Ecademy: user blogs:
Some people have names they regret. Some business names convey the wrong impression. Here are a few I have collected. Do you have any you could add?RestaurantsFU KING Chinese Restaurant in Lake City, Florida. Kum Den Restaurant in Melbourne, Australia. My Dung Restaurant in Rosemead, California. Chinese Food Takeaway - F (Read More)
Submitted by Avi
from Google Reader:
Recently I’ve been working on a simple calendar project that uses a wiki for documentation. Although I’ve heard a lot about using wikis for documentation, and have even used them in the past, I ran into a few surprises this time.1. Authoring directly on a wiki screws up the history of updates.The way wikis work, every time (Read More)
Submitted by Mvndrvrt
from Google Reader:
In yet another real-life reminder of why it’s so important to maintain an employee handbook with crystal-clear workplace policies, a Home Depot employee claims he was fired for expressing his personal beliefs though an American flag button he wore on his apron. The former cashier of the Okeechobee, FL, store says he had the (Read More)
Submitted by Mvndrvrt
from Google Reader:
Ramirez became a spokesperson for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) in the mid '90s after witnessing a fellow worker being beaten for taking a water break. After nearly 20 years in the Florida tomato-picking business, ...
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Stop The ACLU:
One of Chicago’s top five trade shows may be leaving the gigantic McCormick Place Convention Center and taking up business with Orlando, Florida. Why? Because the extremely high costs forced on Chicago by the various unions that have a hammer lock on the service side of the trade show business ... (Read More)
ERE Articles | Electronic Recruiting Exchange:
Every vendor in the recruiting space touts their latest recruiting and sourcing tool as the next killer app. If you were there, you saw many of them at the last ERE Expo in Florida in September. As the economy recovers, there will be many more at ERE’s Expo 2010 in San Diego next March. Some of them will be superb and worth (Read More)
Redeye VC:
I believe that as the world has gotten “flatter” over the last decade, it’s created a big opportunity for venture investors who recognized that great entrepreneurs can come up with great ideas in almost any location. Indeed, over the last several years, First Round Capital has invested nationally and has funded compan (Read More)
Submitted by Mvndrvrt
from Google Reader:
Lowry Park Zoo has a $20 million annual budget, received national recognition for its quality experience and is held in high regard among community and business leaders. But when the chance came to fill the zoo's top job, the advertisement sought an executive director for a "West Central Florida non-profit committed to educ (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
from Google Reader:
Dion Hinchcliffe’s piece on community management surprised me. There is a sense that Dion is trying to lay down some ground rules in an area that is too new for anyone to draw anything other than tentative and early stage conclusions. That’s not to say that conclusions are incorrect. There is plenty with which to agree but (Read More)
Submitted by Ferringer
from Google Reader:
It's not at all uncommon for NFL draft teams to lust after college prospects. It usually doesn't happen in September, though.Of course, not every team is as badly in need of an attendance boost as the Jacksonville Jaguars, either. Their home game this weekend against Arizona will, in all likelihood, be blacked out on local (Read More)
Submitted by Mvndrvrt
from Google Reader:
This week, I had the pleasure of attending ERE Fall Expo 2009. This conference focuses on recruiting and talent management. And who among us isn’t involved in some aspect of talent management?A huge thanks to David Manaster and Scott Baxt from ERE, along with all of the volunteers, for such a wonderful event. It was my f (Read More)
Punk Rock Human Resources:
Laurie & Jennifer McClure. Picture by another awesome woman, Traci Deveau.Today’s Sunday shout-out goes to the women of ERE Expo.I was given a press pass to the event, but I paid for my travel expenses, hotel, and food. It wasn’t cheap to attend the conference because Florida, as a whole, is expensive. Everyone wants to b (Read More)
Consumerist:
Wait a minute...that headline sounds familiar. It doesn't have the desolate ring that "stranded in Siberia" has, but Josiah recently found himself without available credit in Mumbai. He recently had made a large payment on his American Express balance, see, and AmEx cut his credit limit accordingly—down to his current balan (Read More)
Submitted by Mvndrvrt
from Google Reader:
After reading the hard copy of your hometown newspaper, should start your web-day with the Florida Progressive Coalition. Our digest of, and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows.Mel slides out of office in his own slime ...Now we know why Mel was in such a rush to slide out of office - The Miam (Read More)
Submitted by Emmeffe2
from Google Reader:
They look like a cross between a caterpillar and a tricked out centipede. They crawl about with considerable agility, they are voracious feeders, and they certainly know how to defend themselves. Meet the Bearded Fireworm (Hermodice carunculata), a free-moving marine Polychaete worm.This species is widely distributed from (Read More)