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Overused (and underused) resume buzzwords

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:50:30 +0000

This week the list of 10 most overused resume buzzwords came out. John C. “Don’t call me John Dvorak” Dvorak offers his usual snarky analysis. Here’s mine. Extensive experience. Completely meaningless. Either you have experience with something or you don’t.

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Dvorak is at least partly right about the gaming industry

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 03:53:13 +0000

The big-time gamers are all up in arms over John C. Dvorak's assertion that the game industry is dying. But he's right an awful lot more than he's wrong.

The games aren't nearly as original as they used to be.

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Another entry from the Clueless Dept.

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 17:13:44 +0000

Someone else who needs to buy a clue. I normally don't have a problem with John Dvorak, and frequently I actually like his stuff. He's not as clueless as some people make him out to be. Dvorak's not as smart as he thinks he is, but one thing I've noticed about his critics is that they usually aren't as smart as they think they are either.

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AMD, hoaxes, and trends

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 03 Nov 2000 05:00:00 +0000

There are reports of problems with the AMD 760 chipset. The Register reported this week that Gigabyte ran into problems with its AMD 760 design, and as a result there'd be a delay in the release of 760-based boards. AMD and Gigabyte are now denying this and saying there'll be 760-based systems in time for Christmas. The Register seems to get it right (and before most others) more often than not, so this is probably a story to watch. Problems with the 760 aren't inconceivable, but then again AMD is really on a roll lately.

Five bad Web trends. I think John Dvorak pretty much has it right here.

I think I need to do some cleanup to the left. People don't want a portal from me, they want questions and answers and useful tidbits, and if I can manage to be entertaining occasionally that helps too. I'll leave the "news from around the Web" to others. This isn't a portal but I've probably got more stuff there to the left than I need. (The book cover stays; this is, indirectly, an advertisement for the book. I notice when I'm keeping up my notes, book sales are about double what they are when I'm not.)

On to Dvorak's other points: I'm not for sale, nor do I lock you into frames, nor do I plan to go anywhere. Traffic isn't an issue now either; I run maybe 1,000 hits a week. So I go 4-for-5. Not bad but I want better.

I wonder how many will fall for this Internet hoax? One of my coworkers received e-mail to the following effect:

Due to an expected unusually high turnout this year, election day will be split into two days. Republicans will vote on Nov. 7. Democrats and independents will vote on Nov. 8.

I don't know where that leaves Libertarians and Greens and Reforms. This is the biggest load of bull ever (and not just for that reason), but it's curious. One could argue that this mail will do no harm, since if anyone who'd fall for that line is probably too ill-informed to have any business voting anyway, but...

I finally got my registration card in the mail today, so I finally get to go vote against Dick Gephardt next week. I can't wait. (One of the best things about living in South St. Louis is that every two years you get to tell Dick Gephardt he should retire.)

And the ACLU says it's OK to sell your vote... As long as you're just swapping Gore votes for Nader votes. Hey, it's the ACLU. This needs no comment from me.

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