I bookmarked this either late last year or early this year, and never got back to it. The post is actually called “8 Things Every Geek Needs to Do Before 2010,” but it’s a good list to visit any time.
- Edit your privacy settings and friendships.
- Change your passwords.
- Own your name.
- Prune your feeds.
- Find a better mobile.
- Update copyright notices on your website.
- Revisit your blog.
- Back up your data.
I’ve already started with #s 3 and 4. I need to get to the rest.
General, Tech
No matter how great your credentials, your resume is going to be discarded if it has typos. BNET posted “5 Smart Ways to Eliminate Typos on Your Resume” with a synopsis of a longer article, by The Washington Post.
Here’s the short version:
- Review your edit later. You can’t confidently correct a resume while you’re writing it, because you see what you intended to write, not what’s really on the screen. Wait several hours or, even better, a day or two.
- Get someone else to edit it for you. Not a replacement for reviewing it yourself, but a second set of eyes is essential for seeing your words fresh and impartially.
- Print it out. It’s easier to see many kinds of errors on the printed page that you’d miss on a computer screen.
- Read it aloud. Just like printing a resume makes it look different than when it’s on the screen, reading it lets you hear the words, and it’s only then you can realize some things just don’t make sense.
- Read it from the bottom up. Reading it out of sequence can disrupt the logical flow that helps your brain make sense of things that are grammatically incorrect or have other language problems. Also, you’ll see the end with fresh eyes, whereas ordinarily you’ll be burnt out by the time you reach the end and more likely to miss errors.
Good tips to remember.
Career, General
resume
As many of you can probably already tell, I write my “diet update” posts throughout the day. It’s one if the ways my iPhone comes in handy– I can start a post, save as a draft, and update throughout the day.
My personal posts have increased in frequency since I got this mobile device. And they’ve become less about work, and more about me. I consider that a good thing.
As a result, the direction of this blog has changed a lot since I started it., There’s a lot more “me” in here that I ever intended. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not, but I do know that having a place to vent and be honest has to be good.
What this means is that if I don’t make notes during the day, I don’t post to my blog.
Anyway, just sharing my process.
General
Happy New Year!
Every year I make resolutions, promises to myself and others, that I’m going to improve my life, my habits, my tendencies and that this year will be different.
Every year, I am committed that this year will be different. That this year I will absolutely positively see my resolutions through and make them reality.
Every year, by March, the resolutions are this vague thing I barely remember. And by the end of the year, I haven’t accomplished a single one.
This year will be different.
This year my resolutions will be absolutes in my life,
This year I will see them through to their completion.
This year I will be successful in my endeavors.
This year I will make improvements to my life.
This year I will go after the things I want, and do the work that’s needed to make them real.
This year will be different.
General
So… if you’ve arrived at PalomaCruz.com you were trying to access one of my “stories from a…” blogs and have been redirected. I finally gave up trying to maintain multiple blogs and have consolidated all of them into one.
So… you will now find information about my diets, my professional life, public relations, education, web stuff, and other topics that comes into my mind. Many many topics.
Welcome to the new repository for my thoughts. Good luckk.
General
Picked this up at Only In Houston:
VT2 Studios Used Video Equipment Garage Sale, Wed, Oct 21 from 11am to 4pm!!!
Garage Sale is WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21st from 11 AM to 4 PM
VT2 Studios, a Houston based production company, recently cleaned out their storage facility full of used post production equipment. VTRs, switchers, monitors, audio gear, routes, misc. cables, misc. post production parts, industrial shelving, some office furniture and more!
View all items here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/39821639@N07/
Might be worth a visit.
General
Though I’m almost embarrassed to say that I get my news from the Houston Press, they do seem to report on things before anyone else. In this case, I found out that Shelby Hodge, long-time society reporter, is going to leave the Houston Chronicle. Then I saw it on Twitter, etc. Interesting.
General
My favorite iPhone app is a nifty free application that lets me keep track of caloric intake. If you search on the app store, you’re going to find dozens of options that let you keep track of the food you consume. But this app does so much more.
Lose it! comes preloaded with a long list of foods, including supermarket brands and restaurant menus. You can create custom foods to add new items, and it remembers all the foods you’ve chosen and keeps them in a convenient list. It lets you build recipes from ingredients in the app, so you can create calorie counts for dishes you prepare. It even “remembers” previous meals, so those of us who frequently have the same thing don’t have to recreate the entries every time.
If you are among those who actually exercise, you can also log your workouts. And it will help you create goals for weight loss and keep track, allowing you to enter your weight periodically and checking against the goal.
Very nice. Below is a screenshot of today’s meal log. Don’t judge me. 
{{Written on my iPhone.}}
General
This is a photo of my leftovers from lunch at Cafe Express on West Gray. I had a California Burger (turkey) without bread, with fruit (instead of fries). Yummy, but not nearly as much fun as the one with bread, bacon and cheese, slattered in mayo, with fries.
Yes, I do get funny looks when I order that.
Oh well… being “good” is never as much fun.
{{Written on my iPhone.}}
General
When I went to pay for my post office box, the clerk told me that rumor had it that that location would be one of the ones to be closed. When I get to a computer, I need to look it up.
My PO Box is, technically, in Houston. Because I move every 12-18 months, a few years ago I decided to get a permanent address. Thus, the box is where I get most of my mail. I’ve moved three times since I got it.
I’m going to really really hate having to get another box in another location. It never occurred to me that one day they’d close my post office. Not something I planned for or expected.
Oh well, gotta see if it’s true before I freak out about it.
{{Written on my iPhone.}}
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