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Out of work? How to make your free time pay off

April 23, 2009

First, sorry for your situation. But hey, lots of people are out of work right now, so you are in good company. Future employers probably will not make a big deal out of your temporary unemployment.
But, future employers may worry that you have lost your game. And while the economy will recover, you will be [...]

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New feature: Gravatars

February 25, 2009

You may be noticing the “Gravatar” icon now showing up in the comments, while some commenters have a picture or avatar in its place. A Gravatar is a globally-recognized avatar. Getting one is easy. Set up an account at gravatar.com, add the email addresses you use when you comment, and upload an avatar.
Once you have [...]

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Blogging 101: “I don’t get the blog thing”

December 16, 2008

A colleague said this to me as we were riding up an elevator after the MSBA Practice Management & Marketing Section lunch today. I tried to explain, but while my “elevator speech” about my practice is pretty good, I do not have one about blogging. Nevertheless, I will attempt to boil down a complex internet [...]

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Reduce e-mail with social networking tools

June 29, 2008

Luis Suarez, who works for IBM from the Canary Islands, got tired of wading through piles of e-mail, so he moved most of his communications to social networking tools, especially blogs. To keep up with his co-workers, he used an RSS reader (I use Google Reader for the same thing) to stay on top of [...]

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