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A week back or two, I came across a really lovely video clip that I found in Nokia E-series (63/71). Checko:

Few hours back, Rambler shared a really funny webcomic on Swine Flu from xkcd.com:

Hey folks, ‘ProBlogger.net‘ is running a 31 day project that’s called: “31 Days to Build a Better Blog“. Starting from April 1st, the idea is to implement improvements every day until May 1st.

The 31 day project will run in a simple manner. Users can subscribe to the posts via email and every day you’ll get the posts in your inbox – that’ll have two aspects: a teaching component and a practical component (task/homework).

ProBlogger is ranked among top-50 blogs that earns a lot through internet today. Let me share a bit from the AdSense blog who interviewed Darren Rowse over AdSense optimization:

October 4, 2003 is a date I’ll never forget – that was a day that my life changed. It was the day that I discovered AdSense and added it to my very first blog. I added that first advertisement to my blog on a whim, with what I thought was the lofty dream that I might be able to pay for my blogs hosting costs. Over 5 years later, those little text ads have paid my mortgage, fed my family, and enabled me to move my blogging from a hobby, to a part time job, to a full time job and beyond.

It’s not been an ‘overnight success’ by any means but as I’ve learned to use it, AdSense has been one of my highest online income streams.

Although this project is designed for beginners but many tasks will be relevant to intermediate as well as advance bloggers. I have myself subscribed to this project and will try my best to do a summary post once it’s over!

I had this little task pending from few weeks and I even tested out few plugins for it – but none of them worked really well. However, yesterday I tested 2 more plugins and I finally found what I was looking for! Yes, MobilePress does this job really well. Users can now simply type ‘axdimensions.com‘ from their handsets and they’ll be automatically redirected to the WAP version of my blog. Below is a snapshot of how a blog looks on WAP:

Enjoy reading!

light-Bot, an amazing puzzle game for programmers (: My team-lead just shared this game with me and it’s really fun! (Click here to play light-Bot)

“Programming-style puzzle game. Give commands to your robot to light up the factory. Very soon you will realize though that using the main method on it’s own is not enough and you will have to start creating re-usable functions to achieve the ultimate goal.”

Yup, the new layout of DAWN website does violate Google Adsense policy on their homepage (click here to view the snapshot). I’ve been noticing it from about a month now and I must say, hi-profile (or at least highly visited) websites of our country should abide by policies or at least read them once before putting up 4 banners instead of 3/page!

AdSense Program Policy
Ad Placement: Up to three ad units may be displayed on each page

Google ‘Website Optimizer’ has announced FREE landing page check up on August 4, 2008.  For the next couple of weeks, Google will be giving free check-ups to only few landing pages. Email your landing page URL before August 13, 2008 at: weboptimizerblog@google.com – and if your page is picked up, Google will email you their diagnoses.

For more details, click here.

At the Annual Dinner 2008 (of FAST-NUCES), couple of students from the graduating batch asked me this question due to which I thought to drop a post on my blog. Well, there are certain factors to be considered. Once you are through all screening process, now is the time to take the right step! You might have few options to select from but do not just make random selections because switching job isn’t easy either. If career really matters to you, do give following points a little thought that I am sharing as per my experience:

• Target organizations that have a good reputation in the market
• Always clear up all policies during your package discussion (*appraisals, leave, overtime etc.)
• If it’s your first job and you have no experience, demand what is being offered in other organizations, a high demand might make you lose the opportunity
• Make sure you get a proper/official job-offer before you may join because many organizations might say ABC in the interview and will offer you XYZ in the offer (especially in case of startups, because they might try to impress you with their dreams!)
• In case you are targeting corporate sector, do query about the IT hierarchy because that will affect your growth
• Office location and timings matter a lot, especially as per the recent incidents of our city
• Even if you are not serious about job (e.g. if you plan to go for masters, or in case you are a girl), do not under estimate yourself and demand what others are getting because you will be providing your service 9-6!
• Always take suggestions from your seniors and ex-employees of the organizations because they will really give you a different view
• Try to avoid the pressure from the internal employees because sometimes friends working in the organizations might have an effect on your decision
• Remember: Buyer will always look for a cheap service and Seller will demand a better deal, so try to negotiate for your salary package

One more thing I would like to share before I wrap up this post, do remember each and every word that is being said during the offer because tomorrow if you find any twist in the package, you know what to do – say Goodbye to the fellows because when they cannot keep a word about what they just said, its useless to work for/with them!

That’s all I had to share. Feel free to drop your comments or add up any suggestions.

Happy hunting!

*Knowing your appraisals is important because there are many organizations which do performance based appraisal where as other appraise you on a specified %