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How To Fail The Google Analytics Exam

…as I sat outside the walls of the great Google tower, stewing in my chameleon juices, it became clear to me that there is another path. As in; “How about actually learning how to use Google Analytics, then take the exam.”

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Java – What Does the Future Hold?

It’s easy to stand on the sidelines and watch events unfold. But remember, while we’ve seen many other technology giants fall in the past 20 years, we’ve also seen some remarkable turn-arounds. We all know that Apple was on 30 days away from extinction at one point. I’m not ready to count Java out yet.

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Sliderocket for Job Seekers

However the addition of Sliderocket presentations as part of my interview strategy has paid off in the form of second and third interviews more than once. Here’s how I use Sliderocket to let potential employers know I’m not your average Joe.

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Confessions of an Aspiring Social Media Superhero

This is a revolution — and with any revolution comes mess and mistakes and confusion and chaos. You just gotta get in, pick up the flag and run up the hill with it. You will fall, but that’s part of it; just get back up and keep going. We’re all learning together here.

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Smarterer – Friend or Foe

Are we really moving toward hiring practices which screen candidates based on online tests?

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Recruiting Firms and Social Media

Remember, you are part of a community and that is a privilege in this space. The social media community will quickly and ruthlessly turn its back on any member who is not credible and trusted. And credible and trusted take time to establish here.

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Degas and the Nude – Boston MFA

Through Degas we see what we really want to see. The truly human things. The things we’re not suppose to ask to see or speak about because they are either too intimate or too vulgar.

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Faith in the Human Race (and Social Media)

You, as a citizen of this world and participant in this lifetime, have a very large pay-as-you-go responsibility to protect, contribute to, and maintain faith in the human race regardless of what you do in your day job. It’s you! You’re the origins from which contagion spreads faith in the human race. And if you’ve given up then we are indeed doomed.

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Tweetstats.com and Wordle.net Are Cool.

First, I need to thank Scott Stratten of Unmarketing.com for directing me to Tweetstats.com and Wordle.net. Thank you Scott!

Part of my job as a Social Media Marketer is to always be on the lookout for ways to visualize data. And while I’m sure the two offerings I discuss below are not the only options for interpolating data generated by Twitter, I found them to be surprisingly fun. And after a long day of keeping up online who couldn’t use a little fun?

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Occupy Boston Meets Innovate Boston

Occupy Boston Meets Innovate Boston.

With this blog post I am challenging Boston’s Innovation and Entrepreneurial community to walk through the Occupy Boston site and harvest what I’m sure is an excellent field of talent just waiting for work. I also challenge the participants of Occupy Boston to open your minds to a true solution to the things that trouble [...]

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