January 2011
31 posts
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Initial advice on looking for a job
friend: I've recently found myself jobless. I’ve been back on the Job search trail and I need a new Strategy. I'm looking at a specific market, but not necessarily. Do you think you can give me some thoughts on that? Thanks.
me: Evaluate what makes you a financial asset for a company and prove your return on investment hire. This alone should take you at least a few hours, if not weeks. Plot it out and write it. Then we'll talk.
Crash Course: 21 Digital Execution Resources →
The Way I Work: Gary Vaynerchuk →
“Too many people think this one-on-one stuff doesn’t scale, but giving a shit has an enormous return yield. … Yes, it’s hard work, but once everybody understands the value of engagement, everybody will do it.”
How Steve Jobs gets things done →
balanon:
For starters, they hear a tale from one Apple director about the special board meeting held after Jobs accepted the post. Jobs walked up to the wall of the conference room where Apple’s roughly two dozen current products were on display and began taking them down, one at a time. When he was done, only four were left. Those were the ones, he said, that would give Apple new life by...
Are you good at naming puppies? Want to apply your... →
The Sweetest Thing Ever Done To/For Me On The Web →
hubertsawyers:
I am deeply honored to call David Murray (aka @DaveMurr) a friend. I’ve been rendered speechless over the post he wrote about me. Like my physical person has barely been able to respond, outside of my eyes watering up a bit.
If you are fortunate enough to know Dave personally, then you already know how special he is to everyone. He has made a positive impact on the world and he...
Dear Tumblr
oatmeal:
If you’re going to go down, you might as well blame it on an imaginary animal like Twitter did with their infamous Fail Whale. I’ve taken the liberty of creating this animal for you:
Please use it.
Please oh please.
-The Oatmeal
“The ‘perfect’ time never arrives. You’re always too young or old or busy or...”
– ReWork
Interactive Map: Return on Educational Investment →
Starbucks Starts Accepting iPhone Mobile Payments... →
balanon:
This is a huge step in the US with making payments using phone instead of a plastic card or cash. Starbucks will be the only place that most Americans (including me) will use our iPhone to pay for things. For the time being at least.
“What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do,
especially in...”
– William Least Heat Moon
“I can’t pay you very much but I can give you a lot of work.”
– (via clientsfromhell)
6 Insane Foreign Memes That Put Lolcats To Shame →
Verizon to Offer iPhone Users Unlimited Data →
parislemon:
So not only will it offer better service, it will be a better deal as well. Poor AT&T.
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you...”
– Maya Angelou (via kari-shma)
“People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the...”
– Salma Hayek (via kari-shma)
“Think in the morning, act in the noon, read in the evening, and sleep at night.”...”
– Top 10 Ways to Upgrade Your Morning Routine (via mrossana) 