On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 07:05:22 -0800 (PST), dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com wrote:>On Jan 2, 9:50�pm, John Larkin ><jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >> On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 13:32:41 -0800 (PST), dagmargoodb...@yahoo.com >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >On Jan 2, 2:16�pm, John Devereux <j...@devereux.me.uk> wrote: >> >> John Larkin <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> writes: >> >> > On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:23:18 +0000, John Devereux >> >> > <j...@devereux.me.uk> wrote: >> >> >> [...] >> >> >> >>Yeah, I keep forgetting to ask mine about my memory problems... >> >> >> >>Seriously, I know depression is no joke. >> >> >> >>You don't at all need to make a PCB, just a soldering iron and a piece >> >> >>of copper-clad FR4 is all I use for most circuits like that. Or even do >> >> >>it Jim Williams / Jan style "air wiring". >> >> >> >><http://www.linear.com/images/general/AnalogCircuitDesignCover.jpg> >> >> >> > Do it like this: >> >> >> >http://johnlarkin.yolasite.com/resources/HV_proto.JPG >> >> >> I would if I hadn't broken all the bits of my dremel! :) >> >> >Broken carbide drill bits are ideal, great for Dremelling out islands >> >in FR-4. �Once upon a time snapping a PCB bit was a waste, now it's a >> >tool. >> >> >> I have started using strips of fixed-pitch pads, they work quite >> >> well. Pricy but one of them goes a long way. >> >> >> <http://uk.farnell.com/roth-elektronik/re1020/contact-strips-self-adhe...> >> >> >> You cut a double-row to some length then it has a self-adhesive backing >> >> so you can stick it down on FR4. >> >> >Handy. >> >> I have a Dremel tool that's a little toothed circular saw on the end >> of a shaft. It cuts nice slots in copper. I hold the Dremel down, >> horizontal and steady, and slide the board along under the cutter. > >If you mean the one-piece high speed steel cutters, those are sweet. >I'm chicken. Having quickly dulled many a HSS drill bit on FR-4, I >love my (one) HSS cutter too much to pummel it with glass fibers (!). > >Or if you meant those mandrel-mounted HSS saw blades? Those might be >good, and they've got 'em very thin too, ~0.010" IIRC.The one I use a lot is 380 mils dia, 50 mils thick, very rugged. A thinner one would be nice. I plan to get the Dremel router kit and see how that works. John> >Dremels are great. > > >> I do wish I had a really good way to cut away copper, maybe the Dremel >> router rig. >> >> The Bellin adapters are great: >> >> http://www.beldynsys.com/ > >Great website. When you see a no-nonsense setup like that, you know >the guys are good.
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On Jan 4, 12:50=A0pm, John Larkin <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 07:05:22 -0800 (PST), dagmargoodb...@yahoo.com > wrote: > > > > >On Jan 2, 9:50 pm, John Larkin > ><jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 13:32:41 -0800 (PST), dagmargoodb...@yahoo.com > >> wrote: > > >> >On Jan 2, 2:16 pm, John Devereux <j...@devereux.me.uk> wrote: > >> >> John Larkin <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> writes: > >> >> > On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:23:18 +0000, John Devereux > >> >> > <j...@devereux.me.uk> wrote: > > >> >> [...] > > >> >> >>Yeah, I keep forgetting to ask mine about my memory problems... > > >> >> >>Seriously, I know depression is no joke. > > >> >> >>You don't at all need to make a PCB, just a soldering iron and a =piece> >> >> >>of copper-clad FR4 is all I use for most circuits like that. Or e=ven do> >> >> >>it Jim Williams / Jan style "air wiring". > > >> >> >><http://www.linear.com/images/general/AnalogCircuitDesignCover.jp=g>> > >> >> > Do it like this: > > >> >> >http://johnlarkin.yolasite.com/resources/HV_proto.JPG > > >> >> I would if I hadn't broken all the bits of my dremel! :) > > >> >Broken carbide drill bits are ideal, great for Dremelling out islands > >> >in FR-4. Once upon a time snapping a PCB bit was a waste, now it's a > >> >tool. > > >> >> I have started using strips of fixed-pitch pads, they work quite > >> >> well. Pricy but one of them goes a long way. > > >> >> <http://uk.farnell.com/roth-elektronik/re1020/contact-strips-self-a=dhe...>> > >> >> You cut a double-row to some length then it has a self-adhesive bac=king> >> >> so you can stick it down on FR4. > > >> >Handy. > > >> I have a Dremel tool that's a little toothed circular saw on the end > >> of a shaft. It cuts nice slots in copper. I hold the Dremel down, > >> horizontal and steady, and slide the board along under the cutter. > > >If you mean the one-piece high speed steel cutters, those are sweet. > >I'm chicken. =A0Having quickly dulled many a HSS drill bit on FR-4, I > >love my (one) HSS cutter too much to pummel it with glass fibers (!). > > >Or if you meant those mandrel-mounted HSS saw blades? =A0Those might be > >good, and they've got 'em very thin too, ~0.010" IIRC. > > The one I use a lot is 380 mils dia, 50 mils thick, very rugged.That's this one, the 3/8" HSS cutting wheel http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/dremel-burr-cutter/BLW03> A thinner one would be nice.Here's one of those HSS saw blades I was talking about: http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/dremel-steel-saw-blade/XML6-SS42= S Thin, so good for slots. It looks harder to wrangle than the snapped- carbide-drill-bit trick. A straight-edge used as a guide might fix that. -- Cheers, James Arthur
