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The Importance of Comments

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

So while procrastinating, I checked out one more RSS feed, and I notice my name. Curious I head over to Thrasher’s Wheat to take a look. Apparently a comment I left has been elevated to full post status. I must have written it during one of my more lucid moments. So many of my thoughts are unproductive…

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Your Personal Brand Online

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

You can’t control what other people say or think about you, so online there is always potential for less than flattering information turning up in a Google search conducted by your future boss. Rather than worrying about what you can’t control you can be more proactive by publishing online yourself…

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Guy Kawasaki on Getting a Job

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Yesterday I added a comment to my lengthy posting about looking for a job online linking to an interview Guy Kawasaki conducted with Libby Sartain a senior HR person at Yahoo! Today Guy shows how he would apply to an actual position at Yahoo! in the form of a cover letter and two sample resumes…

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Writing for your Future Boss

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Jakob Nielsen’s advice on blogging holds up pretty well with the passage of time. Jakob Nielsen is considered by many to be the guru on website usability. He can also come across as dogmatic and unwilling to compromise or to allow for artistic creativity. I prefer Steve Krug and his book. None the less, I tried to incorporate Jokob’s advice and to that end added a picture of myself in the sidebar when he originally advocated it. However it is his night point which inspired this blog post…

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Venture Capital In China: Challenge and Opportunity

Friday, October 28th, 2005

Last night I attended a guest speaker session at the Tsinghua School of Economics and Management. It was given by Xue Jun (薛军) of the Tsinghua Science Park…

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