Posted by Vlad on July 2, 2008 at 4:19 pm
When I was a teenager I loved to read science fiction. The problem was that there wasn’t enough science fiction around me to satisfy my hunger. Another problem was that not all books were up to my taste, some of them concentrated more on more interesting things then others. Overall the problem, as it seems, was that there was no book that I would absolutely and unconditionally love.
About that same time I read somewhere that the only way to become a good writer is to start writing what you want to read but no one wrote so far. I tried, but failed, as it turned out that there were things that no one wrote about and for a reason.
Similar things happen when you start offering something to the market. Something that you could use but no one bothered to develop before you. In case you were born late - that’s how Symantec’s Undelete (former Norton Undelete) came to life.
So, hopefully the following project is worth such a long introductuion. The web site Rate My Recruiter is, basically, just that - a Recruiter rating web site. Submit your stories, tell us what you think, what your experience have been so far and share it with other people.
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Posted by Vlad on May 22, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Blog software updated. Nothing to see here, move along.
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Posted by Vlad on January 28, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Recently I was registering on a lot of social bookmarking web sites. Yes, it has something to do with me working on web site promotion and SEO/SEM. No, I am not disclosing any secrets here - yet.
What struck me as I was filling out form by form is how all those social web sites treat your information. Some of them post in large print that your information will NOT be shared. Another one (namely Blinklist) pushed some ads, some “Get Free Something” bait and switch offers and after declining - some more in-between advertising pages. Another one (Simpy) sent me three confirmation e-mails. The whole point of all three was: 1) to promote Simpy Firefox Add-on (first e-mail), 2) to welcome new user (that’s the one I expected) and 3) to promote Simpy blog widget. Why would I have to get all this junk in my mail box - beats me.
If anyone from those web sites can hear me, here’s my statement: if you want me back on those sites - get rid of these techniques. Now.
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