http://disqus.com/people/robertmerrill/enTue, 10 Nov 2009 18:12:59 -0000http://couchcast.org/2009/twelve-horses-has-merged-with-one-to-one-interactive.htm#comment-22645315My intro here of @cspencer makes it sound like he's a contender in a boxing match! lolrobertmerrillTue, 10 Nov 2009 18:12:59 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2009/4-things-to-never-ever-put-on-your-resume.htm#comment-21886660I have one more to add to the list... never put your marital status on your resume.robertmerrillWed, 04 Nov 2009 15:31:51 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2009/contract-cakephp-developer.htm#comment-20746157Position filled!robertmerrillWed, 21 Oct 2009 18:25:07 -0000http://mashable.com/2009/10/06/employers-block-twitter/#comment-19606676Awesome. :-)robertmerrillThu, 08 Oct 2009 17:35:44 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2008/about-my-company.htm#comment-19606612Note: I wrote this post while I worked for SOS Technical. I don’t work there anymore. I run my own recruiting agency now called M|REC (Merrill Recruiting). I still recruit, but now I do it even more awesomely than before. I can help your company suck less at recruiting, too. This post is here for archival purposes, but please know I am not on their payroll any longer. Thanks!robertmerrillThu, 08 Oct 2009 17:34:18 -0000http://mashable.com/2009/10/06/employers-block-twitter/#comment-19243980Is this news? Of course companies will restrict employees from spending as much time as possible online for less-than-professional reasons. That's why their called "companies" not "cafes".<br><br>In my experience, companies that keep their employees from peering out into the world also spend a fair amount of time with their fingers in their own ears trying to be sure nothing negative gets in, either. All that truth gets in the way of navel-gazing.<br><br>Say it with me: "la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. I can't hear you."<br><br>If anything else, I heard a rumor that Facebook, MySpace and Twitter work on those newfangled cellular telephones now, too? Wow.robertmerrillTue, 06 Oct 2009 16:24:25 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2009/sap-business-analyst.htm#comment-18605351@tim the environment is SAP Business by Design, feature pack 2. There is CRM, Financials and Supply Chain in use, but not Product Development or Project Management.robertmerrillMon, 05 Oct 2009 17:18:49 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2009/enticelabs-receives-2-million-from-first-advantage-and-omniture-founders.htm#comment-18605245Way to go EnticeLabs! :)robertmerrillMon, 05 Oct 2009 17:17:00 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2007/twitter-me-this-why-hyper-connected-people-need-twitter.htm#comment-18582475They can, but not as fast as sales people can. If "driving sales" is what you want, and you can only choose one or the other, consider the latter. This other stuff is really awareness and marketing. It generates awareness and that can engender trust, and trust results in sales.robertmerrillWed, 09 Sep 2009 11:21:41 -0000http://apxalarmstories.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-apx-story.html#comment-12972055Any business model that relies on "Well, you signed the contract, fork it over" isn't a business, it's a lie. <br><br>If my legal contract required payment for services that didn't work, and allowed me to still demand payment even if it didn't work, I would revise my contract or my services.<br><br>If other APX clients are happy, that's awesome. I just wasn't. I've never said the whole universe of APX clients never get their money's worth. But I didn't (ever) get what I paid for and simply wanted APX to make good on that. <br><br>If the service had worked as advertised/sold OR if the repeated attempts to contact APX directly had resulted in something before posting this, I never would have had a problem--and this website wouldn't exist.robertmerrillMon, 20 Jul 2009 17:10:20 -0000http://www.digitalthom.com/2009/01/23/is-an-rss-feed-important-anymore/#comment-5506396Great thought, Thom. The progression of all these vectrors to get in touch with you is BECAUSE of the feeds though and, since I am on a social network regression binge, feeds are, in fact, becoming much more important again... in fact, that's how I read this post first :)robertmerrillFri, 23 Jan 2009 21:00:09 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2008/how-is-the-economy-and-recession-affecting-you.htm#comment-3991816I received the following other two comments on this post via twitter:<br><br> jalbright: "Cancelled cable (which I hardly watched anyway) and now bring my lunch to work. Those 2 things have really helped out"<br><br> monicabuckles: "We had to cut back on vacations. we haven't been anywhere in over a year. "robertmerrillMon, 24 Nov 2008 14:36:41 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2008/02/apx-alarm-of-provo-utah-is-a-thief-and-a-liar/#comment-3990351Sorry Margarita.... GOOD LUCK! :(robertmerrillMon, 24 Nov 2008 14:00:58 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2008/how-is-the-economy-and-recession-affecting-you.htm#comment-3882029That's interesting, Matt. How has your clientele received the change to Net-15?robertmerrillTue, 18 Nov 2008 14:34:54 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2008/considering-dumping-disqus.htm#comment-3768191Well, go figure, seems like they've all appeared. ;)robertmerrillFri, 14 Nov 2008 04:10:22 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2008/considering-dumping-disqus.htm#comment-3768189Like Thom said... How do you integrate friendfeed?robertmerrillFri, 14 Nov 2008 04:09:41 -0000http://www.inquisitr.com/7676/utah-boycott-being-organized-by-proposition-8-opponents/#comment-3639960There is no list like that, Jesse, because it can't be produced. Nobody wants to admit that, if you step back and look at it, this issue was decided by *people*--on both sides. <br><br>But, it's too hard to blame "people"... people vote their opinions. People exercise their rights to freedom of speech and religion. "People" isn't scary enough.