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The Devil Wore Talbots

February 29, 2008 1 Comment

During my recent vacation, I found myself watching a lot of movies on the gazillion movie channels in our condo.  One of them that I watched almost the whole way through was “The Devil Wears Prada.”  I really enjoyed the book as an escapist read, and the movie fits the bill as well.  If you’ve …

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The only Spock in my life is Mister

December 20, 2007 No Comments

So, what’s the deal with Spock?  It seemed like a good idea months ago when I got the invite.  I corrected some information that was in there (hey, how did they get that info, anyhow?) and invited a friend or two to join.  About 3 weeks ago, I got another invite.  Hmmm, thought I was …

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Here we go again…Ipso Facto Plaxo!

November 6, 2007 No Comments

That may sound like an incantation from “Wicked”, but no, sadly, it isn’t.  It’s yet another site to for me to practice my social network skills on.  I had signed up for Plaxo a while back when it was simply a place to keep addresses updated.  Then = simple, understandable purpose.  Now, it’s trying to …

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LinkedIn Q&A

October 2, 2007 1 Comment

I recently posted my first question on LinkedIn.  Many articles about LinkedIn tell you that one of the best ways to raise your profile is to ask and answer questions.  Since the question at hand was about our proposed “LinkedIn For Dummies”, where better to post it than LinkedIn? What did I learn?  Like any advice, …

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LinkedIn: Why bother?

August 24, 2007 7 Comments

I received the following email recently from a friend of mine:  ”I use Linked In, but not much…I don’t really know how to use it properly. I am looking for a new job (my current one is on a fast-track to bankruptcy) and I want to be able to network with Linked In, but I …

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