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Re: ‘Old man’ at Amazon gives advice to interns: Find a better job somewhere else

rodica — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:32:48 -0000

nope :) i did work for aws a few years ago though

Re: ‘Old man’ at Amazon gives advice to interns: Find a better job somewhere else

rodica — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 16:27:28 -0000

While it's true that you will work hard and many positions can be stressful, the experience of working at Amazon is priceless, especially during formative years. If you keep your eyes and ears open, a few years at Amazon can be more meaningful/relevant than an MBA. All the other companies mentioned are different flavors of success - the choice for grads should be to go to a company / product that makes them feel excited to make an impact and to join a team where they can learn the most.

Re: My Struggle With the Last Great Taboo: Admitting My Salary

rodica — Mon, 04 May 2015 12:13:11 -0000

I think Emily's story is pretty typical. Without taking away from the cold hard fact that there are some huge inequalities in the workplace, the negotiation part is an actual skill you acquire as you network and as you become more comfortable in your own abilities. It's also true that some people never "level up" in negotiation. Which means that sharing salaries can backfire - just having the numbers to compare doesn't mean that you'll be able to use them (professionally & gracefully) next time you're in a negotiating situation.

Also, seeing all the salaries posted on twitter with just an amount and number of years of experience doesn't give much information. How many years you've been doing something is one indicator, but for most roles, the hiring manager is looking for a particular experience with X skill or Y situation. Unless your years of experience directly relate to that X/Y and you can make a case for yourself...it doesn't much matter.

Re: Makerhaus geek workshop closing in Seattle

rodica — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:34:58 -0000

I also really liked the idea of the Makerhaus, but the price point seemed a bit off the charts - even for some of their classes. Maybe having a more tiered approach, where the heavy users have a different price structure than the less hardcore makers could have helped.

Wishing Mike & Ellie the best in their next venture!

Re: Another reason to go with the robot: Android apps are faster to build

rodica — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:33:37 -0000

also to note that although coding it might be faster, the testing time for supporting a wide range of devices and operating systems could be significantly longer....

Re: 4 Books For Learning to Design, The Hard Way

rodica — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:12:26 -0000

Highly recommend Visual Literacy (http://www.amazon.com/Visua.... The exercises in this book really made me think differently.

Re: http://dataanxiety.tumblr.com/post/15910523340

rodica — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:46:37 -0000

thanks for the kind words :)

Re: Anecdotal but interesting: NYC and London Up & Coming in the World of Startups?

rodica — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:23:05 -0000

Good choice of metric for your inference :) I also read recently a post on the Wall Street Journal that went a bit more in-depth on the NYC scene in particular. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits...

Re: It’s Time For Twitter to Expand

rodica — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:59:33 -0000

I'm totally with you on the targeted tweets, been thinking about that a lot lately. Would also like to be able to segment folks I follow based on location on keywords. For example, "give me all users with the word 'NY' in their bio or location".

Good stuff!

Re: Web Analytics & Marketing Automation: Why Businesses Need Both

rodica — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:40:27 -0000

@RBeale - very well put :)

Re: Web Analytics & Marketing Automation: Why Businesses Need Both

rodica — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:39:41 -0000

@dipen - while getting aggregate traffic data will help you optimize your site, it's only with IP information or placing cookies on your visitors' computers that you can begin to understand who they are and what they are interested in at a more granular level. Once you can connect their web visits to an identity (and an email address from one of your registration forms, ideally), you can begin to craft your email marketing and other programs to best serve their interests/answer their questions.

The big shift here is that it's not enough anymore to just monitor traffic - you will want the increased sophistication of nurturing your leads by segmenting them and placing them into a communication program that best suits the place they are in the buying cycle.

Hope this helps!

