http://www.valien.net fragmenting packets since 1999. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:37:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got quote in Processor Magazine today. http://processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P3206/28p06/28p06/28p06.asp&guid=3DF4CD49C2B343E38E9BFDFC0622529C So check your print copies! Autographs to follow along with a book and movie deal as well. ;) http://www.valien.net/processor-editorial-quote/ I'm normally not a big re-poster of blog articles, etc but one I read today was pretty good. It's by Daniel Waldschmidt, sales guru and partner at Gnoso. He talks (rants?) about e-mail and how too many times we focus on ourselves and not the customer. Go check it out - ... http://www.valien.net/e-mail-issues-is-it-about-you-or-me/ Since I tend to be a sporadic blogger here and on my other sites the best way to 'find' out what is going on is to follow me on Twitter and to add me to your network on LinkedIn. I'm a big fan of professional networking and I use LinkedIn ... http://www.valien.net/follow-me/ Hi all, the secret project that I've been feverishly working on all weekend is now live - www.chumpmonkeygames.com. It's something I've been mulling over for a while now (the .99 cent app reviews) and decided to take the plunge and see what happens. Was a lot of work and fun ... http://www.valien.net/chumpmonkeygames-com-is-back/ Got the site updated to 2.8.2 tonight. Looks like everything is good to go. In the meantime I'm working on a brand new site (hint: involves iPod/iPhone Games). More to come... http://www.valien.net/ah-fresh-wp/ Pretty interesting article about how Recruiting Agencies are having to adapt to an ever changing marketplace. My thoughts from the inside of things - I agree with the article in some ways. It's definitely a little tougher out there. There are less agencies around as some of the small mom-n-pop ... http://www.valien.net/recruitment-agencies-adapt-or-die/ Pretty cool article on ERE about utilizing Social Media for recruiting. I've been utilizing SM (mainly Twitter) for the last few months to post jobs and other things from my viewpoint (IT Staffing and Recruiting). When we have a hard-to-fill skill-set or a need to fill something fast I've found ... http://www.valien.net/social-media-in-recruiting/ My company - Find Great People - started a blog this year to help drive traffic, market our company, and become more tech savvy. They are having all sales/recruiters put up a weekly post and my turn was last week. So check out my post on "What's Hot in IT Jobs" ... http://www.valien.net/my-first-professional-blog-postkinda/ Hi all! Well, after a couple of long nights and little sleep finally got our new site up - www.clearcreekcandles.com. Go check it out and join our mailing list. This is just a small business that has spun off a hobby my wife and I have been doing for a while. Figured ... http://www.valien.net/clearcreekcandles-is-live/ For those coming in from the www.clearcreekcandles.com domain name this is a temporary 'home' while the Clear Creek website is getting setup. In the meantime feel free to contact us directly if you have any questions! http://www.valien.net/coming-soon/