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In full disclosure, I'm a huge geek. In 99 out of 100 opportunities on any given night, I'll watch anything that is on the NatGeo or History Channels before I watch any of that mindless drivel of reality TV. (the Real World still gets a lifetime free pass). And so I had the opportunity to get all freaky with my inner geek and watch the Bill Nye v. Ken Ham debate on the validity of both creationism and evolution. Which got me thinking…..could you have a similar argument for recruiting?
Al recruiters are most likely a product of evolution at heart. unless of course there is someone out there with the
BS Bachelors Degree in Corporate Recruitment, who wants to step forward. (crickets………) Ok, great so knowing that, let's continue.
Baby I Was Born This Way
Uh, no you weren't. You were in a really good job that required either A. Good sales and client development skills B. Good research and/or organizational skills, or C. a love for making money. Nobody grows up wanting to be a recruiter. We happen to luck into to it, and for some of us (the lucky ones?) it becomes the found career path. We evolve from our former career self into the omnivorous Recruitimus Onthphoneicus. For others, it becomes another gig they had once upon a career. And they will evolve into their next career move, maybe finding their path. Maybe not. Which brings me to my next point.
Survival Of The Fittest
Ok, so now you are a recruiter, and this is what you are going to do for a career (or to satisfy that bar tab that is inching closer to your 401k balance). You have two choices, adapt and evolve with your field and the new resources available to you, or to just continue doing what you've always done. Guess who eats and lives and thrives, and who eventually winds up as someone else's doormat. Being afraid of changing technology and sticking to "what's always worked" in the recruiting field is akin to feeding on prey that always come to you, and then wondering why you are starving when it goes extinct – because you haven't learned to hunt and adapt to new methods of food gathering. I'm not advocating adopting every garbage tool that someone is peddling. But you need to continually evolve beyond your comfort zone.
Beware Of Artificial Selection
It's natural for companies to want to replicate the top performers. Those with the highest spreads at an agency, the lowest time to fill in-house roles, those who can close deals and build deep candidate relationships. But there's danger in that. If you have an office full of recruiting robots, all programmed to function a certain way, guess what you lose? Creativity. So weeding out anyone that doesn't fit the ONE mold, is a slippery slope.
It's fine to have your structure and parameters in a recruiting organization. But keep in mind, good recruiters often tend to be tinkerers. Adjusting this or that, experimenting with a new method, keeping abreast on super cool industry websites is how they continually hone their craft. And thrive. And survive.
Maybe you just shouldn't mess with the order of things, and things and people will fall where they will in the career path master plan. But, what do I know, I'm just a monkey who learned to talk and recruit people.
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Thanks Tim. Sometimes my nerddom pays off. :)
@Pete being a nerd always pays off...except for, you know, with the ladies. And by that I mean HR Generalists.
Clearly no one saw my senior prom date.
Geeks UNITE!! Loved this my man! I have been asked 7 times this week "how did you get in to recruitng" SEVEN (7)! I think now I have a source to go to as an explanation better than "its better than waiting tables" explanation.
I hope so. At least its more scientific :)
well put!
Pete: I call and raise, my "nerda":
Star Wars or Star Trek?
Farscape or Firefly?
Josh or J Michael?
Buffy or Xena?
David Tennant or Matt Smith?
Benedict C or Johnny Lee M?
American or British Being Human?
American or Japanese Iron Chef? (If Japanese: dubbed or subtitled?
Akira or Ghost in the Shell?
Howl's Moving Castle or Spirited Away?
Monty Python or Firesign Theater? (Yeah, I'm kickin' it OLD SCHOOL, Homes. Young'in, I'll spare you : HP or TI?)
Anyway enough of this brouhaha (or is it folderol?):
If I had an agency ("the horror, the horror!") , I wouldn't want ANYBODY creative.
I'd fill it with quota-busting, money-addicted sociopaths who were clever/charming enough to avoid any felony charges.
Happy Heart Day, My 'Cruitaz!
Check and Mate Mr Halperin. Check and Mate.
