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Who are the 10 people you’d call if you were laid off tomorrow?

Dave Farquhar Uncategorized , ,

I found some good advice on Lifehacker today about building a professional network. Not just having 500 connections on Linkedin, but having a real professional network made up of people who help one another advance their careers.

I stumbled into this completely by accident. Read more

Loading your own stuff onto your e-reader

Dave Farquhar e-readers , , ,

I have a fair number of documents I created myself–that probably shouldn’t surprise anyone–but I don’t think I’m the only one who does. And from time to time, I’d like to reference them, and I may not have my computer with me.

Carrying around a cheap Nook or Kindle isn’t much of a problem, though. If only I could get my Word documents to display on it… It turns out that’s not hard to do. Here’s how to load your own content onto a Nook, Kindle, or any other similar device. Read more

Questions to ask before taking a job

Dave Farquhar Uncategorized , ,

I found this infographic from Avidcareerist via Lifehacker that lists 12 questions to ask before accepting a job offer. There is good information on it, though I have mixed feelings on some of them.

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Social networks can be good or bad for your career

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HR departments and recruiters are watching you on Linkedin and other social networks. That’s an opportunity and a warning. Read more

Some lessons from cracking the compromised Linkedin password database

Dave Farquhar security , , , , , , ,

Here’s a blow-by-blow account of a security researcher’s attempts to crack the compromised Linkedin database. This is a very good example of ethical hacking.
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One road to the CISSP: Do SSCP first

Dave Farquhar security , , , , , , ,

As my crazy week wound down, I had a number of visitors, including someone who’s been on the fence about taking the CISSP. She wanted some advice. The (ISC)² Code of Ethics says to give generously of such things when asked, so we talked for about 30 minutes. Read more

Change your Linkedin password now

Dave Farquhar security , ,

If you use the professional social networking site Linkedin–which I recommend, albeit now with caveats–you need to be aware that someone stole at least part of its passwords database and leaked it onto the Web. You should assume your password is among the stolen passwords and change it.
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Integrating WordPress 3.2 with Twitter

Dave Farquhar net.culture, This weblog , , ,

Rich P. tells me all the cool kids use Twitter now. And that some people, instead of using RSS feeds, want to get blog updates from a Twitter feed.

I’m about four years late to that party, but I’m not ready to become a total curmudgeon yet. So I signed up for a Twitter account–I’m siliconundergro, or is that #siliconundergro? Or @siliconundergro?–and spent a little while figuring out how to get WordPress to talk to it.

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