This is a guest post by Carmen Brettel, a writer and manager for Student Grants. In her spare time, Carmen enjoys gardening and volunteering at animal shelters. Outsourcing has become a popular option for many businesses as they continue to struggle in the sluggish economy. Outsourcing can save your company money and free up valuable […]
This is a guest post by Christina St-Jean is an English teacher who has been engaged in virtually every level of the educational system at one point or another. When she’s not teaching, she is contributing to online education resources such as DegreeJungle.com. When she isn’t writing, she’s spending time with her two young daughters, who surprise […]
Weekly video blog spotlights leaders in Austin’s tech community The weekly video blog We Are Austin Tech, live for nearly a year at weareaustintech.com, has launched its second season. Today’s post features an interview profile of Gazzang CEO Larry Warnock, which followed last Tuesday’s conversation with VolunteerSpot CEO Karen Bantuveris. Both videos are currently live on […]
Aaron Swartz, Internet activist dies at 26. We all need to learn more about him, the great things he did and what he was all about. we’ll miss you Aaron. Remember Aaron Swartz From Aaron’s mother Aaron Swartz ~ Wikipedia Prosecutor as bully The Truth about Aaron Swartz’s “Crime” RIP, Aaron Swartz by […]
What is an internet celebrity? I guess you call internet celebrities to whoever has a large social media following, correct? These people are usually leaders in their communities (online and offline), respected voices on specific topics (especially technology), founders of well-known startups, high-profile angel investors, and on and on. What gives them the title of […]
Are we addicted to the internet? to online gaming? to the idea that multi-tasking is somehow a way of being more productive? The fact is that we are connected ALL the time and this is creating some social problems as many people young and old are abusing the internet by monitoring social networks all day, […]
We are going to map all tech around the US and the world. Join our project: http://thetechmap.com That is OnTechies’ goal for 2013.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 50,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 12 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report.
The talk from Business of Software 2010 by David Russo on why company culture matters, got me thinking about startup hiring principles in general. Below is one of my favorite quotes from his talk: Don’t hire great people, hire the right great people, they have to fit. It is not a secret that finding talent is a very […]
