Bizosphere

Archive for April, 2009

• #cotc Carnival of the Capitalists for 4/20/09: http://bizosphere.com/?p=167 #
• Not a post/article, but ExecTweets seems interesting: http://www.exectweets.com/ #
• Isn’t it always fun to blame Spitzer? http://tinyurl.com/dkw3wp #
• Party like it’s 1934: http://tinyurl.com/c8crw2 #
• Handling resume overload: http://blogs.bnet.com/bnet1/?p=1671 #
• Bandwidth Malthusians: http://tinyurl.com/chpla8 (Malthus lied, people thrived…) #
• 100 Free Useful Biz Courses/Lectures: http://tinyurl.com/cszy4u #
• Rob Sama Grand Plan - Taxation (Long, Cool): http://samablog.robsama.com/?p=4237 #
• Brief Atlas Shrugged review w/spoilers: http://andstillipersist.com/2009/04/atlas-shrugged-a-brief-review-wspoilers/ #
• Why is Venture Capital Under Assault? http://www.ibdeditorial.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=325207949387991 #
• Pirate Bay http://voluntaryxchange.typepad.com/voluntaryxchange/2009/04/a-primer-on-pirate-bay-the-conviction-file-sharing-and-torrents.html #
• Review “Talent Is Overrated What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else” - Geoff Colvin http://bit.ly/fzyoV #
• The Box: http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/04/the-box.html #
• Death of the General: http://bit.ly/ziOxM #
• Less expensive yet more effective leadership development: http://bit.ly/9lu44 #
• Branding and Twitter: http://www.vipvirtualsolutions.com.au/2009/04/what-does-your-brand-say-about-you.html #
• Is Citigroup Vikram Pandit’s Job Safe? http://banksavingsreview.com/is-citigroup-vikram-pandits-job-safe/ #
• Rearranging bank deck chairs: http://wenchwisdom.blogspot.com/2009/04/using-our-own-money-against-us-part-4.html #
• Brain Map for executive time: http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/04/brain-map-executive-time.html #
• The Walmart Question: http://blog.mises.org/archives/009846.asp #
• Bank lending games? http://everydayfinance.blogspot.com/2009/04/refi-rates-low-but-banks-arent-lending.html #
• How to invest in Cuba: http://www.darwinsfinance.com/how-to-invest-in-cuba-does-obamas-cuba-deal-spell-gains/ #
• Risk Management: http://www.iqi-sm.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/23/strategy/how-to-develop-an-effective-business-risk-management-strategy/ #
• Understanding PPIP: http://wallandmain.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/understanding-the-ppip/ #
• Rob Sama Grand Plan on Housing: http://samablog.robsama.com/?p=4304 #
• Going Postal: http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=614 #
• That concludes this week’s entries. #
• Still looking for work, tech, maybe management, even blog-related. Resume PDF at http://bit.ly/5GxHh or LinkedIn at http://bit.ly/L8rkw. #
• Stay tuned for next week’s edition at http://bizosphere.com/, or read/follow http://twitter.com/CotC to catch them as they are tweeted. #

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The Age of Stupidity is a good blog on current financial and economic issues, featuring a lot of historical context and analysis. Some of you may find it worth your attention.

• #cotc Carnival of the Capitalists for 4/13/09: http://bizosphere.com/?p=166 (4/13? Better get those taxes done!) #
• JobAngels: http://tinyurl.com/cpyfbd #
• Deflation returns: http://tinyurl.com/cslkgk #
• Syphilis Can’t Kill Syfy: http://tinyurl.com/d3t5ul #
• Zombie brands live on: http://tinyurl.com/dmecjd #
• Look under TARP: http://tinyurl.com/d2rtpt #
• 50 Best Biz Ethics Blogs: http://tinyurl.com/dc64u4 #
• End of living exponentially? http://bit.ly/CNdxS #
• Making Money Work: http://tinyurl.com/dkm8bj #
• Book warning: http://tinyurl.com/c3brfp #
• Book review “Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America” by @JuliaAngwin http://bit.ly/TL3Rc #
• Twitter, iPhone Marketing, and Oprah: http://www.rexblog.com/2009/04/19/19351 #
• Get Out (reminds me of the MBWA craze in the eighties): http://tinyurl.com/c83m2e #
• Finding real estate market bottom: http://tinyurl.com/cvwxpp #
• Biz plan for home/small business: http://tinyurl.com/ck9anj #
• Ins & Outs of stock exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/d6rakh #
• Average person’s tax dollars graphically: http://tinyurl.com/djrxqw #
• 100 Best Twitter Tools for Marketers: http://tinyurl.com/cqn2e8 #
• That’ll have to do for this week. Time for bed after a long day trying to wear out the kids. Just a quick private service announcement… #
• Still looking for work, only more so. You know about this experience. Resume PDF at http://bit.ly/5GxHh or LinkedIn at http://bit.ly/L8rkw. #
• Stay tuned for next week’s edition at http://bizosphere.com/, or read/follow http://twitter.com/CotC to catch them as they are tweeted. #

