Reed G. Porter at myITforum.com

Jobby is a beta Job Search site written with Ajax goodness and looks very interesting.  You upload your resume, then add search tags to your profile.  Employers log in, search the tags they are looking for, eliminate or promote tags that match. then call the resultant list to either hire or get an RFP from.

It's pretty cool. Try this, look at  My profile .  See all the tags?  I could add more, and probably will.  Now search on SMS 2003.  You get some 5 applicants.  Now you can see the power for the employer.  I'm still trying to see if there is a similar search grid for those looking for positions, which would be real helpful!

I'm expecting the offers to start pouring in any moment now.

Update: Still waiting for those offers...

I hear 2006 2nd Quarter is going to be a SMS hiring bonanza! Not wanting to be left out, I've added my resume under articles on the bottom right of this page for your perusal and enjoyment.

Now that MyITForum has switched from .Text to Community Server 2.0, I had to figure out how to make it work with w.bloggar a freeware tool with fewer features than BlogJet, but definately useable for posting to your blogs. The newest version of w.bloggar actually has support for MSN Spaces!

To use w.bloggar with MyITforum blogs, use the following settings:

1. Select File | Add New Account
2. Choose Custom Blog Tool and an alias for this account, I entered Reed at MyTIForum
3. Click Next
4. Choose the MetaWeblog API under Posts
5. Choose MetaWeblog API - Multi under Categories
6. Under Templates, choos Not Supported
7. Click Next
8. Under Host, type in myitforum.com
9. Type /cs2/blogs/metablog.ashx in Path
10. Deselect HTTPS, port should revert to 80
11. Click Next
12. Enter your username and password
13. Click Finish

If you did everything right, you'll be able to post away! Be aware of two things, w.bloggar is not a WYSIWYG editor, so you will need to enter your own HTML tags. Also, if you are an Admin, you will have to select your blog from the drop down list. Those with access to a single blog will only see their blog in the drop down.

Now go post!

I believe it was Warren Buffet that said "The first rule of investing is don't lose money." Here I always thought it was "buy low then sell high!" The second rule would be great if you could figure out how while the first rule, rule #1 is something I can see myself doing.

I saw Phil Town a year ago at an all day event that included General Tommy Franks and Jerry Lewis. His was one of the product seminars, but I really liked the methods he used. I might have signed up for the training seminar, but TerryAnn and I went on a major debt diet shortly before that. We are paying down debt and not starting new debt until we are free. We are doing well, and hope to be back to a point where we have the debt retired and apply the money we used to use servicing it for saving and investments sometime this year. So I was real pleased to see and have pre-ordered his new book! I highly recommend it if you enjoy making money investing.

And if you need to go on a debt diet before you get started, then Dave Ramsey is the man with the down to earth, easy to understand, practical plan.

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Tags: Investing Rule#1 debt PhilTown DaveRamsey

I just bought my 150th book in the Microsoft Reader format from Simon Says Shop. I love reading books on my Pocket PC as it is always with me and I get a well lit, easy to read typeface, and a good book where ever I go.

I do have a complaint about Simon Says Shop, though. They changed their entire user interface last October. Since then:

1. It is extremely hard to find older books. I am working my way through the Starfleet Corps of Engineers series and to get to where I am (#41 June 2004) I had to search on the title of the book I just finished, then work my way to the next book. (FYI I think this is fixed now, I was finally able to search for Starfleet Corps of Engineers and find the whole series in reverse order again).
2. Instant gratification has been removed. I used to be able to load up my cart with several books, go to the checkout, log in, pay, then download. Now they have inserted a processing step between the purchase and the download. It is as if the book haulers union said, "Hey, you can't deliver books without us handling them first! We'll have none of that!" As such I have to wait several minutes to an half an hour before I can download my purchase.
3. The download process is onerous. Once the books are available to be downloaded, I get this screen with pretty download buttons. Click the button of the book you want, up pops a page contains secure and unsecure info warning, then click yes to allow, another secure unsecure warning pops up, then another and you finally get your download. Have another book to download? No problem, you just have to work your way back through the secure/unsecure maze and select another. I finally started right-click new windowing it to reduce it to just three affirmations per download.

That said, I heartily recommend the Starfleet Corps of Engineers series. It reminds me a lot of what it is like to be a Systems Engineer on today's computers!