Change is hard to do when we recruiters are told all the time to stay on the phone and forget wasting time on the computer.Which is it? Recruit the old way by repeated cold calls or engage in the new media and tech available to us? It is difficult to balance both approaches as the computer usually wins in terms of time. How much time is wasted checking email, twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Facebook in order to stay current? It is easy to tell us to turn off the technology and get on the phone. But is it realistic? Now excuse me while I go update my blog, check what is new on LinkedIn, post a tweet and maybe make a call or two.


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The northern lights shine over La Baie in Quebec at 2 a.m. Saturday, in a picture taken by Laurent Silvani. To see more of Silvani's work, check out his Silvani.ca website and his Facebook page.
A slight solar storm ejected from a powerful sunspot sparked northern lights as far south as Colorado on Friday night — and there should be more to come.
The heightened aurora was sparked by a burst of electrically charged particles thrown off from an active spot on the sun known as Region 1748. That region is the one responsible for four powerful X-class flares that blasted out from the sun this week. Region 1748 is just now turning in our direction, and forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center say it has the potential to throw some hefty storms our way.
Storms from the sun have the potential to disrupt satellite communications and power grids, and in extreme cases, the radiation risk could force airlines to reroute their intercontinental flights to lower latitudes. But Joe Kunches, a spokesman for the prediction center, said experts now have much better capabilities at their command to reduce the risks. And so far, he said, the active sun has been throwing "softballs" at us — at least compared with bigger flare-ups like the Halloween storms of 2003 or the Bastille Day storm of 2000.
The most noticeable effects of recent solar disruptions have come in the form of enhanced auroral displays. SpaceWeather.com reports that faint glows were recorded Friday night in Colorado as well as Vermont, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Washington state.
Farther north, the fireworks show was significantly brighter. Astrophotographer Laurent Silvani captured some great images from Quebec's Saguenay region, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Quebec City.
"Following a magnetic storm, the aurora borealis was particularly visible in the sky with its waves and colors. A particularly beautiful sight!" he wrote in an email. "Many people from the Saguenay do not know that there are auroras occasionally here. They are surprised to see my pictures every time."
Check out Silvani's website and Facebook page for more.
For additional views of auroral glories — including, yes, some photos of the southern lights as seen from Antarctica —take a spin through SpaceWeather.com's photo gallery. And who knows? You might be able to catch the show yourself over the next couple of nights. Another geomagnetic storm is expected to sweep over Earth's magnetic field on Sunday, according to the Space Weather Prediction Center.
To find out what can be seen from where, keep an eye on the center's Facebook page as well as its Ovation aurora forecast maps. If you're in the aurora zone, the best time to look is after midnight. The best places are far away from city lights, with clear, crisp skies. Got pictures? Share them with us via NBC News' FirstPerson photo upload page.
While you're waiting for those dark skies, feast your eyes on these beautiful time-lapse aurora videos, plus our slideshow:
Shawn Malone presents North Country Dreamland from LakeSuperiorPhoto on Vimeo. "All scenes are within approximately 200 miles of my home in Marquette, Michigan," he writes. "This video is my first time-lapse compilation of a resultant 10,000 photo frames equaling 33 scenes of various night sky events from Northern Michigan 2012. It took a year to shoot and a bit of tenacity and persistence to get this into a form of coherent electrified cosmic goodness." You'll see northern lights as well as meteors and other wonders. For the best effect, watch it at full screen in HD. And for more from Malone, check out his website and Facebook page.
Thomas Kast presents Aurora - Queen of the Night on Vimeo. "After a long winter here in Finland with many beautiful northern lights, I'm very happy and proud to share my timelapse video of the aurora borealis with you," Kast writes. "This is the result of almost 60 nights outdoors between September 2012 and March 2013. Some of the scenes are shot on the frozen Baltic Sea, some in Lapland and most around Oulu, where I live."
Click through stunning images of the auroral displays created by geomagnetic storms.
More auroral glories:
- Northern lights dance with a comet
- Spend a night with the lights — in a minute
- Cosmic Log's aurora archive
Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. To keep up with Cosmic Log and the rest of NBCNews.com's science and space coverage, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, delivered to your email in-box. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.

