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Thoughts on an open messaging platform

Posted by: Paul on: May 8, 2009

Twitter in the microblogging world now has the pull of Google in the search world – if you’re not ‘on Twitter’ you’re nowhere inn terms of being able to connect, share and promote via microblogging (surmising that Twitter now gets 80 – 90% of microblogging traffic / use.)
This effectively locks the market into one monopoly [...]

6 Tips for Getting a (Web) Job

Posted by: Paul on: August 29, 2008

Seeing as we’re looking for a web coder, I’ve been charged with trawling through CV’s (resumés for you northern hemisphere folk) and checking out the candidate’s coding strength.
After suffering through two rounds of applications, I feel compelled to pen some handy tips for current or potential web job hunters.
1. Read the Role Requirements
Do you fit [...]