Archive for May, 2005

IABC Café - “Naked Conversations” - highly recommended reading (from: PubSub: Scoble)

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2005/05/20/highly-recommended-reading/
Weblog: IABC CaféSource: “Naked Conversations” - highly recommended readingLink: http://blogs.iabc.com/chair/archives/2005/05/20/highly-recommended-reading/
In the latest chapter of their book - Naked Conversations - Shel Israel and Robert Scoble profile a number of PR professionals who “get it”, including Café friends Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson. By “it”, they meanPR professionals who understand that blogging has already disrupted […]

The Alternative Side (from: Rob Johnston)

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

http://monach.blogs.com/a_different_view/2005/05/the_alternative.html

Hilarious this is. See it you must! Store Wars.
(via Eric)

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Getting A VC Job (from: Fred)

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2005/05/getting_a_vc_jo.html
How do you get a job in VC?
It’s the second most common thing people ask me (after how do I get a VC to invest in my business?).
The truth is the odds of both are about the same.  Very long.
And as hard as I try, I really can’t help most of the smart, capable young […]

Hobbyist Programmers (from: Wes)

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

http://wesnerm.blogs.com/net_undocumented/2005/04/hobbyist_progra.html
There’s been a highly reported decline in the number of computer science graduates in the US over the past several years. Some attribute the decline to potential students’ concerns about outsourcing and the availability of high-paying computer science jobs. Others say that while few students are majoring in computer science, those who weren’t passionate about […]

The Art of Thread Synchronization (from: Wes)

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

http://wesnerm.blogs.com/net_undocumented/2005/04/the_art_of_thre.html
I attended a NETDA lecture by Jeffrey Richter on Monday, in which spoke on “The Art Of Thread Synchronization.” Last year, Jeffrey talked about new Platform vs Library versioning features in Orcas and Longhorn, the contents of which is mentioned in a prior post.
Jeffrey Richter is co-founder of Wintellect, a well-known training and consulting firm. He […]

Anil responds (from: Kevin Briody)

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

http://feeds.feedburner.com/SeattleDuck?m=268
This is why I love blogging – I make a somewhat critical remark about Six Apart’s blogging, and Anil Dash posts a reply in my comments almost immediately after.
Here’s Anil’s response:
“I can’t speak to your main point (I certainly feel we’re a “winning” company!) but I’d argue we’re a poor example of “not blogging”: […]

Imagine Cup is rolling! (from: Kevin Briody)

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

http://feeds.feedburner.com/SeattleDuck?m=269
Soma Somasegar, VP in Developer Division at Microsoft, talks about the Imagine Cup student technology competition I’m putting together today and tomorrow in Redmond. Scoble is coming over this morning to meet with a bunch of them (and hopefully shoot some channel 9 video!).
That’s why I didn’t post much yesterday, and won’t today or tomorrow. […]

When it rains it pours - open positions on the team (from: scellini)

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

http://blogs.msdn.com/scellini/archive/2005/05/15/417695.aspx  |  Comments
This post isn’t about the PDC. It’s about the several open positions on my team: when we’re not doing PDC’05 stuff we’re evangelizing to developers about Whidbey, Longhorn, and WinFX.
Jeremy Mazner is looking for an IE Evangelist, and Longhorn Evangelists, when he isn’t being Content Owner for PDC. Read through his several […]

How to fire your team and make them happy (from: Ross Mayfield)

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

http://feeds.feedburner.com/ross?m=860
Today I fired the entire Socialtext team. Then I fired myself. We are all pretty happy about it.
We were subsequently hired by Administaff, the largest Professional Employer Organization (PEO). They are much better at employing people than we are.
With a back-to-back agreement with the company, we essentially outsourced HR and […]

Publisher’s Guide To RSS (from: Robin Good)

Saturday, May 21st, 2005

http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2005/05/21/publishers_guide_to_rss.htm
Yahoo! has just made available a well-written and very useful RSS Publisher’s Guide. This new online reference is free to access and it provides a five-step process to support effective RSS publishing on the Web. Yahoo! will be introducing new……
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