Monday, April 15, 2013

Housing Trends, Short and Long Term - NYTimes.com

Housing Trends, Short and Long Term - NYTimes.com

In assessing long-term price trends, he says, prospective home buyers ought to emphasize fundamental factors like inflation and construction costs, which he discusses in his first column. While inflation creates the illusion that real home prices are increasing, rising productivity in the construction industry often drives down the cost of housing.

Friday, April 12, 2013

The delusions that companies have about the cloud — Tech News and Analysis

The delusions that companies have about the cloud — Tech News and Analysis: To me, it didn’t matter – we were down for 40 minutes or so, and that sucked. I checked Heroku’s status page, and figured out what had happened, and what they were doing to fix it.

But all I could really say to our users was “we’re waiting as fast as we can!”

Friday, April 5, 2013

4 Social Media Tasks for the New Job Seeker - Resumebear Online Resume

4 Social Media Tasks for the New Job Seeker - Resumebear Online Resume
 Social media can be an amazing tool for the job seeker and can help them accomplish a lot of great things. But, what do you want to get out of using it? Want to connect with a new mentor? You need to make the first move to get a conversation going. Want potential employers to be able to find you based on your skills? Spend some time elaborating your accomplishments in you’re “about me” section.