Top 10 things to learn on January 12th

I’ve been busy between January 10th to January 12th; nevertheless, I’ve discovered that…

• The would-be entrepreneur's handbook – Step 1: Interview yourself for the job (1) – Money Magazine – The last day of a recession is the best day to start a business, the saying goes. So tackle the 10 steps in this guide now – and be ready to ride the rebound when it comes.
• The Single Most Important Career Question You Can Ask Yourself | Software by Rob – Some people are consumers by nature; they consume vast quantities of knowledge purely for learning’s sake. Others are producers; they consume knowledge with the intent of one day acting on the knowledge and producing something, be it a book, a song, a blog, a startup, etc… Neither is better than the other.

  The key is to answer one question: which are you?

• Honda – the Power of Dreams –
• 2008 New Year Pundit Award Winners | – 2008 has finally run its course and journalists and bloggers have now turned their eyes to making predictions about what 2009 will bring. However before they do there is the small matter of totting up the scores on how they performed in their 2008 predictions. The winner of each category will win an inscribed quaich to mark their achievement. Additionally, there is a wooden spoon for the pundit who gets it wrong in the most spectacular fashion. Full details of the competition are here.

  Note, we have decided to drop the entertainment category. On reviewing the New Year predictions in that category we found it to be a mix of astrology, comedy and psycho babble. Additionally, it was almost universally wrong proving it is easier to predict the winner of the election than the outcome of Britney’s next misadventure.

• 30 Fascinating Cigarette Smoking Facts – The List Universe – The world’s view on smoking cigarettes has changed dramatically over the last century. The habit was once considered to be cool, sexy, good for your health, and widely enjoyed by many people. It was promoted by sportsmen, and advertised all over television. No one could be seen acting in a movie without a lit cigarette in their hand! Today, smoking is considered to be a nasty addictive habit that can kill you and those around you. You wont find them advertised anywhere – nor will you see anyone smoking inside a public building. It seems that these days smokers are considered to be anti-social and are often frowned at if seen smoking outside in crowded places. Below is a list of interesting facts about cigarettes.
• Knowliz: 50 Firefox Add-ons you should DEFINITELY use – Though there are thousands of thousands of Firefox add-ons. Everyone has their own personal favorites. But I am sure some of them are everyone's favorite.
  I am trying to compile a list of best of the best Firefox add-ons and extensions which are useful for specific purpose so that I can quickly install them every time I install Firefox on any new machine.
  I will request all the visitors and readers to help me compile this list by suggesting their own favorites and what they find good about it. I will keep updating this list based on your feedback and after I try it.
  Below is the list of 50 of my favorite Firefox Add-ons. I have categorized the list as per my convenience and based on purpose. Check it out:
• ivan krsti? · code culture » How Porsche hacked the financial system and made a killing – Adolf Merckle, one of the world’s richest men, committed suicide yesterday by throwing himself under a train, Bloomberg reports. Financial difficulties, and particularly great losses he suffered on Volkswagen stock, are being cited as the key reason he ended his life:

  [Merckle's company] VEM was caught in a so-called short squeeze after betting Wolfsburg, Germany-based Volkswagen’s stock would fall. Merckle lost at least 500 million euros on the bets on VW stock, people familiar said on Nov. 18. VEM lost “low three-digit million euros” on VW stock, the company said in November.

  A “short squeeze” sounds inconspicuous enough; you wouldn’t tell it by Bloomberg’s language, but Merckle’s Volkswagen bet lost out to one of the most masterful hacks of the financial system in history.

  For those of us who don’t live and breathe finance, this is that story.

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• How to Market Yourself to Employers in a Recession | ResumeBear Blog – What most job-seekers (during recessions and economic booms alike) don’t realize is that applying for jobs is a marketing problem. The best jobs aren’t won by filling your resume with cliches and business buzzwords, using a pretty Microsoft Word template, and jumping through the same tired human resources hoops as every other job seeker. Perry Marshall touches on some of the problems with this approach in his excellent report on using direct marketing techniques to land a new job.
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