Blog as the Resume of the 21st Century... or not

The Wizard and I regularly debate the value of blogs. He's of the mind that blogs are at the epoch of the their popularity, and that there will be a vast majority of the population who will never engage in the activity. Moreover, he is convinced that blogs will ultimately die a slow death, and are simply a flash in the pan. He may be right. Sort of.

There is a generation who will never find the on-line bug. The bug that encourages you to try out new technologies, to invest in on-line applications, to immerse yourself in the greater atmosphere of the internet. Folks who won't use Skype, or IM or wireless. Folks who simply are grounded in web 1.0

That being said, there is the next generation, the newbies who are podcasting, and IM'ing with their phones, and setting up MySpace sites. The people who ARE sharing music, who are making maps of the best pubs in chicago. People who are attending conferences and live chats. My gut says that these are the people who are going to run the world some day.

A lynchpin in discussions between the Wiz and I is the debate of using your blog as your resume. Or, at very least, having your URL on your resume. He is adament that the day will never come. His peers are likeminded. Me, well, now that my indentity has evolved, and my online presence is gelling, I have a feeling that my next resume will indeed have my url. It's all about audience. And it's all about identity.

Finally people are starting to realize, with the internet, as with everything in life, you have to accurately portray yourself, or face the consequences.

What do you think - would you put your blog URL in your resume?

For Some, Online Persona Undermines a Résumé - New York Times

For Some, Online Persona Undermines a RésuméBy ALAN FINDERWhen a small consulting company in Chicago was looking to hire a summer intern this month, the company's president went online to check on a promising candidate who had just graduated from the University of Illinois.At Facebook, a popular social networking site, the executive found the candidate's Web page with this description of his interests: "smokin' blunts" (cigars hollowed out and stuffed with marijuana), shooting people and obsessive sex, all described in vivid slang.It did not matter that the student was clearly posturing. He was done."A lot of it makes me think, what kind of judgment does this person have?" said the company's president, Brad Karsh. "Why are you allowing this to be viewed publicly, effectively, or semipublicly?"

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Technorati Tags: blogs, resumes, blog future

Blog as the Resume of the 21st Century... or not

The Wizard and I regularly debate the value of blogs.  He's of the mind that blogs are at the epoch of the their popularity, and that there will be a vast majority of the population who will never engage in the activity.  Moreover, he is convinced that blogs will ultimately die a slow death, and are simply a flash in the pan.  He may be right.  Sort of.

There is a generation who will never find the on-line bug.  The bug that encourages you to try out new technologies, to invest in on-line applications,  to immerse yourself in the greater atmosphere of the internet.  Folks who won't use Skype, or IM or wireless. Folks who simply are grounded in web 1.0

That being said, there is the next generation, the newbies who are podcasting, and IM'ing with their phones, and setting up MySpace sites.  The people who ARE sharing music, who are making maps of the best pubs in chicago.  People who are attending conferences and live chats.  My gut says that these are the people who are going to run the world some day.

A lynchpin in discussions between the Wiz and I is the debate of using your blog as your resume.  Or, at very least, having your URL on your resume.  He is adament that the day will never come. His peers are likeminded. Me, well, now that my indentity has evolved, and my online presence is gelling, I have a feeling that my next resume will indeed have my url.  It's all about audience.  And it's all about identity. 

Finally people are starting to realize, with the internet, as with everything in life, you have to accurately portray yourself, or face the consequences.

What do you think - would you put your blog URL in your resume?

For Some, Online Persona Undermines a Résumé - New York Times

For Some, Online Persona Undermines a RésuméBy ALAN FINDERWhen a small consulting company in Chicago was looking to hire a summer intern this month, the company's president went online to check on a promising candidate who had just graduated from the University of Illinois.At Facebook, a popular social networking site, the executive found the candidate's Web page with this description of his interests: "smokin' blunts" (cigars hollowed out and stuffed with marijuana), shooting people and obsessive sex, all described in vivid slang.It did not matter that the student was clearly posturing. He was done."A lot of it makes me think, what kind of judgment does this person have?" said the company's president, Brad Karsh. "Why are you allowing this to be viewed publicly, effectively, or semipublicly?"

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Things you forget to blog about...

I can have an unlimted diatribe of things to blog about.... and yet, i come across this, and the fellow manages to hit things spot in.  You will like it.  I still tease people i drive with on the 401 between milton and mississauga to "keep back 2 Chevrons".  After commuting that stretch for 4 years, it's burned into my brain like fireworks.

