legally belongs to its shareholders)… Weblogs feel like their ours while online columns do not. The Mac feels like it’s ours… Craigslist feels like ours…”  David Weinberger When Talking About Business Models, Remember That Profits Equal Revenues Minus Costs The VC behind Twitter and […]