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Entries for March, 2008

I am a Brazen Careerist!

I am proud to say that I have joined a GenY blogging network, known as Brazen Careerist (I blogged about them a while back, when they first launched). You can read more about them here, but this is the best way to sum it up:
What?s a Brazen Careerist?
A Brazen Careerist knows that defining your own [...]

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Cafe Caffeine in Austin, TX

I was introduced to Cafe Caffeine through the local co-working meetup group, Jelly, where a good-sized group of folks are working together and everyone is on their laptop. Cafe Caffeine is really friendly towards us, with a solid wireless connection, tons of space and (aerial) power outlets.? When I have had the coffee before, it [...]

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The Social Networking Utility

Social networking is great, but let’s get to the part when it isn’t…
Chris Brogan has an interesting response to an article in the Economist, where they lament the “walled gardens” that social networks are today, but look forward to the day that those walls come down, like Compuserve’s and AOL’s did in the 90’s. Chris [...]

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Friday Morning Link Post

Attended a great Tweetup in Austin last night, lots of smart folks and great conversations. I’ll write a followup with my thoughts, but for now, I will leave you with some linkage:

If you are a music nerd, you probably use AudioScrobbler/last.fm, which generates all kinds of Top 25/100/500 charts for your listening habits, but did [...]

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Job Interviews and Your Online Image

I’ve been doing some job interviews in the last several days, for summer internships and the strangest thing happened during one of them - the interviewer mentioned something that I had written about on this blog! I haven’t been doing this for very long, but it is definitely true what they have been telling students [...]

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