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text: McQueen's Cyber Luxe – After four seasons at the helm, Alexander McQueen creative director Sarah Burton really came into her own with the label's fall 2012 preview presented during the second to last day of Paris Fashion Week. Voluminous mushroom-like shapes dominated the catwalk complete with ruffled capes, fur-adorned sleeves and organza covered gowns. A color palette of inky black, scarlet red, powder pink and ivory set the stage for the dramatic silhouettes that were more evening wear fantasy than ready-to-wear. Sleek visors and barbell shaped belts in techno silver brought a futuristic vibe to the shaggy designs. Burton also injected some romanticism into the stunning display with feminine silhouettes and mid-drift baring tops.


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Health Care Signup Experiences More Glitches
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans trying to sign up for health insurance under the new law are experiencing more problems.
The online enrollment system was down again early today for upgrades. And consumers in different parts of the country reported delays Monday, as well as problems setting up security questions for their accounts.
Tech experts have been called in several times to fix glitches since healthcare.gov's debut a week ago.
But insurers say although only a trickle of customers got through initially on the website, enrollments are starting to come in and they expect things to improve.
And the administration says the site's crowded electronic "waiting room" is thinning out.
Experts say there's still time to fix any problems before the uninsured start getting coverage Jan. 1.


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Manny Pacquiao from Philippines is considered by many as the greatest of all time. 7 different world class weight divisions titles is pure insane. I watched the last match(i think everyone did...lol) against Cotto and I thought was crazy...I was never a big fan of boxing, but for the first time I was on the edge of the seat watching the sport...I really was on the edge of the couch of my friends hauz and thought it was comftable...hehe..rooting for pacquiao win or lose no matter what...lol
Pacquiao is so quick, agressive, and smart on the ring. I could just imagine the months of training and tactics they put together before that match and same for his opponent. But of course the better fighter wins. Also he's working with one of the best trainer Freddy roach his sensei..
Couple of years back I thought boxing was going down, and it was time for mixed martial arts. But from my point of view, manny pacquiao had made a big contribution today in bringing the competitive sport back...i mean im not that deep into the boxing or anything as I said, and to me It just shows how much heart he is showing through his competiveness, calmness, humbleness...etc all the ness..lol
I'll be watching clips on youtube of him to see some of the other fights. I think the last one with cotto take so much out of him but then again right after he supposedly booked a concert to sing eight songs.
That was insane, I want to do sumthin like that...haha
also I found this clip about two weeks ago him singing on Jimmy kimmel show
"Sometimes when we Touch"
I guess all that singing brings lots of energy and calmness in preparing for his fights...hehe


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The holidays put me in mind of one of my favorite culinary subjects—the chocolatization of America.
You could argue that it all began with Columbus's "discovery" of cocoa in the 15th century. But America's great chocolate love affair got really serious in 1894 when Milton Hersey began to manufacture cocoa powder and baking chocolate on an unprecedented scale. In 1900, with the advent of Hersey's 5-cent chocolate bar, America started downing chocolate like never before. And our burgeoning cookie industry was right in step.
In 1902 Nabisco released its first sweet cookie, the Sugar Wafer. When did chocolate and cookies start to talk? In 1908 the Sunshine Biscuit Co. released the "Hydrox Biscuit Bonbon." Nabisco fired back with the Oreo in 1912 and the Malomar in 1913. Nestle cut a deal with Ruth Wakefield (credited as the inventor of the Toll House Cookie) in 1939—her recipe appeared on every bag of Nestle Chocolate Morsels sold and she was allowed a lifetime supply of the little yummies.
Today Chocolate Chip Cookies, Oreos and those dastardly addictive rounds of Girl Scout sin, Thin Mints, remain America's favorite cookies.
Here's a recipe for the easiest chocolate cookie ever:
No-Bake Cookies
Yield: about 3 dozen
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk or soy milk
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup smooth peanut butter
3/4 cup Nutella
2 cups rolled oats
1. In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Add the sugar, milk, and cocoa powder and stir until combined. Stir in the peanut butter and Nutella until melted, followed by the oats. Remove from stove. Continue mixing until all of the ingredients are incorporated.
2. Working quickly, use a melon baller to shape balls of dough and place them on a sheet of waxed paper on a cookie sheet. Refrigerate for about half an hour, until firm. Store in an airtight container. (If you don't eat them all immediately.)
