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- A surefire tip for making yourself memorable after an interview
- Would you like to somehow ensure that job decision makers remember you after the interview is over? And by "remember," I don't mean because you came in wearing a jester's hat or hit on the receptionist. I mean that you stood out from the other candidates in a good way....
- Tags: Job, Story, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- The most ignored programming story of 2007
- In my previous meta post, I promised to start the year with an article about the "sleeper" story of 2007 and describe why I think it's slipping under a lot of radars. The story is, of course, about multithreading and parallelism. To the vast majority of programmers,...
- Tags: Server, Story, CPU, Programmer, Speed, Programming, Multi-threading, Development Tools, Processors, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Justin James
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- Review: Halo 3 is impressive
- The good: Fantastic graphics, extremely smooth gameplay, compelling campaign storyline, and enough multiplayer customization options to choke a Brute. The bad: Campaign is just a little short, 2-3 second freezes in the last third of the campaign. Images:...
- Tags: Game, Team, Vehicle, Player, Halo 2, Story, Halo 3, Chopper, Reviewer, Forge, Games, Personal Technology, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2007-09-23
- Free sci-fi story - What if Google was evil?
- Sci-fi writer and chief BoingBoing-er Cory Doctorow has just released "Scroogled"--a free online short story that posits what could happen if Google suddenly decided to be openly evil. You may remember that we've posted some of Doctorow's free fiction before, and that we've also theorized what an evil Google might...
- Tags: Google Inc., Story, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Looking for a story
- Hey all! Haven't been on much lately I know, too busy..c'est la vie.Was wondering if any of you know of a specific sci-fi short story of which I do not know the author or the title. I only know that I read it in my "Gifted" class during 5th or...
- Tags: advertisement, Tink!
- Discussion threads 2007-02-28
- It is Friday! Help write the story
- The rules are simply keep each post fairly short.Someone makes a post, adding to the story. Everyone keeps adding more at the end.Wonder where this would end up?[i]yes, story was started elsewhere....[/i]"It's quiet. Too quiet.....""
- Tags: miss people, bored, write, story, friday, off-topic, community, jdclyde, jd-quick (formerly clyde), Mambo
- Discussion threads 2006-11-10
- Boost your reading, writing with the Save APEX raffle
- The Save APEX magazine effort is going strong, but to put the effort over the top, there is now a Save APEX raffle that has some painfully cool items for your reading and writing pleasure. For a mere $1, you may enter to win one of over 40 items, which...
- Tags: Managing Editor, Fiction, Story, Save APEX Magazine Effort, Real Estate, Processors, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-09-25
- Asimov's has unofficially rejected me
- Well, as predicted, today is precisely three months after I last submitted a story to Asimov's magazine. This time around, I didn't even rate a rejection letter. To quote the magazine's Web site: "If you have not heard from us within three months from the day you mailed your ms.,...
- Tags: Story, Magazine, Asimov, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-09-19
- Ask and ye shall receive...rejection
- Well, yesterday I lamented that I hadn't heard from Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine regarding a story I was rather fond of, which was submitted Sept. 9. Yes, F&SF has 10-day turnaround, which is amazing. Well, I got my response yesterday--a rejection. Still, there is some bittersweet comfort to be...
- Tags: Rejection, Story, Telecommunications, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-09-20
- Take cheap shots at the Trivia Geek's fiction
- So my unwitting and likely unwilling Jedi Master John Scalzi posted today that somebody had gone and made the first chapter of his military sci-fi novel The Ghost Brigades available for download--without telling him. It wasn't illegal--the book's publisher was responsible--and Scalzi certainly didn't have a problem with the idea...
- Tags: Fiction, Story, Blogging, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-07-06
- Once more unto the Sci-Fi breach
- So, after almost a year, I screwed up enough courage to send off another manuscript to Asimov's magazine. Longtime readers will recall, my previous two attempts ended in rejection. This story, however, was presented to the local writers group, and has had the benefit of informed criticism. It may be...
- Tags: Story, Science Fiction, Benefits, Human Resources, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-06-19
- Why is there such a tweedle over the Beatles battle?
- This morning, when I first saw this News.com story, I cringed. Could it be another news story about Bush and the alleged illegal download of Beatles music on his iPod? After the public flogging, I don't think I'm ready to cover another story of that journalistic caliber... Fortunately, today's story had absolutely nothing...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Story, Beatles, Litigation, Digital Music, Digital Media, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2006-05-08
- My last creative writing post...sorta
- As I threatened last week and last year I've finally set up The Written Weird, a separate blog to archive my crappy attempts at science fiction. I'm also committed to attending the local sci-fi writers group tomorrow, and if it's to my liking, I'll have a monthly deadline for...
- Tags: Story, Science Fiction, Blogging, Internet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-05-02
- Hacker alert: Use aliens as your alibi
- I usually give people the benefit of the doubt when they are accused of wrong-doing... I at least hear someone out before I believe that they are guilty of a particular crime. However, this news story by Reuters has me questioning my current philosophy: "I was just hunting UFOs, says Pentagon's UK...
- Tags: U.S., Story, Hacker, Pentagon, McKinnon, Hacking, Productivity, Government, Security, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2006-04-27
- Finished 'Accelerando' yesterday
- I'm well ahead on at least one New Year's resolution (Read 20 books in 2006? Yes. Work out three times per week? Sort of. Publish at least three short stories in 2006? Not a chance.) thanks to finishing my read of Accelerando last night. It's the fifth...
- Tags: Story, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-02-08
- Getting caught with your hand in the cookie jar
- As the editor of TechRepublic's IT News Digest newsletter, I try my best to steer clear of stories that discuss porn. There's not a moral issue going on here. For me, it's all about keeping it clean so that subscribers actually receive the mail, since a lot of spam filters gobble...
- Tags: Trojan Horse, Story, Cookie, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2005-09-07
- My muses exposed
- Contrary to what recent posts may imply, I have not given up on writing. In fact, I'm currently building a vault of "Loose Ideas" a phrase I stole from Warren Ellis to use as inspiration and flavor text for future stories. If you're interested...
- Tags: Story, Workforce Management, Productivity, Channel Management, Human Resources, Marketing, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-08-01
- Tonight is the (vampire) night
- Barring disaster, I'm going to put the final touches on the space vampire story tonight (I'm really beginning to hate that shorthand title), and drop it in the mail tomorrow. It's extremely important to me that I meet this semi-arbitrary deadline. Why? The Asimov's response to...
- Tags: Story, Asimov, Leadership, Management, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-07-12
- The story is in the mail
- I mailed the space vampire story today. I actually don't feel like throwing up this time. I've edited it almost every day it got to be compulsive this week, and every go round actually led to improvements. That's a feeling I haven't had in a long time....
- Tags: Story, Games, Personal Technology, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-07-14
- Space vampires are toast!
- Making use of the July 5 holiday that no one outside this company seems to recognize CNET has its perks, I locked myself in my home office today and finished the aforementioned space vampire story. I've been pounding on it intermittently since I first wrote about it,...
- Tags: Story, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2005-07-05
