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OnceIaskedanairconditionersalesmanwhat'sthenameofhiscompany.Thecompanyiscalled"TheFurnaceRoomHeatingandAirConditioning".Ididn'tcatchthefirstwordsoIaskedwhatitwas.Hesaidit's"the".Iaskedhimtospellit.Hesaid"T-H-E".
Whenauseraskedmetoexplainsomething,Itoldhimthatit'sgovernedbymetadata,whichI...[
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ThefirstpartofthisarticlegeneratedtoomanycommentssoIstartedthesecondpartasanewtopic.Icopiedoverthefirstpartattheend.
Twothingshelpedmebuildconfidence.Oneisreadingbooks.Theotheristhinking.Italkedaboutreadinginthefirstpart.HereItalkaboutthinking.
Inthecommentsfollowingthefirstpart,oneRolianseemedtosuggestthatafewweek'sexperiencein...[
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publishedonwuwei.ca,http:/www.wuwei.ca/index.php?series=1firstpublishedonrolia.net,2010-8-1Iwantedtowriteaboutcommunicationsforalongtime.However,itcamelastinmy"FirstJob"seriesandafteralongpauseof3months.Istartedwritingmanytimesbutcouldhardlymakeanyprogress.Thereason?Ididn'thavegoodexamples.Anexampleisworthathousandwords,theysay.Agoodexamplenotonlyillustratesapoint;itoftenmakesapoint.Whenpreparingf...[
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publishedonwuwei.ca,http:/www.wuwei.ca/index.php?series=1firstpublishedonrolia.net,2010-6-11Oneday,mywifetriedtofaxsomethingbutitdidn'tgothrough.Shecalledthecompany:"Itriedtofaxtothisnumber:416-739-2918,butitdidn'tgothrough."Thewomanthereasked:"What'sthenumberagain"?Doyouthinkmywifehasacommunicationissuehere?Howwouldyouhavedone?Thewomandidn'tknowthere'saproblemsoshedidn'tpayattentiontothephonenumb...[
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Veryofteninterviewersinterruptcandidatesinmid-sentenceandmoveontothenextquestion.Sometimes,theydosoafteronlyacoupleofwords.Why?Becausethecandidatesalreadyhitthepoint.
The“point”isthemostimportantthingincommunications.Youoftenhearpeoplesay“Igotyourpoint”,“youmissedthepoint”,“what'syourpoint...[
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publishedonwuwei.ca,http:/www.wuwei.ca/index.php?series=1firstpublishedonrolia.net,2010-5-13Myfirstpostoncommunicationsobviouslyimpressedthisladybecauseshesaid:"Iwouldincreaseyoursalary/rate1cent,soyou'llget$15.01/hrstartingfirstweekofJune."Withgratitude,Iwenttofindoutwhosheis.Lookslikesheisindeedabossassheworriesaboutpeoplewhomightcauseherstartuptofail.Shecallsonesuchtype"拜大爺,拜vendor做大爺,...[
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Recently,someonehereaskedhowtoanswerthisinterviewquestion:howdoyouexplaintechnicalideastoanon-technicalaudience?Myanswer:avoidjargons,avoidabbreviations,emphasizekeypoints,downplaydetails,sacrificeaccuracy,useexamplesfromthedomainofyouraudience.
Lastfewdays,Ithoughtaboutthecasesomemore,especiallyabout&q...[
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Theotherday,Ihadtosendmydaughtertoschool.We'realittlelatesoshewasworriedthatherschoolmightlockherout.Iasked:whendoesyourschoollockthedoor?Shesaid:thedoorisalwayslocked.ThenIasked:sohowdostudentsgetin?Shesaid:well,theyopenthedoorinthemorningtoletstudentsin.SoIaskedagain:sowhendotheylockthedoor?Finallyshesaid:Idon'tknow.
Ialwaysfeel...[
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毛主席說,糞土當年萬戶侯!何等的氣概。我們的國移,卻不會糞土一個潑婦,一個混混,一個神經病,一個問題同事。
前幾天,有同誌說跟白人同事吵架了,上來谘詢。他在給一個國移同事的伊妹兒裏寫了這麽一句:"Areyoukidding?:)"。不料cc裏的一位白人同事不高興,發伊妹兒大大地數落了該同誌一番。該同誌先是說sorry,後來越想越[
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無為論壇采用的是樹形排版。俺一直覺得樹形排版是論壇唯一合理的排版方式。
被肉聯封殺,俺想過做自己的論壇。做論壇,有兩個問題,一個是hosting,一個是軟件。論壇的免費軟件外麵比比皆是,但是沒有一個是樹形排版的。俺之所以喜歡肉聯,一個主要原因是它用的是樹形排版。俺真正決定自己做論壇,是在看到了胡同口的開源軟件之後。胡同口也是用的樹形排版。閱讀全文]