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krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote:> On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:37:07 -0800, Joerg <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> Bill Sloman wrote: >>> On Jan 3, 5:34 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>> On Jan 2, 10:11 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>> On Jan 2, 5:49 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie >>>>>>>>>>> <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Joerg wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Oppie wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Spehro Pefhany" <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... >>> <snip> >>> >>>>>> Ok, allow me one more question then: Why does your public profile on >>>>>> LinkedIn end at 1969? >>>>>> If you are seriously interested in working I suggest to fill that out. >>>>>> It can result in them calling you instead of the other way around. >>>>>> Speaking from experience here :-) >>>>> I'm on LinkedIn because several of the people I worked with at EMI in >>>>> 1976-79 are on LinkedIn - they were an unusually good bunch, and I >>>>> take care to keep in contact. I'm now also linked to a couple of >>>>> members of my field hockey team, one of my nephews and his mother. I >>>>> suppose I ought to take it seriously and fill in some more detail, but >>>>> the last time I tried that they seemed to want money. >>>>> I'll have another look .. >>>> Filling out your work history in the profile is free of charge. >>> So it is! I've only pushed on to 1971 so far, but I'll get up to date >>> eventually. >>> >> And correct it to "... intended for the project ..." :-) >> >> Fill in the rest, that took me less than 15min. The pay-off can be huge. >> >> >>>> A photo >>>> also lends a lot of credibility if you feel comfortable with that. >>> There was one on my hard disk. It won't add much to my credibility, >>> but it fills the gap. >>> >>> I suppose that I shouldn't advertise that I'm white and anglo-saxon, >>> but you are right in saying that a photo engages the reader,and I >>> doubt that I'll be jumping the queue on any tinted non-Europeans, or >>> at least not on anybody under 65. >>> >> Au contraire. Skin color, race or origin do not matter. But age and >> experience can really make a (positive) difference. When someone goes >> through the effort to slosh through LinkedIn that usually means they are >> really up the creek with some project and need help, prontissimo. Then >> they want someone who dunnit before, not some 25 year old Ph.D. who has >> never wielded a soldering iron in his life. >> >> Age discrimination often only exists in the minds of people. Yeah, some >> European companies do it. But afterwards projects often get screwed up. >> And that's where consultants come in 8-D > > Age discrimination is real. I've been discriminated against, during the > interview process, several times now (sometimes it's pretty obvious).Never had that. Then again the only time I was ever really interviewed was 25 years ago.> Sometimes to my favor but usually not. I don't get hung up about it though. > The ones I want to work for care more about getting the work done than things > like hair color anyway.I don't have that problem, it's not gray but gone :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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Bill Sloman wrote:> On Jan 4, 1:47 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >> BillSlomanwrote: >>> On Jan 3, 3:52 am, John Larkin >>> <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 18:06:22 -0800 (PST),BillSloman >>>> <bill.slo...@ieee.org> wrote: >>>>> On Jan 2, 6:52 pm, John Larkin >>>>> <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 02:41:52 -0800 (PST),BillSloman >>>>>> <bill.slo...