If you've decided to make sugar cookies this holiday season—here's a classic recipe. These are good just sprinkled with sugar or all gussied up with frosting and decorations or…dipped in chocolate:
Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
Yield: about 2 dozen
3 cups sugar
2 cups unsalted butter
4 eggs, slightly beaten
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups sour cream
1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
A pinch of Amagansett Sea Salt
Preheat oven to 375°.
1. Cream sugar and butter together. Add eggs, flour, baking soda, baking powder and sour cream and stir well. Add vanilla and a pinch of salt.
2. Add enough extra flour to make stiff dough—it should not be sticky.
3. On a floured surface, roll out dough to about 1/4-inch thickness and cut into designs of your choice
4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes on greased and floured* cookie sheets, until golden around the edges.
5. Allow to cool on racks.
6. Decorate as you wish.
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Home Theater Comes Home
At some point, CES ceased having much of anything to do with the home theater experience, and became primarily about TV makers launching the latest, biggest, and thinnest TVs. Oh, and there are also a couple of floors of stratospherically expensive high-end audio gear, and now headphones.
This year, a "Who's Who" of home theater companies - Kaleidescape [who've been fighting a legal battle to keep their service available], Digital Projection Inc. (DPI), Cinema-Tech, Crestron, D-Box, ADA, Stewart Filmscreen, and Totem Acoustic - partnered to deliver the "Unforgettable Home Cinema Experience," resulting in what I considered the best demo at CES.
DPI's Michael Bridwell summed up the reason behind the demo: "There really hasn't been a good immersive theater experience for CES-goers for many years, if ever. The art of the demo has died in terms of video, and we're on a mission this year to revive it."
ADA's Richard Stoerger added, "The reality is that in order for [people] to get passionate about the experience, they must go through the experience."
Being "unforgettable" requires more than just having amazing audio and video. Every aspect of the demo was carefully selected and choreographed: the comfortable CinemaTech leather seating, the introduction and explanation of demo scenes, the playback order (starting in 16x9 aspect ratio and finishing in 2.35:1), the gear and lighting control - all from an iPad using Kaleidescape's new control app. The end product? A reference-quality experience.
One element that contributed to the demo's success was Kaleidescape's movie server, with its new "scenes" feature. By bookmarking key moments from films, the demo could jump almost instantly - even with Blu-ray - to the selected moments. This allowed things to flow very quickly and smoothly without lengthy load times or FBI warnings.
Also impressive was the giant 14-foot-wide Stewart Filmscreen CineCurve screen. With its 4-way masking system, there were never any annoying black bars; images were always correctly sized, appropriately huge, and immersive without being overwhelming.
The demo began with a bit of animation: the opening of Monster House. This showed off the above-shown DPI 3-Chip Titan Reference 3D projector's amazing light output, contrast, and vibrant color palette, and the subtle ambient effects that the audio system was capable of delivering. Also apparent was a slight, gentle movement in the seating as you gently followed the movement of an onscreen leaf - the D-Box seating in action.
Cued up next was Jeff Beck and Joss Stone performing "People Get Ready," from Becko's Performing This Week… Live at Ronnie Scott's Blu-ray. The giant, high-def image and crowd sounds made me feel like I was seated front-and-center watching the show.
Totem Acoustics' Stephen Libin made an interesting observation regarding concerts on Blu-ray: "We feel the industry doesn't promote great concerts on Blu-ray near enough. We feel that concert performances, if well recorded, can bring huge emotion, passion, and pleasure to people. Most people have no idea how much fun concerts can be on a big, beautiful [display], with superb sound taking them into the venue."
That was followed by my favorite part: the Taking Down the AT-AT scene from The Empire Strikes Back. As the scene started, the masking opened up to reveal the full 14-foot-wide screen. The DPI Titan produced a stunningly bright HD image of Hoth, making this Star Wars experience more dramatic than almost any other one I've sat through.
Here the D-Box motion added an extra element to the onscreen action. It didn't put you in a nauseating rollercoaster ride, but moved and swayed subtly with the snow-speeders to make you part of the scene. I'll be honest: I wasn't a fan of D-Box seating prior to this demo. I felt the effect was too exaggerated, like playing your sub at max volume. But with the motion level dialed down, the seating definitely enhanced the experience, and I dare say I may now be a believer.
