From the monthly archives:

September 2008

L’Shana Tova

Sep. 30, 2008

To my fellow members of the tribe, I offer you a Shana Tova and wishes for a sweet and healthy year.
I also offer you the following Rosh Hoshanah greetings from Barack Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin, and Joe Biden….

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Why Do You Have a Resume?

Sep. 29, 2008

Image by Olivier Charavel via FlickrThat’s not a trick question. In an age when everyone uses the Internet to bring up search engines and try to discover quick-and-dirty facts about you, why condense your online persona to a sheet or two of paper?
If you trace the etymology of the 1804 French word, résumé, it stems [...]

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Community Policing by Segway

Sep. 29, 2008

Who is 7 feet tall, a morale booster in your local community, and the subject of proactive conversations?
Your local Segway-riding police officer, that’s who!
At a time when communities are strapped for cash and the rising price of oil is ricocheting through municipal fleets, I turn to the police who are collectively trying their darnedest to [...]

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Weekly Roundup: Social Media Today

Sep. 27, 2008

As September winds to a close, I dedicate this weekly roundup to Jerry Bowles and Robin Carey for founding Social Media Today last year.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I don’t remember the moment when I discovered the site, though it was probably sometime in June when I focused this blog extensively on social media.
Through SMT, I discovered a slew [...]

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Eliminate Risk, Says Frank Abagnale

Sep. 26, 2008

Image by Tanya Ryno via FlickrThe United States loses $660 billion annually from white-collar crimes, says Frank Abagnale, the former con man who served time in American, French, and Swedish prisons for stealing millions of dollars, before his recruit by the FBI to teach law enforcement agents how to prevent and deter identity theft and [...]

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Politics 2.0: Twitter + Current TV

Sep. 26, 2008

Image by Thomas Hawk via FlickrBarack Obama and John McCain are slated to meet tonight at the University of Mississippi and talk about foreign policy and national security, according to the Commission on Presidential Debates.
For the first time in history, anyone with a Twitter account can post a message with the #current hashtag, and as [...]

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