A Personal Blog
Archive for May, 2004
Maybe ResumeBlogs Do Work?
May 27th
A few months ago I setup a fairly basic ResumeBlog. The goal? To see if anyone found it and if it led to anything.
Obviously at the time I intended to expand on it. Since I launched it, it’s had nearly 1000 visits. Not bad. But, nothing ever really came of it.
Well, yesterday I was personally contacted for a recruiter as a direct result of my ResumeBlog! The job was leading a software suite in the healthcare industry. While I didn’t feel I was a perfect fit, we’ve written back and forth a few times (hint: if you feel you are, email me your resume and I’ll happily forward it on).
This contact really was a kick in the butt for me: if I’m going to post my resume online, with a fairly decent Google PageRank, I need to put more information on it. This isn’t the short and sweet resume you send recruiters and HR. This should be a bloody compendium of my experience and knowledge (as should the resume button at the top of Ensight).
So, this weekend I’m going to button down a bit and get some more info on both.
Apparently I'm Not Addicted!
May 27th
Phew!
Yesterday I swore I wasn’t.
Today I have proof!
The Blogaholic Quiz. I only scored 64. This means:
64 points is in the 51 through 80 precent You are a dedicated weblogger. You post frequently because you enjoy weblogging a lot, yet you still manage to have a social life. You’re the best kind of weblogger. Way to go!
I think the last question is the best ;-)
I Am NOT An Addict!
May 27th
Giving Myself a 10$ Gift Certificate
May 26th
Whoo hoo! I only made this offer 5 minutes ago, and I’ve already figured out how to stop spam!!!
Apparently, more than 80% of all spam originates in the US (holding my tongue here people).
The majority of spam originates in the US (80%); with Boca Raton, Florida serving 70% of that, making it the spam capital of the world.
So, really, the solution is simple!
NUKE BOCA RATON FLORIDA!!!!
I think I’ll buy a tube of male lipstick with my Amazon gift certificate ;-)
Spam is Two Thirds? Is That IT?!
May 26th
Apparently spam now makes up 2/3 of all email. To that I say:
BRING IT ON!!!!…
Uh, I mean:
Is that IT?!
Well over 90% of my email is spam. I get about 200 emails a day, and maybe (MAYBE) 20 of them are actually email that I want (and most of those are comment notifications, to be honest).
Granted, I don’t have any anti-spam stuff with my hosting account (which is pathetic); but still. Makes me almost want to ditch my current public email address.
I have another account which gets very little spam, but very VERY few people know about it, and I never use it to sign up for anything. Maybe it’s time to move to that one.
I used to use jwright@studiococo.com (an old domain); until the flood of spam became unbearable. I was literally receiving 2000-3000 spam messages a day. I’ve since stopped checking it, but every now and again I need to pull down emails (like if I’ve forgotten a password somewhere) from this account.
It amazes me that each time, the 50MB email box fills up in 3 days. It is now getting well in excess of 10,000 spam messages a day.
Ugh.
So, okay, don’t bring it on, k? Let’s just someone, somewhere deal with this bloody problem. CAN-SPAM (obviously) didn’t help. Anti-spam software hasn’t helped all that much (basically brings you back 6 months in terms of the amount of spam you receive, and requires maintenance). Jailing spammers hasn’t helped. Cutting off their resources hasn’t helped.
Something needs to be done and, no, I don’t want to get involved. Fix it. I’ll give you a 10$ Amazon gift certificate.
If that doesn’t get people motivated, I don’t know what will ;-)
