Bookmarks for 2 Apr 2012
- Abolish The Reference Check | TechCrunch
A novel approach to reference checks: "I am considering hiring (candidate) for the role of (job function). If you’re like me, the last thing you have time for is a reference call. Therefore, unless you found (candidate’s) work to be EXCEPTIONAL, please just disregard this email." (dopost decision_making recruitment ) - Nail the Customer Development Manifesto to the Wall « Steve Blank
"When Bob Dorf and I wrote the Startup Owners Manual we listed a series of Customer Development principles. I thought they might be worth enumerating here" And jolly good they are, too. (manifesto lean_startups startups dopost tips ) - http://www.nosuch.com/plum/cgi/showlist.cgi?sort=name&concise;=yes
(programming languages grammar music ) - Guy Comes Out Of Closet On Facebook To Friends Who Are Entirely Too Geeky To Care | Happy Place
"A young man comes out to his friends, hopeful that they'll be accepting and supportive, and they are! Except when it comes to the design of his coming out blog post." Sample comment: "Have you told your family that you don't use stylesheets? That's the hardest part" (design dopost sexuality humour ) - Breakdown of potentially illegal payments by national newspapers – ITV News
I like this just for the URL. (crime newspapers dopost urls itv )