Utah Unemployment Death-Grip Loosening?

Wow, what an amazing year this has been. The very tight unemployment rate seems to finally be seeing a little light with some well-known Utah companies laying off employees, other movement of employees from company to company still strong, and the relative salaries being paid seeming to stabilize instead of the spiraling out-of-control, even [...]

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hCard Embedded in New Email Signature

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I updated my work email signature and felt a little saucy and embedded my hCard information right into the HTML. (Yes, the Unix users out there who only read plain-text emails won’t see it).
hCard is a microformat, a way to encode certain pieces of human-readable information with machine-readable meta-data to allow computers and [...]

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Revenue Growth Per Capita High in UT County

Connect Magazine reports that Provo, Orem Lead Nation in Revenue Growth Per Capita
On Thursday, Aug 23, Inc Magazine released its 2007 Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing companies in the Unites States based on 2003 to 2006 calendar year revenue growth.
Of the nine Utah companies on this year’s Inc. 500, six are in the Provo-Orem [...]

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Network With Meaning

Dave Slusher of Evil Genius Chronicles has had enough with the newest, shiniest social networks clamoring for his attention:
People invite me to services all the time. They want to connect to me on LinkedIn, Twitter, FaceBook. I appreciate that anyone cares and I get a little warmth from the sentiment. I’m not joining anything that [...]

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Bozofication Alive and Well: Utah Companies Will Pay for Stupidity

UPDATE: Please leave comments about BOZO things you have experienced at your or other companies! Anonymous submissions OK
I hate to say it, but I am seeing some of the most foolish and downright stupid things coming from Utah companies these days. These things may not be approaching the Yee-Haw ‘Bozofication’ problems that Guy [...]

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Dear Best Buy: Past Performance != Future Performance

I walked into the Salt Lake City Best Buy today at 5000-ish South State Street in SLC, hopeful. I am looking for the needed stuff to hook up my iPod to my VW Passat’s factory stereo. I am expecting to spend about $500 on these adapters and wires and stuff, when I can [...]

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Now Hiring… Right Now!… Now! Now!

Had your “Now Hiring” sign up for a while? You’re not the only one…

Utah’s job growth rate stays ahead of nation
State is pulling in workers from around the country
By Lesley Mitchell The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 04/17/2007 11:35:32 PM MDT
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TOMORROW: Legislative Leadership Breakfast

You are invited to join UTC for an Industry Breakfast with Senate President John Valentine and House Speaker Greg Curtis.
This is a unique opportunity to join with your peers to discuss the hottest tech issues on Utah’s capitol hill at the height of the legislative session.
Seating is limited so register early!

Pres. John Valentine

Speaker Greg Curtis

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Twitter Me This - Why Hyper Connected People *Need* Twitter

Last week, I had a rather enjoyable lunch with Jeff Barr, Chief Evangelist for Amazon Web Services (aws blog). He mentioned twitter as his way of “broadcasting” updates to his colleagues and acquaintances about what he’s up to.
It’s a one-to-many way to broadcast what’s up in your life, and keep people informed about you [...]

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Show Me Web 2.0

Surfing Jobster this morning, I found a video about Web 2.0 that I really like. It was linked by Morgan Missentzis, a recruiter down in the Valley.
It gets past the technology and history of Web 2.0 and actually delves into the meaning and social implications of it. It reminds me of Cisco’s Human [...]

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