Duckbeaver

“You probably think of them as users and their output as user generated content but its nothing less than crowdsourced data management.” – Jan Chipchase The quote is a minor aside in the article on facial recognition but I really like the term “crowdsourced data management”. I’d also love to hear Chipchase and Nicholas Carr [...]

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The best way to deal with compensation is to have done your research first. You can often find what the market will pay by looking at similar job postings for in your area or checking out salary guides like Salary Expert or Monster’s salary guide. This should give you a rough band of wages that [...]

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When I was studying political science as an undergrad, I used to have a friend/nemesis that I would name-drop with. We liked to email officials and scholars, soliciting comments or feedback concerning our 3rd year paper topics and then we’d compare responses. She won when the president of the ruling party of South Africa responded [...]

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I attended the BC Association of Integrated Marketers (BC AIM) luncheon, a couple weeks back at the Four Seasons in Vancouver. The lunch wasn’t that spectacular but I really enjoyed the speakers Darren Barefoot and Julie Szabo, of Capulet Communications. The presentation was meant as an introduction about social media to traditional marketers, so it [...]

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