@ieee.org> wrote: >>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>> On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie >>>>>>>>> <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Joerg wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Oppie wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> "Spehro Pefhany" <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>> news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... >>> <snip> >>>>>> The big question in a life is: is your intellect in charge of the >>>>>> direction of your life, or are you ruled by emotions? >>>>> Everybody is ruled by their emotions, and nobody can think entirely >>>>> straight. Read >>>>> "Thinking, Fast and slow" by Daniel Kahneman, ISBN: 978-0-374-27563-1. >>>>> It's brilliant, if rather worrying. >>>>>> It's funny that you pretend to be oh-so-smart, but in fact your >>>>>> intelligence is distorted, literally rendeded useless, by your >>>>>> emotions. >>>>> No more than anybody elses, and probably less than most. I've been >>>>> aware of Daniel Kahneman's work for some years now, and keep an eye on >>>>> the distortions in my thinking - this doesn't eliminate them, but >>>>> makes me think twice before I make decisions. "Rendered useless" >>>>> strikes me as a gross exaggeration >>>>>> If you were smart, you'd do something about that. >>>>> I do. Probably not as much as I might, but fighting with your sub- >>>>> conscious has its costs, and it often makes sense to go with a sub- >>>>> optimal decision that is easier to live with. >>>> So, not so smart. >>> Don't take it personally. >>> I've already taken Joerg's advice today, which has - unfortunately - >>> exhausted my reservoir of credulity. >> Oh come on, you have written a grand total of two sentences and uploaded >> one photo. Why not go all out and complete the profile as best as possible? > > My wife came home and wanted to eat dinner. ...Could have taken her to Brouwerscafe De Hemel :-)> ... I should finish it today, > but probably not until I've written this week's letter to my mother. >That is of course more important but should not take ten hours ...>> This stuff is IMHO seriously worth it and the effort is so small. Cost >> is zero. What better marketing tool could there be? > > I completely agree with you, but I'm a slightly sceptical about your > estimate of the number of potential customers. I've got nothing to > lose, so I will get on with it. >A proper web site is even more important than LinkedIn. Mine is bone-simple but that was the very best marketing investment I ever did. So now I _receive_ "cold calls". People inquiring whether I could do this or that project. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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Jim Thompson wrote:> > On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:03:42 -0800, John Larkin > ?jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com? wrote: > > ?On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:47:57 -0500, "krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" > ??krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz? wrote: > ? > ??On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:37:07 -0800, Joerg ?invalid@invalid.invalid? wrote: > ?? > ???Bill Sloman wrote: > ???? On Jan 3, 5:34 pm, Joerg ?inva...@invalid.invalid? wrote: > ????? BillSlomanwrote: > ?????? On Jan 2, 10:11 pm, Joerg ?inva...@invalid.invalid? wrote: > ??????? BillSlomanwrote: > ???????? On Jan 2, 5:49 pm, Joerg ?inva...@invalid.invalid? wrote: > ????????? BillSlomanwrote: > ?????????? On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg ?inva...@invalid.invalid? wrote: > ??????????? BillSlomanwrote: > ???????????? On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie > ???????????? ?jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net? wrote: > ????????????? Joerg wrote: > ?????????????? Oppie wrote: > ??????????????? "Spehro Pefhany" ?speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat? wrote in message > ??????????????? news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... > ???? > ???? ?snip? > ???? > ??????? Ok, allow me one more question then: Why does your public profile on > ??????? LinkedIn end at 1969? > ??????? If you are seriously interested in working I suggest to fill that out. > ??????? It can result in them calling you instead of the other way around. > ??????? Speaking from experience here :-) > ?????? I'm on LinkedIn because several of the people I worked with at EMI in > ?????? 1976-79 are on LinkedIn - they were an unusually good bunch, and I > ?????? take care to keep in contact. I'm now also linked to a couple of > ?????? members of my field hockey team, one of my nephews and his mother. I > ?????? suppose I ought to take it seriously and fill in some more detail, but > ?????? the last time I tried that they seemed to want money. > ?????? I'll have another look .. > ????? Filling out your work history in the profile is free of charge. > ???? > ???? So it is! I've only pushed on to 1971 so far, but I'll get up to date > ???? eventually. > ???? > ??? > ???And correct it to "... intended for the project ..." :-) > ??? > ???Fill in the rest, that took me less than 15min. The pay-off can be huge. > ??? > ??? > ????? A photo > ????? also lends a lot of credibility if you feel comfortable with that. > ???? > ???? There was one on my hard disk. It won't add much to my credibility, > ???? but it fills the gap. > ???? > ???? I suppose that I shouldn't