Just one more thing…. could you…

One of the professions near and dear to my hear is that of graphic design. I’m still not sure if it’s Brigadoon lost or a bullet dodged, but either way, I pay attention when I can. I recently encountered a gem of a Laugh Out Loud moment courtesy of Speak Up, namely [...]

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many a slip 'twixt cup and lip

Following links a couple of days ago, I found a really compelling and honest account of someone firing their employee. I didn't want to close the window, because one of the phrases was resonating so strongly with me.
This morning I summarized the teaching I found there and printed out two lines that [...]

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career meme

An amazing, amusing, and appalling example of career advice, via a friend’s livejournal:
1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their “Career Matchmaker” questions.
4. Post the top umpty results
5. Bold the jobs you've had
6. Star the ones you've seriously considered
7. XX the ones which would absolutely not suit you

cat /tmp/fu
Taxidermist [...]

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cut yr work week in halvsies

(Hassan…CHOP!!)
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/minimize-work-cut-your-work-week-in-half-in-6-steps.html
Some decent advice here. Some of it I’ve been implementing without codifying it, but it’s nice to see it in one place.
[Oh, and I know, first I sez, no more LJ, then I posts zillions... gotta get my new wordpress bloggie up, "My Summer Vacation" to hold all this stuff... any day now, yez, [...]

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