Archive for December 2011
Wonder if I could get a job at Google? How I’d answer these two interview questions.
According to this article in Business Insider, Marissa Mayer (Google exec, one of the first 20 employees, and really, really smart person) says she asks two questions to people interviewing at Google before they pass the final phase of the process. The questions are below and I thought it’d be interesting to see how I’d…
Read MoreThe apps that are on my iPhone first and second screens
I’m always interested in what apps people are using on their phones. Every time I share the apps I’m using, people alert me to many more that I hadn’t heard of. Just last night at dinner a friend told me about an app that sounded cool and I quickly added it to my second screen.…
Read MoreFile this in the I Wish I’d Thought of That category #clingle
You can now leave people location-based gifts using a service called Clingle. Are you kidding, that’s freaking cool! I could leave my wife a $25 gift certificate at Starbucks next time she goes there. I could surprise my dad with a $50 Home Depot gift certificate next time he goes shopping at his favorite Depot.…
Read MoreWhat would you do if your company killed off email for internal communication?
Here’s a tech company that is looking to completely eradicate his company of using email for internal communication, instead opting for instant messaging and a “Facebook-style” interface. I kinda thought it was going to say he wanted more face-to-face meetings of his employees, but to each his own I guess. Oh yeah, and they have…
Read MoreDisney thinking outside the (console) box with Kinect game
I love seeing how companies are using the Xbox Kinect these days. There’s a Kinect Star Wars game and this freaky Kinect zombie game. Cool stuff. Who doesn’t have great memories of going to Disney World as a kid, or taking their kids to Disney World? It’s one of the aspects of the overall Disney brand…
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