06 Jul
Having three ‘jobs’ is too much. Way too much. It is stressful, so I am stressed.
Last year, the blog was like a part-time job for me. Taking care of it on an almost daily basis was a very enlightening experience. It also coincided with a period of my life of introspection; a period for figuring […]
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31 Dec
The last day of the year and here I am, trying to get some work done; alone at the office, and with all the bandwidth for me. So in between downloads of the summer music for my ipod, and sporadic chats with other pathetic friends connected today, the client proposal is almost done.
So much work […]
Posted in career, megeek, travel, work by: conradov
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24 Aug
Sorry I didn’t have time to write until now. This past week has been way too much fun between San Diego and LA, and it barely left time to keep in touch with the people at home. So far, the trip is going better than great.
As it is a known fact: the weather in California […]
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25 Jun
This past weeks I did more Engineering work and less blogging. Blogging helped me realize that (among other things) I am more of an engineering geek, and not a reporter. So I will not stop it; but simply won’t force myself to do it everyday.
Some of the things I discovered this past weeks are:
I am […]
Posted in career, megeek, programming, writing by: conradov
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27 Apr
When I started this blog a couple of months ago, my knowledge of blogging and the blogosphere was very limited. Over this short period I learned a lot about copywriting, SEO, SMO, Internet Marketing in general, and blog monetization. Heck, I even prepared a four days training on SEO (in Spanish) with very positive review […]
Posted in career, megeek, office, weboffice by: conradov
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18 Mar
While taking a look around his blog, I found Michael Gray posted about the big “Job Finding” websites.
He reminded me I was just thinking about this yesterday, wanting to do a static page listing the best IT/Developer/Designer job boards.
What do these boards have that Monster, Craiglist, Careerbuilder, Dice, and the other big guys don’t? Well, […]
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20 Feb
A classic Dilbert moment: You tell your boss what should be done to improve something. Boss nods and says little. Time goes by and nothing is done about it. You mention it a couple of times, to co-workers and your boss again. Everybody thinks it is a good idea… but it is not done.
Being a […]
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