Things That Make Me Angry

Chevrons and Hidden Driveway SignsWe've all seen the sign "Watch your distance, keep 2 chevrons apart." Why can't they just double the distance between the chevrons and ask drivers to keep one chevron apart? We could cut our chevron budget in half. It's almost as stupid as "Hidden Driveway" signs. Couldn't the sign just say "Driveway"?

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testing new flock

yeesh..... the flock updates are coming fast and furious - and the blogging bugs are changing hourly methinks.

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Blogged with Flock

Still Reeling over IMS

I’m still wrapping my head around this.

I need a moment. 

When Blogs go Dim

… you know what i mean, when they suddenly go quiet. Like: All is Quiet on the Blogging front? Like: when you find a blog that you love, and then suddenly, one day, the music stops? And still you wait, wonder if the blog master will return, not wanting to have to unsubscribe to the rss feed, hoping upon hope that you are being too hasty…

Meh, i hate it when bloggers burn out. Especially when they are a joy to read. Pfft. Now that's 2 i've lost. Like losing a good friend, I say.

Bizzaro Frog Story

To Stem Widespread Extinction, Scientists Airlift Frogs in Carry-On Bags - New York Times

I  didn't quite mean to post this, but it was so interesting not to.  Frogs. South America.  Rescued.  Allowed on plane in carryon luggage.

You can't beat that on a Tuesday night. 

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Things to Learn about Photography

‘No good travel photo album is complete without the token sunrise or sunset picture!’

How to Photograph Sunrises and Sunsets

 Now that i've accepted a gig to do wedding photos, expanded my interest even more ;-)  Plus, this is the first time I've found something good on Digg

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Marketing IT Products to Women?

I think the little baby jesus is giggling right now.... as a lonely IT chick, it's flattering and such a good sign that this sort of conversation is finally happening....

Information Architecture > Messaging and Collaboration > Speaking Venusion - strategies for marketing technology to women

Is there such a thing as a gender-based approach to marketing technology products? Many marketing strategists believe this is indeed the case. When it comes to tech marketing approaches, they say, "what's sauce for the goose may not be sauce for the gander." That was a recurring motif at a recent conference on "Marketing to Women" held in April in Toronto. One of the high-profile speakers at the conference was Tony Rossi, director of sales and marketing at Epson Canada Ltd. Today, in this "Voices" exclusive, Rossi shares some of his insights on this topic with IT World Canada's Web editor Joaquim P. Menezes. He discusses why "marketing to women" is such a hot topic today - and one that tech companies can only ignore at their peril.

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Page Rank Explained...

Ahh - googled the meaning of the page rank....

Google Technology

PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to make other pages "important."Important, high-quality sites receive a higher PageRank, which Google remembers each time it conducts a search. Of course, important pages mean nothing to you if they don't match your query. So, Google combines PageRank with sophisticated text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search. Google goes far beyond the number of times a term appears on a page and examines all aspects of the page's content (and the content of the pages linking to it) to determine if it's a good match for your query.

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The Downside of Open Windows...

Shame on me for thinking that the coolness of the early evening would translate well into a good morning.....  so i convinced myself that it would be a little slice of heaven, to sleep with the windows open.  Something evil happened in the wee hours before dawn. Something that should never happen to a farm gurl (tm)
Allergies.  With a vengance. Called for a dedicated application of reactine, unfortunately, it wasn't the non-drowsy kind.  Now i can't operate heavy machinery.  Damn, and I was thinking of breaking out the back-hoe today.


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Oh Happy Gurl...

… success.

For the first time in a month, i have 99.95% of everything I need to be productive at work.  It took a few weeks of wandering around - asking the right questions, and lots of wrong ones too… and now i have almost all the tools on my desktop to troubleshoot just about anything that could come my way…

Having admin power on a laptop makes the little baby jesus smile.  Now i’m out of the IE nightmare of 1000 windows.

(It’s very similar to House of 1000 Corpses, but worse.)

I’ve got headphones, pandora.com and flock.  Yes.  All is right with the world.

Bring on the challenges!!! I’ve put up my smiley face, and to be honest, folks aren’t getting it. Everyone keeps asking if it’s my birthday ;-) Ehh, they will get the hang of it soon.

;-) 

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