The sound ratcheted up several notches for the final demo scene, the (totally ridiculous) bridge chase from Fast Five. It was hard to believe the quality of sound being produced in a Vegas meeting room, which is clearly not an acoustically ideal space. ADA's Stoerger explained, "Our TEQ electronic room optimizer featuring Trinnov's technology is something to get excited about. Simply put, it is the most advanced room-correction technology in the world, literally making the room disappear."
I totally agree. I usually look at my watch during demos, but here I was totally in the moment, loving the selections and the experience. I was bummed when the demo ended, and wished for more. That is the point of a great demo, and this was an unforgettable one for sure.
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Simply Bath Salts Review and Giveaway!
Now that I'm pregsenstein, it's more important that ev-ah to get my pamperin' on (especially before I'll have to start getting little one's pampers on*). 😉
Every chance I get, I'm taking bubble baths with fancy bath oils and bath salts, I'm rockin' daily hand scrubs and face masks, and of course, puttin' my feet up and just straight-up relaxin'.
As mentioned in my previous preggo post, citrus-y scents have become my BFF—specifically orange! It's not only refreshing, sweet, and calming, but it's one of the few scents that doesn't make me quease.
Just last night I indulged in some nice, relaxing tub time with orange scented bath salts from Simply Bath Salts, and it was heavenly. Seriously, I did not want to get out of the bath… even when the water cooled off, I'd just add a little more hot water so I could milk my 'me' time.
What I love about Simply Bath Salts is that they are organic, vegan, environmentally friendly, their salts smell wunderbar, and all the ingredients are mega pure.
Ingredients for the orange bath salts: Atlantic Sea salt, Dead Sea salt, Epsom Salt, organic Jojoba oil, organic Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis) essential oil.
I'm obvi a fan, and now I want you to try these out for yourself!
To enter to win a bag of Simply Bath Salts (scent of your choice), "like" Simply Bath Salts on Facebook and comment below with your favorite at-home spa treatment. All entrants must be residents of the US to enter to win. The winner will be chosen at random and notified on Friday, March 30th, 2012! Good luck! xx
*Note – I will NOT be using Pampers for my li'l munchkin… cloth diapers all the way.
About Sunny (Sunny's Profile)Longtime vegan, hardcore compassionate beauty junkie, serious cake aficionado, and lover of all things floofy and sparkly! If there's something in particular you'd like me to review, drop me a line at email@example.com. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Google +.
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I disabled my Facebook account ages ago, and have no plans to create another. Is there any way to participate in this giveaway without being obligated to use Facebook?
Just thought I'd note to someone who "loves lush VEGAN products". Anything with HONEY in it is not vegan. Honey comes from bees. So the cupcake mask, NOT VEGAN.
I love bubble baths and face masks.
Face mask!
like on FB
i love a good mud mask for an at home spa treatment.
My favorite pamperin' time routine is taking a bath in my DIY bath salts (from your website, of course!!)
i love do it yourself masks and relaxing in the bath!
I looove taking a bath with oatmeal, coconut oil, jojoba oil… Sooo moisturizing! I don't even need body lotion after (and my skin is always dry!)
My favorite at home spa treatment is to exfoliate my face weekly with coffee grounds and then moisturize with extra light (tasting) virgin olive oil by applying with a wet wipe, letting set and then whiping off with another wet wipe . I also use evoo to take off my make up using the same method. I plan to try making sugar wax soon.
Steaming my pores!
I like to experiment with different make-at -home face masks
hot baths face masks and tea
I love to take a long bath and then paint my nails! So relaxing!
I like to use lush cupcake mask and relax in a vegan lush bath! Lush vegan products are the best!
My at home favorite spa product is masks that I make myself.
I like a long hot bath with candles
I love using tomatoes on my face. It really softens my skin.
a friend sent me 'neal's yard remedies, wild rose hand cream' from england and i am completely addicted. it has a powerful, geranium/rose scent and it is very creamy.
I love soaking my tired feet after a long day in my foot spa. I add some yummy essential oils and just let go of the day.
I love baths too! I mostly stick up on bath bombs and bubble bars from Lush. My bath tub in our master suite faces a fireplace!
I just posted a post on my site about bath salts haha! Would love to win some more bath salt.
My favorite spa treatment at home is body sugar. I like making my own.
