Just noticed that when I went to my GMail account, the Firefox Radar Icon popped up.
I dropped the link in FeedDemon. You can now get your new Gmail as an RSS Feed.
Ummmm…wow. Looks like I may be one of the first to notice this…or I missed it completely the first time around.
Yup, missed it the first time around. Can you see the giant “L” on my forehead (not brought to you by eBay).
Seth, who I am quoting way too often this week, has three great posts on finding a job. [here and here and here]
I am one of these people. I have a degree in History. I work in high-tech. I can write code when I want to. I can limp around linux, Windows and pretty much and Unix-like environment. I know a fair amount about HTTP, TCP, SSL, Apache, databases, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL, QA, Customer Service, Marketing, Sales and a few other things I can’t remember now.
Macs don’t scare me.
So, what does the work world do with a polymath generalist? Employers hate people like me, because we don’t fit a mold, a niche. I hate structured job roles. I want to achieve excellence, not mediocrity.
I got my last job by sending an e-mail to all of the executives at the company and saying ‘Look, you need me. You will not get better without me. Hire me now.’ Two months later I was leaving the Bay Area for Massachusetts, much to the chagrin of my former employer, to join a company that created a position for me.
I want to work for companies that do that. Companies that build themselves around key people, amazing talent, a desire for excellence.
The growth trend of more small companies appeals to me. Hey, even a company of one can be huge.
Thanks for the great read.
You have to Giggle at this.
I wonder what BGates uses…Scoble?
Scoble uses an iPod. Hey Robert, when you move on to a portable media player that is more cool, can I snag your used iPod?
Yahoo has started a new free blogging service for the Japanese market. [here]
Unusual to see Japan as a test market, but you have to think that someone at Yahoo Corporate is playing with the new Yahoo Blog Tool that will be released in the US.
Any comments from Yahoo! Blogging Team?
What does “Synergized” mean? It is a term you her a lot in the Merger game; it effectively means we are going to fire a whole bunch of you.
I received an e-mail at 1:43PM EST, February 2, 2005 for an event. I will provide the time and place, but not the name.
Wednesday, February 2, 2005 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM Radisson Hotel Boston 200 Stuart St Boston, MA 02116
Yeah, that’s right. It as already started.
Execution failure.
Dan Gillmor is asking the Internet Community to assist Microsoft Name its new version of XP, sans Media Player.
My contribution is above.
Joi Ito is looking for contributions as well. [here]
Rob Enderle weighs in here.
Ouch!
I have never dropped a laptop, but I have caught my eldest prying the keys off a Toshiba Tecra 8100. Ever had to put the keys back on a laptop? When you are ham-handed like I am…it was a two-hour curse-fest with Samantha laughing at me, scolding the boy and grimacing at my language — simultaneously.
One of the shift keys was never quite the same.
Then two years later, I found his younger brother doing the same thing to another Toshiba Tecra 8100.
Ok, this story is better.
This is an abomination. But I am not sure which group, the Windows Regime or the Mac Mob, will consider it the greater heresy.
All of my posts for the last 12 hours or so have been hung up in the PING phase. Looks like the Technorati Ping Server (rpc.technorati.com) is down or unavailable. I can’t even open a TCP connection to it.
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