How To Nail An Interview

I came across a link at Seth Godin's blog to How To Nail An Interview. The 22 tips aren't necessarily very new, or something you haven't figured out on your own. What makes it intersting is the process of identifying these 22 tips.

The site owner set up set up 28 interviews for a fictitious job, recorded the interviews and made a set of interview Dos & Donts. Some good advice and interesting video to go along with them.

My favorite tip being tip 17, Honesty (sometimes not) the best policy

Twitterati

Some interesting twitter apps/adapts/stuff

Twistori : A social experiment, defiantly worth a look.

Twitter Vision 3D: A view of who, said what, from which part of the planet.

Alltop Twitter Stuff: All about Twitter

TweetDeck: a small downloader app to stay in contact with tweets and Facebook etc.

Time will wait for one man

I was totally taken aback by this story. I usually try to dig out something new, unique, cutting edge to write about. I would especially be excited if that new, unique and cutting edge news item hailed from Pakistan. Well it doesn't get much more unique and new, cutting edge even, well in the 16th century maybe...

I refer to the MANUALLY OPERATED Hill side clock on Jinnah Avenue in Islamabad. The News reported this story (Mystery behind the ticking clock) a few days ago

"The clock having 40 feet of diameter was initially operated electronically but now it is operated manually by an employee named Ejaz, who lives in a small room secretly constructed under the hillock. A young boy, Ejaz who came to Islamabad from his native town Bahawalpur in search of a job after leaving his studies due to some financial constraints, landed in a situation where he readily accepted the job of the clock-handler against the monthly salary of Rs8,000. His room where he stays round the clock was constructed in such a mysterious manner that it is really hard to find its small outer door at the backside of the hillock. A small video camera has been placed at the street light pole near the hillock that sends the view of the clock at the television monitor installed in his small room."

Unbelievable!

This gives a whole new perspective to discussions I have had at work with Manufacturing Engineers discussing CAPEX intensive vs. Labor intensive production.

Awesome Computer Interface

If you thought the iPhone or Microsoft Surface were the coolest Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) technologies, You haven't seen anything yet.

I urge you, watch David Merrill's presentation here... great HCI hardware, amazing software applications.. endless possibilities!

Twitter, Congressman, National Security

Representative Pete Hoekstra of the US Congress has stirred up some controversy with his "just landed in Baghdad" update on Twitter (read full story at Time.com). Is the social networking scene too public for public officials? Is it safe for the US President to have a Blackberry?

While some of these questions seem far fetched and certain aspects do need to be looked into, the Internet and Social media have played their part in electing the new President of the USA and will certainly play a part in how his administration is perceived by the world.

Why I quit!

This is why I quit being a software developer. I would never be a great software guy with people like him around. Good thing no one is born with a love for brand management.

Speaking of quitting, has anyone read Seth Godin's The Dip. I finished reading it a month or so ago... rather disappointing if you ask me. I think he should stick to his blog.

Facebook: Five years and counting!

Facebook is the icon of the ultimate Web 2.0 experience. It is a peer-to-peer social network, it's driven by user content, runs its own applications (step 1 of the web OS) and best of all millions of (young) people use it and love it.

the success of Facebook lead Mark Zuckerberg to become the youngest billionaire in the world. Having said that, Facebook is nowhere close to the commercial success of Internet companies such as Google, neither does it have the long term potential like salesfirce.com.

I recently read two interesting articles on the past and future of Facebook. The piece by BBC also features a short interview with Zuckerberg taken in Oct 2008. CNN piece however had a slight more critical view on the future of Facebook.