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Review: Personal Branding Blog

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Site: http://personalbrandingblog.com/

PROS: Covers a variety of personal branding issues, often with a sense of humor.  Has a useful "beginner" section in the "About" and a variety of resources.

CONS: Wide variety may limit usefulness.  Requires some time if you're not used to personal branding.  Blog does play a role in promotion of its members (as to be expected).  Blog is definitely focused on its subject – nothing extraneous here.

SUMMARY: A diverse resource for personal branding, worth at least temporarily putting into your newsfeed to see if you'll use it.

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Review: Punk Rock HR

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REVIEW: http://punkrockhr.com/

PROS: A snarky, intelligent look inside human resources specifically – and the world of hiring and HR in general

CONS: Focus is on HR and may not be for everyone.  Blog is also personal and is not always about HR/career issues in a few cases.

SUMMARY: An attitude-laden, heartfelt blog on HR, hiring, and corporate behavior with personal insights on other areas. Great for HR professionals, good for people who are career-minded because you'll learn a lot.  Worth visiting to see if it'll help your job search/career needs.

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Review – AT&T DSL

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About two months ago, everyone in my apartment was getting dissatisfied with the state of our cable internet provider.  We had slowdowns, odd errors, and fixes that weren't really fixes.  So we decided to try AT&T's DSL service.  Since having a good internet provider is of interest to many of us progeeks (or regular geeks), I wanted to give a quick review – and because there's a special extra I discovered . . .

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