Derrek

I've never used it myself, but I have gotten job offers from LinkedIn

A few months ago I used a few psychological techniques with great success that helped me land a 10k raise.

Basically, I reminded my employer of my value to the market, my value to the company and introduced the suspicion that I was looking elsewhere.

A few recruiters had called the main office asking for my contact information. I replied back to the admin person and made a side comment/joke about my loyalty to the company. She responded with saying that she thought that she should mention my loyalty to the owners.

We had just gotten off a very successful project, and I sent an email to the owners asking if they'd write a recommendation for me on LinkedIn. I framed the request as wanting to get the recommendation now while the success of the project was fresh in their minds. Each one replied something like, "Woah! You aren't leaving, are you?"

These events did three things: reinforced my scarcity, reminded them of my value to the company and let them consider the possibility of me leaving.

Shortly thereafter, I got a 10k raise without even asking for it. :)

If you don't want to go through so much effort start looking for another job or start your own. As far as job title, put in the one that you would most enjoy and go for that.

Wow... Did some brand new intern get assigned the responsibility to "fix" this?

Like the author said, I think I'll be off Twitter for a little while too.

Yeah, I saw the link but wanted to formally express my interest. I figured the OP might appreciate concrete feedback that people are interested.

Huh? What's the point? And what exactly would I receive in return for my $20? A PDF certificate stating some crap that I won't read.

No thanks. I'll just create my own PDF docs using Old English font or whatever that was.

And this might have actually been kind of funny if it was actually intended to be a joke. (And minus the part of the $20 fee.)

Ha, as if us geeks don't have a bad enough stereotype for being lazy

I hope you share the results of this survey. I'd be very interested in knowing how it all shakes out.

"A pilot returning to an air base safer because there's one less SVBID on the road has more of a sense of his strike's impact than the contractor in the trailer at Langley."

Although the pilots are physically removed from the strike, many are mentally and emotionally "in the moment". Many of the remote pilots still have to deal with post traumatic shock disorder. The really messed up thing is that the pilots then have to return home to families and normal life with the knowledge that they just ended some lives a few hours before dinner. It's not a problem for all the pilots, but it is a problem that the military has to handle.

If you're up for it, you can also Jailbreak your iPhone and install a Cydia app named 3G Unrestrictor from Kim Streich. This allows the phone to get around any network limitations imposed by Apple/AT&T such as making a Skype call over the cell network.

I haven't installed it, but it appears to have a decent following.

So spend my money on friends, family, charities and experiences, not on cars or TVs. Sounds good to me.

Pretty good book. Big chunks didn't apply to me (like the parts about mortgages, children or spouses). However, the author does provide some great step-by-step info on making the transition. I've recommended it to a few friends, and recommend it to the HN community too.

Is anybody surprised about this? It was only a matter of time. In fact, I literally can't remember the last time I, or any of my friends, used the paper to find movie times. Chalk up another victory for the Internet.

#3 is pretty awesome. "In result, the French government immediately allocated nearly $10 million for emergency housing in Paris, proving to be one of the most effective and benevolent guerrilla marketing campaigns in the world to date."

Probably a bad idea. Poor, angry, disenfranchised people make for great terrorism recruits.

Could be helpful to the blogger crowd in trying to connect more with their audience members.

Thanks, I'll check these out

"in beta and is free to use. Normal cloud service provider fees still apply. Pricing will be announced after an extended beta period and will follow standard cloud service pricing models."

I respect the work of SpringSource and appreciate their commitment to the Java community. However, I'd be very nervous about launching an app onto a platform without first knowing the exact cost of the platform. Also, I had to dig into the FAQ to even find any mention of the price.

Wow, rough month for Apple. I almost feel bad for them.... almost

I like that the Seattle startup scene is getting some more love. There really are a ton of smart entrepreneurs and great startups there.

"DEET affects cells in a manner similar to nerve gas, and enhances the toxic effects of a common pesticide. The study was preliminary and was conducted on unprotected cells in petri dishes, so it may not be relevant for humans."

I don't care if DEET hasn't been proven to be toxic, I still get a little creeped out if I have to put it on my skin. Hopefully this new chemical proves to be broadly effective.

This technology is going to take off once OLEDs become more cost efficient. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_light-emitting_diode

I'm not sure if I like that though. If the USA, we already have TVs at the gas station and grocery stores. And lots of people have to deal with those online videos ads that start playing as soon as you load the page. (ABC.com, car websites, etc.) Now we'll have to deal with the flashing, talking ads inside our magazines. The rampant advertising is already pretty annoying. How much is enough?

Hopefully there comes a way to mute/pause all those video ads with one shot.

Volunteer a bit of your time to a charity or non-profit. It can be extremely rewarding to give like that, and it might help you feel more connected to the world.

Or, you could ditch your office job all together and find a day-to-day "work" activity that does help you feel more connected to the world.

oops, I guess I'll have to pay closer attention

The LoC metric drives me insane. To entertain myself, I mess with the LoC "bean counters" by writing overly verbose, first-pass code and then optimizing it down once I'm finished. It's my own little form of rebellion.

"Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight." - Bill Gates

It'd be nice to see a better description of the site's features. Perhaps a video walk through of the site with commentary. It could highlight the site's features, benefits and what problem it'll solve for your customer. You could also describe your competitive advantage over the Flick/blog combo. That'd give me a better idea of whether or not I want to take the time to create another account on another website.

Also, I clicked on the "Explore Our Site" but the link goes to the home page. Broken link?

PS Here's the link to the HN meetup group in DC: http://www.meetup.com/Hacker-News-NOVA-DC/

There's a local HN meetup group for DC. Send out word for when you'll be in DC and maybe the meetup organizer will setup something.

Plus, you might be able to find a nice couch to crash on.

Or find a free place to sleep at http://www.couchsurfing.org. I haven't done this but know folks who have had great experiences with couch surfing.

The OP might also include profiling his hosts as part of his video project. Sort of a Tour of America And It's People... or something like that.

I closed the window as soon as I saw that. I don't feel the need to give out my info to an unknown service.

This is the setup I use too, but the main downside of it is that sending a message from within Gmail, as an account other than the main account you're logged in as, reveals your main account email address.

For example, if you're logged in as somebody@gmail.com, but send the message as evilperson@gmail.com, you'll reveal somebody@gmail.com to the recipient. In fact, Outlook proudly displays this address by stating "From: evilperson@gmail.com on behalf of somebody@gmail.com". I think you can also easily get this info from the mail headers from most web-based clients.

Maybe this isn't an issue for most folks, but it can create havoc with your filters if folks start replying to an address you had hoped to keep hidden from them.