Category: inspiration
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10 year anniversary of Sept 11th coming up i
I was the Yahoo! News engineers almost 10 years ago. Yahoo! News is working on a 10th year “9/11 Rmembered” http://news.yahoo.com/september-11-anniversary/ This was 5 years ago http://ycorpblog.com/2006/09/11/five-years-later/
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GTD and investing
In June 2011 this year, when I was looking at my investment accounts, I noticed that it had fully recovered from the nearly 40% drop since March 2009. I was in the middle of selling my house, moving into a new rental, planning for a wedding for next year and starting an investment in a…
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Actively Maintain Your LinkedIn Profile : Ask For Recommendation Early
Something I started doing last year is to ask for recommendations on my LinkedIn profile while I’m still working at the company. Instead of only doing so when I have already left the company. LinkedIn’s value is the business contacts and also an online resume with real recommendations from people who are also on LinkedIn. …
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Making Annual Reviews Easier
Annual Reviews It’s one of the most important task people in large organizations need to do. But often we don’t spend enough effort and thought compared with the importance of annual reviews to their careers Most People Hate Reviews I’ve been doing my self review for over 12 years now at Yahoo! For the…
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Single Tasking In The World Of Multitasking
I have been wanting to be a proficient iPhone programming for 1 year now. I have tried 3 times to start but have stopped for various reasons. My most recent attempt has worked, and here is what I’ve changed Focus, pay attention to only one thing at a time I have created a separate account…
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Book: The Roadmap To 100
Some learnings from the book Pg: 204 1) Be a realist. Aging is inevitable. 2) Pay attention to your body. Get to know your body, your internal workings, better. Spend a little time in front of a mirror regularly. Ask yourself what you can do to make yourself healthier. 3) Move! Walk, Run, Fidget, Bend,…
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The Design Thinking Methodology
Trying to adopt this in my technical work at Yahoo! 1. understanding the problem to be solved 2. defining what one is trying to achieve 3. brainstorming ideas and potential solutions 4. getting feedback 5. prototyping a solution 6. testing the solution, and 7. repeating the process until a good solution is achieved.
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Marsh “You Choose I Write”
The summer wind softly fans across the marsh. The sound of the tall stalks swaying from side to side can only be heard by those who care to listen. The marsh is not a place to explore. It is a vast flat land, with seemingly large patches of water and tall grass repeated as far…