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Yep, the SOPA Battle Continues

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A summary and some of the latest news is here.

If you aren't calling your representatives, raising hell, signing petitions, something, then you're really not following how awful this thing is.  It's incredibly heavy-handed and even improvements have not been enough.

Go and raise hell, people.

I get the impression SOPA/Protect-IP is really a kind of last gasp of some media interests, but it's one so draconian and do broad-ranging that it could be misused terribly.

(By the way, the Movie industry is doing darn well despite all the supposed piracy.)

– Steven Savage

The Job Search: Start Judging Yourself

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Lately, when I talk to people about their job searches, it seems that a lot of them are worried they're being labeled in their job searches by recruiters.  They worry these labels are at best limiting, and at worst, detrimental.  With so much labeling, there's honest fear the judgements being passed are harmful.

Here's my take: yes, you're being labeled.

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Personal Branding For Progeeks #5 – Some Progeekey Edges

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And we come to the end of another series (Been on a roll with those lately, haven't I) – Personal Branding for Progeeks.

Now I've spent time talking how to do it, ways to do it, and of course, why.  But now that I've put you through the ringer, let's talk about some of the advantages you have as a progeek.

Yes, you, the professional geek, have advantages over non-geeks when it comes to personal branding.

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