Leaving Yahoo - Going Mobile (3)
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On Friday I’ll hand over my badge, laptop, and Blackberry, finishing up three years at Yahoo. I’m leaving MyBlogLog in the good hands of Todd Sampson to drive the product vision and manage the engineering team and Tilly McLain who will look over the day-to-day care and feeding of the site and community. My self-proclaimed tag line on the internal company directory is turning Yahoo inside out. This has been my personal mission since I ...
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Daniel said:
Interesting step in the social networking entering the mobiles.
Don’t blow kisses at work, Sarah Palin (1)
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I keep promising no more Sarah Palin posts but you know what, I am going to stop. Promising, not posting. We (too) rarely have women running for VP and seeing an unknown political figure catapult to the national stage is intriguing, whatever party you support. There is a lot to write about. In this case, it’s about Sarah Palin blowing a kiss to the audience before VP debate last week. And winking during the debate. ...
6 Phases of Work - A Little Kitten Shall Lead Them (1)
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The Japanese, workaholics that they are, have nothing on these cats (pun intended). These furry felines know the work routine. So, RSON wonders out loud, how much different it would be in Japan? The answer…no difference at all. The 6 phases of work. Phase 1 You are listening to jazz — Your first day at work is great. Your coworkers are wonderful, your cubicle is cute, and your boss is the best! Phase 2 You ...
5 Legitimate Online Self Employment Opportunities (6)
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In today’s world there are so many more options than just working in a cubicle or behind a cash register. Maybe you are a teenager and you’re having a hard time finding your first job, or perhaps you’ve been recently laid off, disabled, or you’re a stay-at-home Mom and do not have the opportunity to work outside your home. Whatever the case, if you want to set your own hours, work at home, and possibly ...
A Recession's Impact: Lower Expectations Across the Board (8)
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The stock market is a disaster. Banks are going under, and massive financial institutions are being bailed out. Companies are announcing hiring freezes and layoffs. And just about everybody has less money now than they did last month, or the one before that. While many of these perceived losses are quantifiable (on paper), more widespread are the losses that cannot be quantified, as people and companies cast off their optimism, and exchange it with a ...
Finding the Sweet Spot - Review (1)
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The first comment on the cover says: “This one is a keeper. Buy three. One for you, one for someone you care about, and one for a friend who really and truly needs it.” Seth Godin I was given a copy of Dave Pollard’s Finding the Sweet Spot by a friend and read it on the plane home last week. I’ve been watching Dave develop the model for natural enterprises for quite some time and ...
Avoid social media mistakes: forget the technology and focus on the task (2)
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Part of my job involves trying to get people enthusiastic about using social media. Another part involves trying to stop enthusiastic people using social media badly. It seems to be happening a lot lately. Some colleagues get excited about the idea of using a particular technology (let’s say: a wiki, a blog, or a social networking group) to support a particular comms plan or initiative. Now this is great - I love it that awareness ...
Ironing Man T-Shirt Turns Hero Into Mr. Mom (2)
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This Ironing Man t-shirt ($19) turns a beloved superhero into a beloved, well, ironer, ironing his own pants. Proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that no matter how super you may be, wrinkled pants are still totally unacceptable. Ironing Man T-Shirt, Even Superheroes Love the Feel of Freshly Pressed Pants [uberreview]
Take a Leave of Absence Without Burning Bridges [Career] (7)
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Even in the job that's perfect for you, the day-in/day-out stresses can leave you ready to quit or just bitter. Barbara Raab, a writer and editor at NBC Nightly News, took the rare but helpful step of asking for a leave of absence—and it's helped her realize she wants to come back. Before others take the leap, though, Raab suggests they: Make the business case. Tell your employer what’s in it for them, not just ...
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Kyle said:
Formerly my cube (and Dave's)!
Milestones (1)
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I’m the kind of person who likes to keep busy; not in a ‘mad about DIY / the garden’ kind of way that tends to be the most socially acceptable form of being a ‘project oriented person’, but I always have a bunch of things on the go and never seem to have enough time to do them all. I’m always ‘working’ evenings & weekends, but a lot of the time I really don’t think ...
Well hello there (1)
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Hey guys, it's been a while. I've been super busy at work and haven't had much of a chance to work on personal artwork, but I figured I'd make a post about what I've been doing at my day job. If I haven't mentioned it before, I make cell phone games for a living. These days it's pretty much iPhone exclusively, which is simply an awesome platform to develop for compared to the traditional handset ...
Lessons I learned while growing at Yahoo! » Amr Awadallah Blog (3)
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I spent 8.5 years at Yahoo, and grew up the corporate ladder from a senior engineer to VP engineering. I had many wonderful bosses at yahoo (Qi Lu, Tim Cadogan, Andrew Braccia, and Venkat Panchapakesan), whom helped mentor and grow me. I also attended many career development training classes (an excellent benefit at Yahoo!) and read books like “The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People” and “First, Break All The Rules”. Below I list some ...
DataPortability is boring? (3)
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Drama 2.0 has made a guest post on Mashable suggesting that DataPortability is boring. I obviously disagree. Let me address each of his main points one by one. (1) The average Internet user probably isn’t an active member of dozens of Web 2.0 services. While this may be difficult for some to believe, the truth is that most people don’t feel compelled to sign up for every new Web 2.0 service that launches. And quite ...
Talking Politics Is Now Okay At Work, Except When It's Not [Office Politics] (1)
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"You’ve heard that rule about never discussing politics at work?" asks the Times' Lisa Belkin. "That’s so last election." Nowadays, one survey found that 67% of respondents thought political discussion at the office was totally okay. Publicist Rachel Kempster used to be bothered by political talk at work. Now she says, "I put an Obama poster on my office door. Co-workers are sending around anti-Palin Web sites and I’m not bothered by it. Everyone around ...
Abwesenheitsnotiz (1)
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As a community manager one thing you never have a shortage of is email. It forms a huge part of my average day. So by extension I get to see a lot of away/out-of-office messages. This one I received just this week and it’s my absolute favorite: Subject: He’s gone, real gone Body: Hi! I’m on a humanitarian mission to rid the vacation resorts in and around Tulum, Mexico of cell phones and Tequila. I ...
'Windows Cloud' Operating System Release Within A Month (2)
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces that within a month, MS will release a new operating system he described as "Windows Cloud"—for webapp developers working on "cloud computing" apps like Zoho Suite and, um, Gmail (except not those). Computerworld reports: The operating system, which will likely have a different name, is intended for developers writing cloud-computing applications, said Ballmer, who spoke to an auditorium of IT managers at a Microsoft-sponsored conference in London. The Windows Cloud ...
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Eneset Technology Pty Ltd said:
This is something worth looking at. But only looking. I doubt it's going to make a revolution. I suspect it is going to be cut down version of XP or something like that.
Hiring Over Your Head and Building a Team That’s Better Than You (1)
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Quote, “Hire to be the dumbest person in the room. Surround yourself with people that are smarter than you. Somebody who is of excellence and passion.” — Michael Lebowitz, founder Big Spaceship from his CLICK NY session I LOVE THAT. As we’re rapidly expanding and experimenting with our team here (especially in web and communications) I am excited to be a part of hires that have specified knowledge far beyond mine. Our other designer Chris ...
Allowing the Writer Within to Shine Through (1)
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It just hit me: I’m a writer.It seems pretty silly that I’ve been blogging here at WorkLoveLife for eight months now, and I’ve only just realized that I’m a writer. This is not unique to me, I know. As blogging becomes more and more popular, others I read have questioned at what point you become a writer. And still others have argued against calling yourself a blogger at all.I’ve come to realize in the past ...