I'll admit it: I am not amazing at pampering myself. Usually, the most I do as far as at-home spa treatments is to use a face mask or soak in the bath once in a blue moon when I think of it. I could use a lesson or two from you on how to pamper myself better, so thank goodness I have your blog to use as a manual! 😉
I love spending hours in the bath tub…with a good book, candles etc.
By the way, it is so cool that you used the word "wunderbar". 🙂 I am a German living in America so this reminds me of home! 🙂
I like DIY foot soaks!


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The Tampa Bay Lightning assigned 18 players to the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL ahead of what appears to be an NHL lockout, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced.
Among the players moving to New York are reigning AHL Most Valuable Player Cory Conacher, former No.6 overall pick Brett Connolly, and last year's late-season signing, J.T. Brown. Others include recently signed prospects Vladislav Namestnikov, Danick Gauthier, Dmitry Korobov, and Riku Helenius. The additions of Connolly, Brown, Namestnikov, and Korobov will make the Crunch a stronger team, which is scary considering they were already among the favorites to claim the Calder Cup.
The full list of new Syracuse residents includes forwards Brown, Conacher, Connolly, Gauthier, Alex Hutchings, Tyler Johnson, Alex Killorn, Namestnikov, Ondrej Palat, Richard Panik; defensemen Mark Barberio, Radko Gudas, Korobov, Charles Landry, Dan Milan; and goaltenders Helenius, Dustin Tokarski, and Pat Nagle.
We'll offer some opinions shortly on who could end up in ECHL Florida with the Everblades and who likely stays in Syracuse.


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Fraud hotline got 162 reports in 2011-2012
A new report says the state fraud hotline took more than 150 reports over the last biennium.
The nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau has operated the hotline since 2008. The bureau released a report Tuesday that stated the line received 162 reports in 2011 and 2012.
Of those reports, 112 fell within the bureau's authority to investigate. They included 34 reports of people receiving benefits they may not be eligible to receive, 34 reports of waste and inefficiency and 27 reports of agency mismanagement.
The bureau resolved 46 of the reports and determined 38 were unfounded. The remaining 28 are still under review.
The hotline number is 1-877-FRAUD-17. Reports can also be made online.


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You've arrived at my website and are probably wondering what I do. For the moment I am mostly being a husband, dad, brother, son, and friend. That's quite a big thing! In the past 20 years I have spent my time building software using everything from COBOL to Ruby. Most of the projects you see below are of the Ruby variety, of course. I have been fortunate to build a lot of awesome software being used by lots of awesome people. I am very thankful. The coming months and years will provide new opportunities, whether inside or outside of the world of software. I'm excited to see what they will be!
I have been blogging since 2004. Initially the posts were banal, but over time it became a way for me to share the things I was learning as I left enterprise programming for independent and start-up development. More recent topics are general to career and lifestyle, taking on a short essay format.
From 2007 to 2019 I was part of an elite team at Harvest building the best time tracking and invoicing software on the planet. I developed new features as well as fine-tuned all kinds of existing functionality. In a small dynamic organization I worked on many different things from helping our support team provide the best customer experience on the web to building out entirely new sections of Harvest to leading the entire engineering team.
Retired. A private online discussion area for your team to share short messages. We developed Co-op at Harvest to give our distributed team a bit of a watercooler to gather around. An interesting shared cache solution was built to integrate with Harvest at as high a speed as possible.
Retired. I enjoy playing softball in the summer and I found managing the bits and pieces tedious. Scorebooker is an elegant way to quickly enter stats and schedules for your team. Rails has helped me build this site quickly, and jQuery provides fine-tuning for user interactions.
Retired. For a long time I have wanted a photo blog with a single focus: large pictures. Inspired by The Big Picture, I started with the excellent Scanty blog engine and built this focused engine to address my needs. Snapped, my photo blog, is now online. And the software has been open sourced.
When writing Ruby tests, it is often desirable to bend time in order to test limits and edges of the day. It is especially useful to warp time to test results across the timezones of the world. Manipulating time is also useful to assure a day of the week, month or year every time the test runs. Time Warp seeks to make this edge-case testing more bearable.
Retired. Working at Harvest, time becomes a passion. So we put together a tight little Rails app with crowd-sourced photos of clocks from around the world. World Clock Project seeks to have a timepiece for every minute of the day. It comes close!
