links for 2009-08-31

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"This is no secret to Henry Hirschel, an IT director on the hunt for a new job, who has found a way around the black hole: Using Google Analytics and triangulation techniques, he can tell if a hiring manager or recruiter has read his WordPress blog, checked out his website or looked at his LinkedIn profile. He monitors these three web properties every day as part of his job search activities. "

"Just to underscore a very important, related point: all of the above-listed people are examples of America's Great Meritocracy, having achieved what they have solely on the basis of their talent, skill and hard work — The American Way. By contrast, Sonia Sotomayor — who grew up in a Puerto Rican family in Bronx housing projects; whose father had a third-grade education, did not speak English and died when she was 9; whose mother worked as a telephone operator and a nurse; and who then became valedictorian of her high school, summa cum laude at Princeton, a graduate of Yale Law School, and ultimately a Supreme Court Justice — is someone who had a whole litany of unfair advantages handed to her and is the poster child for un-American, merit-less advancement." Indeed.

"The facts that the Journal give as rationale for the iPhone being a bad deal for AT&T could easily be made into a good deal proposition for AT&T. Do you think any other carrier would like a chance to carry the iPhone?"

Quick and simple but smart rules.

"A report by the US's top general in Afghanistan is expected to admit the current strategy is not working. General Stanley McChrystal's report is also expected to say that protecting the Afghan people against the Taliban must be the US's top priority. But the report will not contain any recommendations on troop numbers."

Just what it says.

Just what it says.

"Nearly a year after the federal rescue of the nation’s biggest banks, taxpayers have begun seeing profits from the hundreds of billions of dollars in aid that many critics thought might never be seen again. The profits, collected from eight of the biggest banks that have fully repaid their obligations to the government, come to about $4 billion, or the equivalent of about 15 percent annually, according to calculations compiled for The New York Times." Cool.

"And he’s all, “I guess you saw that ‘Dear Gruber: You’ve Been Pwned’ thing I wrote last week over at Fake Steve. Haven’t seen a link to it from Daring Fireball, so just checking to make sure you’re cool with that.”" I laughed.

"The TV industry has as little as two years to create viable digital businesses or face a version of the "iTunes moment" that saw the music business cede the online future to Apple, according to Ashley Highfield." Less than that I bet and Hulu seems to be a pretty good plan. Also the problem is lightly different tv isn't as widely pirated.

"If Google digitizes the world's books, how will it keep track of what you read? For librarians, many of whom are working with Google to digitize their collections of books, it's a thorny question. That's because librarians and the online world have different standards for dealing with user information. Many libraries routinely delete borrower information, and organizations such as the American Library Association have fought hard to preserve the privacy of their patrons in the face of laws such as the U.S. Patriot Act."

"Today’s social media startups are finding unique ways of generating revenue from the very beginning. Here are a few of the revenue models that they’re using and how you can apply them to your company."