From California Governor Jerry Brown: “Today I am signing Assembly Bill 1844 and Senate Bill 1349, which prohibit universities and employers from demanding your email and social media passwords,” he wrote in a Facebook post. “California pioneered the social media revolution. These laws protect Californians from unwarranted invasions of their social media accounts.” I didn’t know …
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How the hell did I end up here?
Today, I’ve been thinking about my career as a blogger, asking the question, “how the hell did I end up here?” I never liked writing essays, stories, or pretty much anything on paper. My grades in English from high school through college were mediocre. Everything changed when I wrote that first blog. You see I’m …
Seaside living – “doesn’t anybody around here work?”
As a coastal resident I found this piece humorous and apropos: Seaside living and the illusion of leisure …in short, we work. This is the dirty little secret of seaside living. Everyone around us may be on vacation, but that doesn’t mean we get a holiday. People move here imagining that life is just …
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Open position – Data Artist – see a story from chaos and communicate it visually
Bitly is seeking a Data Artist: We have a lot of data. Unique, hilarious, important data. We’re looking for a talented designer to work with our data science team to tell the stories in our data in a beautiful and witty way. Our ideal collaborator can see a story from chaos and communicate it visually, and has experience creating …
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Welcome to Apple – the inspirational note employees receive on their first day
// Thx – A Simple Guy, The Next Web
Facebook Programming Challenge – solve a challenge, get a phone interview
How does this work? Take the timed challenge. If your code passes the test, you will be contacted for a telephone interview. If your code is too similar to another applicant, you will both be disqualified, so please don’t share or post your answers online. What position are these tests for? These are for …
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North America poised to once again dominate world economic growth
The Economist published a barometer of world business according to 1,500 senior executives. It’s a complicated graph but very interesting because it shows North America will once again lead the world out of trouble. Read it as follows, “Balance of respondents expecting:” global business conditions to improve (let side) their companies to have more employees …
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Marine Corps ordered to open certain ground combat billets to women
The Marine Corps wants “a few good men” and some women too: Commandant Gen. James Amos this week ordered that certain jobs previously meant for men now be opened to women as well. In some cases, the change is meant as a test to help Amos make recommendations about a possible permanent shift. Amos’ order …
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Today is International Women’s Day – celebrate and show your support
Today is International Women’s Day. Celebrate all the wonderful women in your life! Also, take some time to help support an issue: Women in the U.S. make 81 cents to the dollar men earn doing the same job. Nearly 50 years after President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, on average women are still paid less …
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