It's silly. Every week you have a standing lunch date with three indecisive people. Being one of those indecisive people, I whipped up a little JavaScript app to randomize our lunchtime decisions. It's out in the open for you to use with your lunch group.
Early on at Harvest we were still doing client work, and in 2007 I spent a lot of time with the excellent AFS Intercultural Programs. I mostly worked on enhancements and bug fixes to the custom-built Rails CMS. The CMS managed many sites, in multiple laguages, around the world.
Another outstanding organization from Harvest's client days was Teachers & Writers Collaborative. I helped build the Radiant CMS site, including a shopping cart extension and PGP encryption extension.
Retired. Built with Luke Francl, Follow Cost measured how frequently people tweet. This helped you make informed choices about who to follow on Twitter. Fun not only due to its usefulness, but also my first chance to experiment with Sinatra. I also created a userscript to bring Follow Cost into the Twitter web UI.
Retired. My first Rails app, Scrawlers was built as a combination learning project and personal passion. I partnered with Nate Melcher to build this online writing workshop focused on 100-word stories. It was a great way to learn Rails. Though the business-side of things failed, it was also useful to experience running an app with real customers and real usage demands.
Retired. Inspired by the sheer quantity of haiku on Twitter, I built Hai to the Ku to display a babbling stream of Haiku in a more friendly interface. Using jQuery, JSONP and the Twitter API, Hai to the Ku was a great experiment in building a bodyless app.
Retired. Early in the lifetime of many apps, bug tracking amounts to automated emails. As a team grows greater than one, discussing these bugs becomes tedious. Paste Forward is a general purpose service that takes the content of an email and turns it into a Pastie paste.
Retired. Ventorium was inspired by the claim early on that Twitter was the killer app for bitching. If you mentioned Ventorium in a tweet, Ventorium would bitch at you. The interesting feature of Ventorium is that its bitching was crowd sourced, being taken and repurposed from the complaining of other Twitter users.
Gary Vaynerchuk is an inspiration to many. One day I got inspired and created a little bookmark that would bring his trademark phrase "Crush It!" to any site on the web. Not my most useful project.
Another retired project, Get Hoffed arose from my desire to build something in one day. For some oddball reason I decided a single page to see all the latest in Hoff would be a worthwhile use of my time. A simple integration with the Twitter and Flickr API's followed, using some Ruby scripts and the StaticMatic static website generator.


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Dianne Burnett was voted off the marriage island to ex-husband Mark Burnett long ago, but is only now having her say about what went on behind the scenes in making "Survivor" a success.
Dianne is set to publish a tell-all memoir, "The Road to Reality: My Journey as a Real Life Survivor," on Sept. 18 in which she claims she's responsible in part for the success of the groundbreaking CBS television reality show now entering its 25th cycle.
According to "The Hollywood Reporter" which obtained an advance copy of the book, Dianne claims she not only came up with key elements of the "Survivor" franchise but also named the show and helped vet the host candidates - with the position ultimately going to Jeff Probst.
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In the tome Dianne writes that "I was often the Horatio to his Alger in our rags-to-riches story." She married Mark in 1992 before he achieved Hollywood success. "I was the behind-the-scenes kingmaker, and the muse."
Richard Hatch, the winner of the first season of "Survivor" in 2000, wrote the book's forward.
Mark, 52, strongly rejects her claims stating that credit for the success of "Survivor" sits firmly with himself and his colleagues. Coming out in support of Mark are host Probst and "Survivor" director Mike Sears, both of whom contacted THR to add their voices to the he-said, she-said mix.
Sears says Dianne's claims are "like saying, 'I was standing next to someone who was doing great things; ergo, I did great things.'" Probst's recollection of Dianne in the early days is minimal, telling THR that "I saw [her] over three seasons maybe five times - always in catering."
Mark, who is executive producer of NBC's "The Voice," is now married to actress Roma Downey. He told THR the claims by his ex-wife are simply a desperate desire to sell books.
The couple divorced in 2006 with Dianne receiving a confidential (though reportedly substantial) settlement. Mark's estimated worth is currently $400 million. But writing the book has nothing to with getting more money, according to Dianne. She stated that she simply wants her and Mark's two sons to be aware of the truth.