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Google Cultural Institute Adds ‘Women in Culture’ Project

Google's Cultural Institute has launched an online "Women in Culture" project that tells the stories of known and unknown women who have impacted our...

Satya Nadella, the New Microsoft and a Quest for ‘Swing’

At MacWorld 2009, John Gruber, of the Daring Fireball blog, gave a talk called the "The Auteur Theory of Design," in which he talked...

IT Resumes: Keeping Them Truthful

On the train the other day, I overheard one rider asking another if it was OK to fib a little—or at least embellish the...

IT Jobs: A Tale of Two Optimists

Optimism is in the eyes of the beholder. Most IT employment experts see good news on the jobs front, but their take on the...

Job Interview Questions: Handling Usual and Unusual Queries

About eight years after I graduated from college and had worked for a while, I interviewed for an editing job at a publishing startup....

Top Cities for Technology Jobs in 2009

As 2010 comes to a close, industry advocates TechAmerica took a closer look at regional jobs numbers from last year based on data released...

Hyperfocus on Deliverables Over Objectives Can Hurt Projects

Tying deliverables on a project back to the business case can be extremely challenging proposition. Supposedly, in requirements gathering and the project scope the...

Tips for Negotiating a Raise in 2011

After a few years of the "do more with less" syndrome in IT departments (and almost every department), many tech workers are acutely aware...

Advice on Getting Security Clearances

There are technology jobs in the Federal government, especially in areas dealing with security. In general, working for Uncle Sam on computer systems means...

You Don’t Need a Paycheck to Be Working

As the saying goes, finding a job can be full time work, but it's not an explanation for what you have been doing with...