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Would you want to work at a blog like this?
The New York Times has an interesting article (registration required) about the relationship between blogs and the job market. Apparently people are checking out companies via their blogs to see whether they want to work for them or not. Seeing as we're hiring at the moment, I started wondering what kind of impression potential applicants would get from the Greenhouse....
from : paulmiller
4th October 2004
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Geek gag
This made me laugh. Briefly.
from : paulmiller
16th September 2004
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Straw poll
There’s a bit of an experiment taking place on Tom Watson's blog at the moment. He’s doing a straw poll on fox-hunting, and has asked for a vote either way, suggesting that he may refer to the results in any parliamentary debate on the subject. This comes after the Hansard Society suggested recently that politicians’ blogs should be used more to ask questions than provide answers.
from : duncanoleary
6th September 2004
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Like an ipod...
The UK's first official download chart is launched today.The move is being trumpeted as the industry reflecting the changes in the way in which we listen to music, but the decision to give downloads their own chart – rather than to include them in the existing one – is an interesting one. The download culture developed largely in spite of the industry rather than because of it, and this seems to be reflected in the reluctance to welcome downloading fully into the mainstream...
from : duncanoleary
1st September 2004
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An 'on-demand' day
So my journey into this 'information super highway' continues. Now that I'm a google hack, I know that more people have linked to someone called Joi Ito's homepage than Tony Blair's, and most interestingly, this is what his life is like.
from : johncraig
29th August 2004
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The See-through Society
The See-through Society:Openness and the future of the internet Governments like to think they?re in control. Especially in times of crisis, they try hard to portray an image of being one step ahead of their enemies, wanting us to think they are able to take decisive action that will solve problems once and for all. Since 9/11 in particular, western governments have reasserted their commitment to monitoring the movements, conversations and keystrokes of anyone they suspect of posing a threat...
from : paulmiller
22nd June 2004
