Debunking the Google Interview Myth
Posted on Monday, May 17th, 2010
Years ago, rumors used to circulate about Microsoft interviews. They were the hot, new company that everyone wanted to work. With envy came the urban myths. These rumors have since been transfered to Google, and [...]
continue readingHow to Prevent Users from Circumventing Your Service
Posted on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Many services are structured as follows: Person A pays Person B for a task or item, and the “finder” or “connector” service takes a cut. It’s a wonderful business model – someone else is [...]
continue readingPeopleOfWalmart launches with EmptySpaceAds!
Posted on Saturday, October 24th, 2009
If you haven’t checked out PeopleOfWalmart yet, you’re in for a treat. Pages of entertainment from America’s classiest individuals (yes, mother of mullet-baby, I’m speaking to you).
One of my favorite websites just got a [...]
Outsourcing Your Life in 8 Easy Steps
Posted on Monday, July 13th, 2009
Since discovering the wonder of outsourcing nine months ago, in October 2008, I’ve outsourced approximately 300 hours. That’s 300 hours that I got to spend reading or playing (or working…) while various assistants re-formatted [...]
continue readingThink Less, Experiment More: 5 Lessons on Entrepreneurship
Posted on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
A guest blog post I wrote for Women Grow Business:
Working for Microsoft, Google and Apple, I not only became a better engineer – I became a better entrepreneur. Their successes and failures, encapsulated in these [...]
continue readingNew! Affiliate Program for CareerCup
Posted on Friday, May 15th, 2009
Good news bloggers and website owners! CareerCup has just launched its new affiliate program. CareerCup’s affiliate programs allows website owners to post a link / ad for CareerCup’s interview guide and, in return, collect some [...]
continue readingIn Defense of Outsourcing
Posted on Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve started outsourcing. A lot. Most of the outsourcing goes to an (awesome) assistant in the Philippines, who does everything from online research to document editing. She’s great, [...]
continue readingPictureMash: Smart Sorting for All Your Pics
Posted on Friday, April 10th, 2009
While I can’t exactly call myself an avid photographer – as I have zero skill in this art form – I do have a lot of photo albums. I call it the “quantity over [...]
continue readingCompany Loyalty = using Microsoft search to prep for a new job
Posted on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Microsoft Loyalty Scorecard:+ 1: Using Microsoft search at work.- 1: Using Microsoft search to prepare for your upcoming interviews… at work.
Kumo is Microsoft’s new search engine that was released internally this month. No one [...]
Learning Spanish on the Kindle? Hmm…
Posted on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
I spent six weeks in Argentina learning Spanish, and I’d love to keep up my limited skills by reading in Spanish. But, the fact is, my vocabulary just isn’t good enough, and whipping out [...]
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