A Picture of My Blog

Hi, my name is Sala. I programmed the HTML Graph Applet. Hope you like it!
Sala created a website where you can type in any URL and a picture of that website will be drawn dynamically in front of your eyes. The process is mesmerizing and the end result is beautiful. I don’t know [...]

5 Ways to Maximize Your LinkedIn Profile

Most professionals are using LinkedIn as their professional and permanent resume today, but most are not taking advantage of some very simple ways to maximize their exposure in LinkedIn.
Here are 5 simple steps you can take to modify your LinkedIn profile for maximum impact:
1. Add a picture

Having a picture in your profile is a [...]

Satisfied Customers Tell 3 Friends – Angry Customers Tell 3,000

“Satisfied Customers Tell 3 Friends – Angry Customers Tell 3,000” is a new book by Pete Blackshaw that came out 2 weeks ago. The book reinforces concepts that those in the social media space have been preaching for quite some time – but with a more catchy title. It is also a good [...]

So This Is Social Media – By the People, For the People

For those of you who are still confused by social media, here is a short video from Common Craft
that describes social media using an ice cream metaphor.

The 3 takeaways from this video are that:

Products get better when companies can learn directly from their customers
Free customer reviews are more valuable than costly [...]

Professor Randy Pausch – The Final Lecture

I hate to write this post, but I feel compelled to close the chapter on the legacy left behind by Randy Pausch (1960 – 2008).
I was listening to NPR today and heard that Professor Randy Pausch died this morning after losing his fight with pancreatic cancer.
I was especially taken by Randy’s story and had previously [...]