Re: Marketing & IT: Between Love and Hate in the Time of SaaS & Cloud Technologies

rodica — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:58:40 -0000

@Adam - Totally. I think as marketing becomes more quantifiable, you'll see a very different marketing professional rising in the business world :)

Re: Marketing & IT: Between Love and Hate in the Time of SaaS & Cloud Technologies

rodica — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:57:32 -0000

@Toan - I'm not aware of any established guide for this type of process - perhaps other, more business-savvy readers are? To me, it just makes sense that you'd want to have your departments integrated/collaborating at some level - this can come from "all-hands" meetings or from more grassroots efforts. :)

Re: Marketing & IT: Between Love and Hate in the Time of SaaS & Cloud Technologies

rodica — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:53:58 -0000

@Adam - I'm very happy to find a little validation from someone in your position and I think you have a great three-prong approach to this problem :)

You've also crystallized very well the observation of external vendor influence. Those forces add a compelling/act now factor, especially when they combine with high internal pressures. It's what I meant by saying that SaaS vendors might ultimately be doing a disservice to themselves & to their partners by continuing to market their products using the "bypass your IT department" line in the selling proposition.

Re: Marketing & IT: Between Love and Hate in the Time of SaaS & Cloud Technologies

rodica — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:32:54 -0000

@Steve

I'll have to look into this "new how" framework, sounds very interesting. However, I am not saying that marketing needs to demand a different IT department, I'm saying that businesses needs to figure out a better way to make un-equal pressures across the company still amount to pulling departments in the same direction, from an operational and risk management perspective.

Marketing and IT seemed a good example to me because of the increased emphasis in SaaS and Cloud technologies that cater to marketing. And also because, as a marketing manager for a SaaS company, we have used the "bypass IT" line for selling our own product.

And yes, I think we can have collaboration. Moreover, I think this collaboration will lead to better, healthier businesses. As a marketing professional, I really don't want to spend my time and resources duplicating efforts. The business shouldn't want me to do that either. :)

Re: Second Life Goes Mobile with Touch Life

rodica — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:29:40 -0000

I wonder what this does for the feeling of deep immersion into the world. I love shiny new toys, but I'm just curious...what problem is it trying to solve exactly? Looking forward to your review :)

Re: Mindspace

rodica — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:57:40 -0000

true. but then again, memories aren't the only fragile things i can think of. we might be reading this quote in different ways.

Re: Easy audio blogging with Audioboo

rodica — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:36:35 -0000

This sounds like a very cool app. Do you know if it also allows you to record yourself (and the other person) when you're on a call, as well? That would be super-handy!

Re: Fingers crossed for a mobile industry standard

rodica — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:00:37 -0000

This is a very useful idea and it's one of the reasons I've always been partial to Nokia phones. You could trade chargers with a buddy and you could (usually) re-use chargers from one phone to your next.

Once each manufacturer sees this as a priority in serving the customer & put some thought into that individually, then they can all get together to come up with a standard that makes sense.

Re: graceified

rodica — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:35:09 -0000

very cool looking :)

Re: Why I Don't (Often) Respond Publicly on Twitter

rodica — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:30:22 -0000

the hashtag is a great idea. i look to mashable not only for news, but for you to elevate interesting conversations/questions that others bring up. definite thumbs up for this approach.

Re: Is It Time to Let FeedBurner Burn?

rodica — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:57:15 -0000

[+] definitely, in wordpress or whatever platform you're blogging from.

Re: My Top Ten Photos from 2008

rodica — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:26:13 -0000

Very cool! I particularly love the treatment & framing on the "All Aboard" and "In Another Life" :)

Re: louisgray.com: Kallow: Literally, A Gift Recommendation No-Brainer

rodica — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:41:36 -0000

interesting idea. i have to say tho - kallow has the cutest logo/mascot i've ever seen :)

Re: The New Justin Korn [dot] com

rodica — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:20:57 -0000

Hi Justin - I like the new design, although it is a bit bland.

Btw, you might want to check your vote feature - regardless of which answer I picked, it gave me a prompt "Please choose a valid poll answer". Might explain why no one voted yet! :)

Keep up the great writing.