Sunday, March 9, 2008
Submit your best resume or job hunting tip to win a Google notebook
8:16PM Sarah Stokely | Did you kick off the new year by revamping your resume or have you been actively looking for work? Then Lifehacker needs your tips! This week we’ll be giving away five notebooks to the top five resume or job search related tips which are submitted in comments on this post.
Google’s Open Source programs team have donated some cool prizes – a stack of black “I can’t believe it’s not Moleskine” lined notebooks. We have five notebooks to give away to the top five tipsters. The competition is open until 5pm this Friday (14 March) so you can enter multiple times if you like. Fine print and competition details are here. More » 
How Do You Consume or Distribute Your RSS Content?
9:00AM Tamar Weinberg | Did you know there are more ways to read RSS content than with Bloglines or Google Reader? MakeUseOf suggest fourteen other ways to maximise sites that have RSS, from utilising previously mentioned FeedJournal to reading RSS content via IM with FeedCrier. Alternatively, for sites that offer RSS feeds but no direct email subscriptions, SendMeRSS is a great way to get that content delivered directly to your inbox. How do you consume or distribute your RSS content outside of the standard feed readers? Share your favorite RSS tools and tricks in the comments. 14 Other Ways to Use RSS Feeds [MakeUseOf] More »
Defend Your Coffee Addiction
8:00AM Tamar Weinberg | You’re addicted to coffee, and people have asked you to drop the habit. Why should you? Weblog Lifehack tells die-hard coffee addicts that it’s just fine to stay addicted. After all, you got hooked on coffee because you wanted increased mental performance, and coffee certainly does that for you. Drinking coffee improves your concentration, alertness and staves off a tired mind. For me, work comes to a halt when I’m missing any of the above, especially concentration or alertness. Ten or twenty minutes after a cup of coffee, I can be back to work for a few more hours. Similarly, the article argues that coffee improves your short-term memory, helps you socialise, and also apparently reduces disease. Why haven’t you kicked the habit? Share your reasons in the comments. Photo by sh0dan. How to Defend Your Coffee Habit [LifeHack] More »
Make Decisions with the Six Thinking Hats Technique
7:00AM Tamar Weinberg | Observe the decision-making process from different perspectives to understand the complexity of the decision and to examine the decision from the periphery and from angles that you’d otherwise be blind. The process, called “six thinking hats,” allows you to put a different coloured hat on and observe the problem in different ways. For example, while wearing the white hat, you observe all data available and extrapolate from historical information. When you switch to your red hat, you look at the problem with emotion and attempt to understand people’s reactions. A black hat wearer will look at all the bad parts of the decision and will try to understand what may cause the outcome not to work in your favour. When you wear your yellow hat, you’re optimistic, and when you switch to your green hat, you’re creative. Finally, the blue hat is the leader and person behind process control. By wearing each hat before making a difficult decision, you can determine whether you’re really committed to the task—or if you’re ready to change your mind. Six Thinking Hats [Mind Tools] More »
Ban the TV from the Bedroom?
6:00AM Adam Pash | The New York Times reports on several disturbing statistics connecting televisions in the bedroom to health and developmental problems like obesity, insomnia, and more. The article focuses on the effects of the bedroom TV on kids (who see lower test scores and are at a higher risk of smoking), but we’ve also seen how electronic media can hinder a good night’s sleep for adults, as well. So the question is: More »
Revisit Your Old Flickr Photos with Photojojo’s Time Capsule
5:00AM Tamar Weinberg | Experience nostalgia by receiving mailings of your old Flickr photos twice a month with Photojojo’s Photo Time Capsule. Previously, we suggested that you mail your future self. Instead, receive emails from the past. The tool integrates with your Flickr account and emails you weekly (or twice a month) with photos that you’ve taken 1 month ago, 3 months ago, 6 months ago, 1 year ago, or two years ago (the time setting is totally customisable). With the Photo Time Capsule, you’ll never forget your precious photographs that you took a while ago and you won’t have to manually dig into your old pictures to view those precious memories either. Photo Time Capsule [Photojojo] More »
Communicate Your Weaknesses
4:00AM Tamar Weinberg | When you apply for a new job, prospective employers often inquire about your greatest weaknesses. If you’ve never prepared yourself for this question, answering it can be quite difficult. wikiHow suggests that you evaluate your performance and regularly identify your primary strengths and weaknesses. Once you’ve determined what your weak suits are, explain them clearly, but don’t stop there. Follow it with good news about how you are able to overcome your weakness and strengthen yourself. Try to have at least three weaknesses on hand in case you’re asked more than once, and always follow up with a strength. Be honest and avoid arrogance; we’re human, after all. Communicate Your Weakness [WikiHow] More »
