Thu, 09 Mar 2006
Live Clipboard - Bring it on!
It's an evolution rather than a revolution but Ray
Ozzies introduction to Live Clipboard over at spaces.msn.com is an
interesting read. The Live
Clipboard Screencasts are also worth viewing.
What I find more interesting than the actual Live Clipboard stuff itself (which is pretty neat) is that Microsoft has noticed, and seems to like, Microformats... It might just be me but that seems odd.
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Posted: 2006/03/09 19:18 | /misctech | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
Simon Willison's ETech JavaScript Tutorial
Simon never fails to impress as a speaker and his Javascript tutorial
is one of the most talked about sessions from this years Etech. Judging
by the quality of the JavaScript
tutorial material he's put up on his own site I can see why. Read the
PDF first and then go through the slides. They are well worth the time.
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Posted: 2006/03/09 19:12 | /misctech | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
Linda Smith - Wittiest Living Person
I'm behind on actual (non-slashdot covered) news again so it came as quite
a shock to find out that Linda Smith,
who never failed to amuse, passed away in February. Whether on TV or radio
she always raised a smile. Her death is a loss to all fans of good comedy.
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Posted: 2006/03/09 18:59 | /nottech | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
Google Having Problems Recruiting?
Both Dave Cross
and Slashdot
have recently commented on Googles problems hiring engineers. I've been
quite surprised at how much effort I've seen them expend on it recently.
From a stall of overly enthusiastic people at FOSDEM, to speakers at UKUUG and the
Vint Cerf recruitment tour they're more than willing to throw resources at
the problem.
Just before Christmas I got an email from Google recruitment asking if I'd be interested in going for an interview, and you know what? I wasn't. I don't know why, but a job at Google just doesn't appeal to me. I have this, probably undeserved, image of them being very academic and elitist. It might just be the bits I've heard about their interviews and some of the questions but I can't seem to shake that preconception. And I don't fit that kind of environment. I'm self-taught, I've never had to learn the fastest way to reverse a string in place. If I ever needed to I can look it up. Ironically, I'd probably use Google.
Thinking about where not to work got me thinking about places I would like to work. In the IT industry there are very few big names that immediately leapt out, and the few that did were the obvious ones: IBM - they do *everything*. Microsoft - they are living in interesting times. Working with Don Box or Chris Sells would be amazing. Novell - but not in Netware or Groupwise, Yahoo! - in certain "exciting departments". Amazon - the web services or infrastructure teams could be challenging.
My last few jobs have been financially stable, it might be time to work at another startup, I've had long enough away to recover from the last couple :)
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Posted: 2006/03/09 18:48 | /geekstuff | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
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