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• #cotc Carnival of the Capitalists for 4/6/09: http://bizosphere.com/?p=165 #
• Off-topic but… 50 things an 18 year old should know: http://rightwingnews.com/mt331/2009/04/50_things_every_18yearold_shou.php #
• Why housing crashed us but dotcom didn’t (not sure correct): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123897612802791281.html#mod=djemEditorialPage #
• Francisco’s Money Speech: http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1826 #
• How would you reach YOU? http://www.ericsink.com/entries/Note_to_self.html #
• Layoffs not always an option: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j8syRH3Yql9spyutiYQsw5TJdztwD97DD1F00 #
• Ten against the swan: http://tinyurl.com/c27rpw #
• Starting biz in recession: http://tinyurl.com/cajpw3 #
• 10 Reasons to scrap tax code: http://www.freedomworks.org/scrapthecode/topten.php (As if we need that many!) #
• A bit OT - Reprimitivized Future: http://tinyurl.com/db6sm9 #
• Skype drives revenues freely: http://tinyurl.com/c3lgm7 #
• Cargo cult regulation: http://tinyurl.com/cu4k7s #
• Bear prepares to eat bull: http://tinyurl.com/caktku #
• Trade gains comparative advantage: http://tinyurl.com/dz5gnq #
• Theoretical question on pricing & supply: http://tinyurl.com/dh4hsm #
• Play for keeps: http://jackschmidt.bravejournal.com/entry/30678 #
• Real lessons of Jack Welch: http://tinyurl.com/clfwz3 #
• Mark to market changes everything: http://bit.ly/Vwqs #
• Sales & Hygiene: http://tinyurl.com/dngnk6 #
• SEC considers uptick rule: http://tinyurl.com/dkvraw #
• Top 50 Economics Blogs: http://tinyurl.com/dzum5h #
• Stay tuned for next week’s edition at http://bizosphere.com/, or read/follow http://twitter.com/CotC to catch them as they are tweeted. #

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• #cotc Carnival of the Capitalists for 3/30/09: http://bizosphere.com/?p=164 #
• Things to avoid in business plan: http://www.webatsimon.com/2009/03/things-to-avoid-when-preparing-a-business-plan.html #
• Warren’s First Ever Investment Advice: http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2009/03/my-first-ever-investment-advice.html #
• Are you shovel ready? http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2009/04/01/are-you-shovel-ready-5-tips-for-increasing-your-online-business-right-now/ #
• Tipping Point, where GDP=Debt: http://www.qando.net/?p=1847 #
• A Dangerous Trend? http://super-gas-saver.com/Save-Gas-Blog/2009/03/obama-forces-out-waggoner-at-gm-a-dangerous-trend-in-american-business/ #
• Comparing StockTwits vs Twiticker: http://bankling.com/2009/day-trader-tweets-stocktwits-vs-twiticker/ #
• Stupidity: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/business/economy/01leonhardt.html?_r=2&scp=2&sq=David%20Leonhardt&st=Search #
• Surprised, knowing volume is fine locally: http://memphis.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2009/03/30/daily52.html #
• Review of “The Expert’s Edge: Become the Go-to Authority People Turn to Every Time” by Ken Lizotte http://bit.ly/4d7cK0 #
• Mark to Market, but what of Intangibles? http://bit.ly/3TIgk0 #
• Great entry! The Planning Fairy: http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2009/03/30/the-planning-fairy.aspx #
• Most individual investors are poor portfolio managers: http://bit.ly/bHXmn #
• Four banks give back TARP http://banksavingsreview.com/four-banks-give-back-tarp-already/ #
• New SBA chief says the right thing: http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/04/new-chief-of-the-sba-says-the-right-thing.html #
• Feel like I missed stuff, but late, kids, need to call it a week and maybe get more next time. #
• Stay tuned for next week’s edition at http://bizosphere.com/, or read/follow http://twitter.com/CotC to catch them as they are tweeted. #

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Side note:
I’ve updated my resume (subject to ongoing change) and am still looking for work, more so now as my personal circumstances have changed. While I would prefer to remain within commuting distance of Middleboro, Massachusetts, I am slightly more open to sufficiently lucrative and interesting possibilities out of my area, as well as remaining open to some degree of working from home.

The resume doesn’t reflect Carnival of the Capitalists or blogging to speak of, but if you are seeing this, you have awareness of and might not be put off by that, or by the associated skills and experience being another path I could be presuaded along.

Here’s the PDF version.
Here’s the MS Word version.