<br><br>... its easier to blame a so-called outsider religious group supposedly full of zealots and freaks, who are secretly trying to undermine people's rights and take away your freedom to be yourself.<br><br>Sounds a lot like the final battle-cry from the McCain camp in this last election... "Don't vote for Obama! Fear, and unknown..... Ayers! Money redistribution! Boogeyman!..."<br><br>Marginalize the Mormons... it makes it so much easier to ridicule and abuse them and blame them for something they actually had very little to do with.robertmerrillSat, 08 Nov 2008 21:30:02 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2008/4-factors-creating-utah-workforce-funk.htm#comment-3412869Thanks! What specifically did you like?robertmerrillFri, 31 Oct 2008 15:12:22 -0000http://couchcast.org/2008/interviews-at-wordcamp-utah-september-27-2008.htm#comment-2983155Jake Spurlock updated his blog with a <a href="http://jakespurlock.com/?p=486" rel="nofollow">great post about how he taped Wordcamp Utah</a>. Nice work, jake!robertmerrillFri, 10 Oct 2008 12:53:22 -0000http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2008/10/capital-efficie.html#comment-2962948Thanks for the clarifier. Great post!robertmerrillThu, 09 Oct 2008 10:42:14 -0000http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2008/10/capital-efficie.html#comment-2960758Great comments, Fred. I agree that there are harsh truths to capitalism. <br><br>However, I disagree that layoff + hiring freeze + cutting low ROI marketing + salary freeze is "what good experienced managers do in times like this". I think some or all of those things could be the answer, but the larger solution lies somewhere in what you said a little later: "When capital is scarce, smart people figure out how to do more with less."<br><br>But doing more with less is not the same as "stop evolving and changing". That fundemental distinction, over time, seperates the companies who become success stories from the ones labelled "also-ran".<br><br>For example, if Tumblr's two developers you mentioned were not the right people in their roles, no amount of hiring/salary freezes would cure that cancer. In fact, it would flourish, unchecked.<br><br>Layoff helps, but layoff + hiring/salary freeze can only produce results in the short-run. The wheels fall off that bus very quickly as time goes on, no matter who is on board, or what seats they fill.robertmerrillThu, 09 Oct 2008 06:56:40 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2008/appreciating-your-interviewee.htm#comment-2929223@tom great feedback and example. Thanks for sharing!robertmerrillTue, 07 Oct 2008 22:21:15 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2008/02/apx-alarm-of-provo-utah-is-a-thief-and-a-liar/#comment-2807534@Tami, thanks for the comment. I wish you could see the other 76 comments on this post that Disqus is hiding somehow :(.<br><br>FWIW, I talked with Josh (he contacted me) and he was able to take care of everything a self-respecting company would... he listened to me, realized there were some problems (maybe on both our faults) and agreed that it would be best for us to part ways and make a clean break. APX *has* resolved my problem to enough satisfaction. I would never do business with them, nor would I recommend them to anybody, but I am personally OK with how things worked out.<br><br>I know I *could* go through all the hassle of contacting the FTC and the BBB and all those other things, but that was not my point in posting this. The *point* was that, when something goes wrong with a company's service, it should be simple to get it fixed or canceled. By very definition, having to contact a federal or non-profit agency to get a dispute resolved with a company is TOO MUCH WORK that I don't have time for.<br><br>And, about the hurricane work they did, that's great. I don't have a problem with the PEOPLE at APX... its their incredibly litigious contract, their rediculously long contract-period, and the pit-bulls they contract out to when accounts go sour.<br><br>Like I said when I posted the blog: "I am angry... knowing that my SECURITY ALARM COMPANY has resorted to bullying collection agencies and underhanded, litigious contracts to make money, and the thread of lawsuit and loss of personal property. The reason I turned to them is to PROTECT myself ... [but] YOU, Apex Alarm, are the greatest THREAT to that very security you pretended to care about."robertmerrillThu, 02 Oct 2008 16:38:13 -0000http://utahtechjobs.com/2008/07/4-factors-creating-utah-workforce-funk/#comment-2793592That makes it sounds like you can't go wrong when hiring offshore... of course it's harder than that.robertmerrillWed, 01 Oct 2008 23:03:35 -0000http://couchcast.org/2008/dave-bascom-ceo-of-seocom/#comment-2641139Try again?robertmerrillFri, 26 Sep 2008 10:40:26 -0000