Joel's Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing v3

by jpreardon on October 29, 2006

It’s hard not to love an interviewing guide that starts off like this: A motley gang of anarchists, free-love advocates, and banana-rights agitators have hijacked The Love Boat out of Puerto Vallarta and are threatening to sink it in 7 (…)

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Firefox 2.0 Tweakery

by jpreardon on October 28, 2006

In honor of the release of Firefox 2.0, Lifehacker has a few good tips on customizing it for a better browsing experience: Download Statusbar Extension: Gets rid of the download window in favor of a tiny statusbar. Top Firefox 2 (…)

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GTD With Outlook I: Mail

by jpreardon on October 26, 2006

This is the first in a series about Getting Things Done with Outlook. I spend a lot less time in my Inbox these days, but while dealing with mail, the Inbox is generally the focus of my attention. There are (…)

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GTD With Outlook

by jpreardon on October 26, 2006

As I close in on a year of using Getting Things Done, I feel the need to impart some unsolicited wisdom. GTD does not require one to use any sort of electronic gewgaw, however, I decided to put the tools (…)

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TV at the Table

by jpreardon on October 26, 2006

This week’s installment of On the House deals with a subject near and dear to my heart: Televisions in restaurants and bars. It is good to see that someone else has taken exception to the additional TVs that have been (…)

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Search and Ye Shall Find

by jpreardon on October 24, 2006

Sometimes, the search criteria people are using to get to a site is is downright puzzling. For instance, well over 20% of the people that clicked through to this site in October from a search engine were looking for “halloween (…)

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Pub Watch

by jpreardon on October 23, 2006

A while back, I pointed to a story about a program used by some Vancouver night spots to help keep known troublemakers out of their clubs. Now, it seems that some publicans are doing the same in the UK. Pub (…)

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Doodle

by jpreardon on October 23, 2006

Dead simple schedule help: Doodle. This cool little site allows one to throw out some dates and/or times for a meeting and let one or more people respond with what times will work best for them. All of this without (…)

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Getting Out of the Inbox

by jpreardon on October 23, 2006

Many people I talk to have become slaves to their email. When the subject comes up, I’ve become more irritating than the ex-smoker that just can’t stop extolling the virtues of kicking the habit. Unfortunately, my advice on cleaning up (…)

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Pedicab Regulation on the Horizon

by jpreardon on October 10, 2006

It looks like the city will introduce some pedicab regulation next year. The proposed regulation seems quite moderate, so it is probably a good thing. Thankfully, there is no mention of a pedicab ban in Midtown anymore.