Last week Ryan Paugh from the social networking site Brazen Careerist and Employee Evolution told me that a writer from YPNation needed some quotes for an article he was writing about Brazen Careerist. Since I have been a very active user of the site Ryan referred me. Well the article is up and I’m quoted [...]
Read the Full PostMy Twitter Success Story and A Reason to Get Out There
May 19th, 2010 with View CommentsIf you haven’t noticed, the blog has been completely redesigned. I have a few people to thank for that, which I will get to. Econ Apps’ design started as the Atahualpa theme that my girlfriend and I customized ourselves. It was fine when I just started writing and it was definitely original, which was important [...]
Read the Full PostThe Way I Write: A Manifesto
May 15th, 2010 with View CommentsAfter blogging for the past two months or so I have realized that I need to document my intentions for this blog and my philosophy as a blogger. Much of what I wrote about this past few months stemmed from my personal blogging philosophy. The purpose of this Manifesto is to crystallize that philosophy and [...]
Read the Full PostBlogging Got Me My First Job
May 12th, 2010 with View CommentsLast month I got my first job (that pays) since I graduated from college in December, working for a Seattle web design company. It was a humbling journey on the way to employment. I had a lot of phone interviews that went great, but didn’t get an in-person interview. Many more resume submissions were lost [...]
Read the Full PostReThink 1.0
May 5th, 2010 with View CommentsTwo lessons I took away from my studies in economics are this: there are unanticipated consequences to the most well intentioned actions and there are usually better ways to meet an intended objective. With these thoughts in mind I want to present to you my Rethink series. The goal of which will be to find [...]
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