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Why everyone (who wants a job) needs to be online and learn search operators

Google Search

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Copy/paste this string (in bold) into your Google search bar: “crm database” “manager” (intitle:resume)
Yup that is me. The number 3 result on a Google search for CRM Database Manager. Read on for tips on how people can find you online. I imagine this will be helpful to job seekers.

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Like anyone else, I am interested in what the outside world thinks of me – especially when I do not have to solicit directly from them. Part of the beauty of the web is that, with the right tools, it is really easy to get a variety of statistics about the visitors to your website. My blog is a pretty basic operation and, though there are a trove of utilities out there, there are three places I primarily get my data analytics from.

One is my WordPress Dashboard under ‘Site Stats’ as well as two plugins I installed – WassUp Keywords and WassUp Stats.

Two is under my cPanel (a backend site maintenance utility provided to me by my web host). There are a number of packages there, but I typically use Awstats.

Third is Google Analytics.

I used to have a casual relationship with the statistics of my site. It is a personal blog. There is no commerce. It is interesting to see who is visiting from where, what they are viewing, my most popular posts, etc.

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Yikes! ESPN Salary Crunch

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I came across this nifty page on ESPN.com that will compare your salary with that of top-tier professional players from the NBANHL and MLB. You get a breakdown of how long it takes a player to earn your annual salary (before taxes).

For instance, if you make $65,000 a year…

Peyton Manning makes $65,000 after the following…

.06 Games
.12 Touchdown passes
16.97 Passing yards
1.63 Pass completions

You will need to work 276.92 years in order to make Peyton Manning’s annual salary.

To find out how long it takes your favorite sports personality to earn your wages, enter your annual salary here.

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14 amazing sites for visualizing data and information

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If you haven’t yet caught on to the data revolution and associated visualizations that are going on, the below list is a great place to start.

I have been tweaking this list for some time, but have settled on the current iteration for the time being. I am always open to suggestions so if you think there is one that needs to be here, let me know.

I do subscribe to all of the sites’ associated RSS feeds and though I do not check them every day, I get inspired every time I do.

If you are looking for a ‘user guide’ or ‘how to’ book on the subject matter, I cannot recommend enough the FlowingData book - Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics. Worth every penny.

Here is the list:

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My Plugins

Every wondered about what WordPress plugins I am using on this blog? Well wonder no more. Here is the list:

AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget

Help your visitor promote your site! The AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget allows any visitor to bookmark your site easily with many popular services. Sign up for an AddThis.com account to see how your visitors are sharing your content–which services they’re using for sharing, which content is shared the most, and more. It’s all free–even the pretty charts and graphs.

Version 2.2.1 | By The AddThis Team | Visit plugin site

Akismet

Used by millions, Akismet is quite possibly the best way in the world to protect your blog from comment and trackback spam. It keeps your site protected from spam even while you sleep.

Version 2.5.3 | By Automattic | Visit plugin site

Contact Form 7

Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.

Version 2.4.6 | By Takayuki Miyoshi | Visit plugin site

Datapress

Show maps, timelines, and rich data visualizations in your blog!

Version 1.5 | By The Haystack Group @ MIT | Visit plugin site Continued…

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Return of the GIF: 5+ Rad Ways to Play with GIFs via Photojojo

Since I’ve been hurting for content lately (translation I have a ton of draft posts but have been lazy) I am being totally lame and reposting and AWESOME article about manipulating GIF images from the good people at Photojojo. Check it out and if you are not on their mailing list, you should be. They have the best photo shiz anywhere. Read on.


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Like instant film and harem pants, GIFs are making quite the comeback.

They may have had an awkward start back in their earlier days, but now GIFs are easier to craft and looking better than ever thanks to lasers, smart phones, and good old fashioned creativity.

We found the raddest and baddest ways to make and show off GIFs from real-life GIF zoetropes to making your phone’s background animated.

Creepy dancing Ally McBeal baby, step aside. There are new GIFs in town.

How to Kick Your GIFs Up a Notch

Main image credit: GIF Shop

1. HISTORY OF THE GIF

beforeShort for Graphics Interchange Format, the GIF came out in the late eighties as a bitmap image format that was able to support animation.

Like the adolescent years, many of the earlier GIFs were animated awkwardly and sometimes spastically.

Yet their ability to capture animation captured our own beating hearts by providing us the means to make a more dynamic kind of photo or illustration.

Like Batman. With kittens. Awww.

GIF via this isn’t happiness. Continued…

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