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DFN: Tips on how to prepare when you haven’t (for an interview) When A Job Search Moves Faster Than Expected By Caroline Ceniza-Levine November 1, 2009 • 9:32 am http://sixfigurestart.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/when-a-job-search-moves-faster-than-expected/ I asked an executive at a networking meeting for an informational interview and she wants to speak to me this week. I thought these things [...]
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DFN: Article lays out the current pros and cons regarding SaaS (software as a service). Simply, this is the difference between buying a license for Essbase and having its on your own servers, versus buying Adaptive Planning and having it hosted offsite on someone else’s equipment. An Essbase deployment can run $2M (all in) versus [...]
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DFN: Great advice, I’ve subscribed to the RSS feed, take a look at the end of this article to get a sense of the articles available from this blogsite. 4 Actions That Got People Jobs (In This Recession!) November 1, 2009 by sparktalk By J.T. O’Donnell http://www.careerealism.com/4-actions-that-got-people-jobs-in-this-recession/ First, let me mention that some great advice [...]
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DFN: Great article about how Mr. Dawson got his job, some trials, some lessons learned. How I Got the Job: Tracy Dawson, 61 Sue Dye Babson, special to The Star Submitted by Donna Vestal on November 1, 2009 – 5:00am. http://economy.kansascity.com/?q=node/4550 Tracy Dawson The job: Shift supervisor The employer: For over a century, Kansas City [...]
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DFN: Not sure what this has to do with Internet marketing, but, its a good common sense approach to valuing stocks. How to make money? – Buy low and sell high Kurt Tasche – Website Marketing Strategies http://www.articlesbase.com/internet-marketing-articles/how-to-make-money-buy-low-and-sell-high-1404899.html Sunday, November 1st, 2009 at 8:52 am If you want to make a profit then you only [...]
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DFN: I’m a believer in patents, I always take it as a good sign. The more patents, the newer the patents, the better. Conversely, the more patent suits, the worse. Nortel’s Patent Analysis Deal with Global IP By Mark Evans | Published: October 31, 2009 http://www.allaboutnortel.com/2009/10/31/nortels-patent-analysis-deal-with-global-ip-2/ With 3,500 patents still in its possession, Nortel has [...]
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DFN: I thought this might be interesting given, the advent of Windows 7. One of the top 10 they authors didn’t like was Windows95, I liked it and WindowsXP. Top 10 worst Microsoft products of all time by Shaun Nichols , Iain Thomson on Nov 2, 2009 http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/159526,top-10-worst-microsoft-products-of-all-time.aspx Last week, in honour of the Windows [...]
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DFN: More insights on Stonehenge’s bluestone controversy, the controversy being where did the stones come from? Until recently, the commonly held belief was that the stones came from around Pembrokeshire. A previous article in this blog tees up an alternate theory, that the stones came from North Wales: This new article, give more details surrounding [...]
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DFN: Possible bronze age site (4,000BC) discovered in central Oxford. My wife and I took the train one time from London to Oxford to pick up a rental car. City reveals ‘Bronze Age site’ BBC World Service Page last updated at 11:18 GMT, Sunday, 1 November 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/8336475.stm Archaeologists have unearthed what they say could [...]
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