Monster Quizzes - Career Tools and Quizzes

Monster Quizzes - Career Tools and Quizzes:


"Virtual Interviews--
Practice makes perfect, right? Warm up for the real thing and test your stuff with our virtual interviews."

another interesting job resource... monster.com 's advice!

what do you think of these virtual interviews????

The Telecom Paris English CV HOWTO

The Telecom Paris English CV HOWTO:

"The Telecom Paris English CV HOWTO"

This should help you write a good CV and cover letter.

(You have to be on a TELECOM IP number to connect... use your PPTP connections.)

Jonathan Harris tells the Web's secret stories | Video on TED.com

Jonathan Harris tells the Web's secret stories | Video on TED.com:

"Artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris makes online art that captures the world's expression -- and gives us a glimpse of the soul of the Internet."

Is this useless or useful?

Send your CV's to me and David... (be sure to say which group you're in...).

james

Chris Anderson of WIRED on tech's Long Tail | Video on TED.com

Chris Anderson of WIRED on tech's Long Tail | Video on TED.com:

This is the man that coined the concept of "the Long Tail"

"Chris Anderson, the editor of WIRED, explores the four key stages of any viable technology: setting the right price, gaining market share, displacing an established technology and, finally, becoming ubiquitous."

Jeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen | Video on TED.com

Jeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen | Video on TED.com:

"Jeff Han shows off a cheap, scalable multi-touch and pressure-sensitive computer screen interface that may spell the end of point-and-click."

this is really awesome!

Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth | Video on TED.com

Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth | Video on TED.com: "Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them."

another nice MS technology....

The IT Crowd - Yesterday's Jam

The IT Crowd - Yesterday's Jam

this is about the serious relationship between "suits" and "nerds"... in a typical British office context...

here is the script of episode one...

Scripts : The IT Crowd

the new president

Hello everyone,

Perhaps we're living in a new world since the last time we met. It is indeed a new dawn, is it not? Do you think this will have any effect on your personal world?

Here is a link to the great speeches we heard this week:

President Elect Obama's acceptance speech (with interactive script)

John McCain's concession speech (with interactive script)

see you next week.....

Roy Gould and Curtis Wong preview the WorldWide Telescope | Video on TED.com

Roy Gould and Curtis Wong preview the WorldWide Telescope | Video on TED.com:
Arnaud's contribution in Group 1

"Educator Roy Gould and researcher Curtis Wong show a sneak preview of Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope, which compiles images from telescopes and satellites to build a comprehensive, interactive view of our universe."

Rives tells a story of mixed emoticons | Video on TED.com

Rives tells a story of mixed emoticons | Video on TED.com:

I hope you're all having a good long weekend!
This is a nice poem of mixed emotions and mixed emoticons!

(BTW -- Our guest from Google is coming on November 20th, to our last class, and not to our next class on November 13th.)

Have a good week! james