advertise that I'm white and anglo-saxon, > ???? but you are right in saying that a photo engages the reader,and I > ???? doubt that I'll be jumping the queue on any tinted non-Europeans, or > ???? at least not on anybody under 65. > ???? > ??? > ???Au contraire. Skin color, race or origin do not matter. But age and > ???experience can really make a (positive) difference. When someone goes > ???through the effort to slosh through LinkedIn that usually means they are > ???really up the creek with some project and need help, prontissimo. Then > ???they want someone who dunnit before, not some 25 year old Ph.D. who has > ???never wielded a soldering iron in his life. > ??? > ???Age discrimination often only exists in the minds of people. Yeah, some > ???European companies do it. But afterwards projects often get screwed up. > ???And that's where consultants come in 8-D > ?? > ??Age discrimination is real. I've been discriminated against, during the > ??interview process, several times now (sometimes it's pretty obvious). > ??Sometimes to my favor but usually not. I don't get hung up about it though. > ??The ones I want to work for care more about getting the work done than things > ??like hair color anyway. > ? > ?My hair used to be grey, and it's not any more. It makes a real > ?difference in the way people treat you. > ? > ?John > > Hair coloring dyes cause dementia :-)I've been completely gray since I turned 20, and I really don't care. -- You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.
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On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:10:24 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:> >Jim Thompson wrote: >> >> On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:03:42 -0800, John Larkin >> ?jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com? wrote: >> >> ?On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:47:57 -0500, "krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" >> ??krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz? wrote: >> ? >> ??On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:37:07 -0800, Joerg ?invalid@invalid.invalid? wrote: >> ?? >> ???Bill Sloman wrote: >> ???? On Jan 3, 5:34 pm, Joerg ?inva...@invalid.invalid? wrote: >> ????? BillSlomanwrote: >> ?????? On Jan 2, 10:11 pm, Joerg ?inva...@invalid.invalid? wrote: >> ??????? BillSlomanwrote: >> ???????? On Jan 2, 5:49 pm, Joerg ?inva...@invalid.invalid? wrote: >> ????????? BillSlomanwrote: >> ?????????? On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg ?inva...@invalid.invalid? wrote: >> ??????????? BillSlomanwrote: >> ???????????? On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie >> ???????????? ?jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net? wrote: >> ????????????? Joerg wrote: >> ?????????????? Oppie wrote: >> ??????????????? "Spehro Pefhany" ?speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat? wrote in message >> ??????????????? news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... >> ???? >> ???? ?snip? >> ???? >> ??????? Ok, allow me one more question then: Why does your public profile on >> ??????? LinkedIn end at 1969? >> ??????? If you are seriously interested in working I suggest to fill that out. >> ??????? It can result in them calling you instead of the other way around. >> ??????? Speaking from experience here :-) >> ?????? I'm on LinkedIn because several of the people I worked with at EMI in >> ?????? 1976-79 are on LinkedIn - they were an unusually good bunch, and I >> ?????? take care to keep in contact. I'm now also linked to a couple of >> ?????? members of my field hockey team, one of my nephews and his mother. I >> ?????? suppose I ought to take it seriously and fill in some more detail, but >> ?????? the last time I tried that they seemed to want money. >> ?????? I'll have another look .. >> ????? Filling out your work history in the profile is free of charge. >> ???? >> ???? So it is! I've only pushed on to 1971 so far, but I'll get up to date >> ???? eventually. >> ???? >> ??? >> ???And correct it to "... intended for the project ..." :-) >> ??? >> ???Fill in the rest, that took me less than 15min. The pay-off can be huge. >> ??? >> ??? >> ????? A photo >> ????? also lends a lot of credibility if you feel comfortable with that. >> ???? >> ???? There was one on my hard disk. It won't add much to my credibility, >> ???? but it fills the gap. >> ???? >> ???? I suppose that I shouldn't advertise that I'm white and anglo-saxon, >> ???? but you are right in saying that a photo engages the reader,and I >> ???? doubt that I'll be jumping the queue on any tinted non-Europeans, or >> ???? at least not on anybody under 65. >> ???? >> ??? >> ???Au contraire. Skin color, race or origin do not matter. But age and >> ???experience can really make a (positive) difference. When someone goes >> ???through the effort to slosh through LinkedIn that usually means they are >> ???really up the creek with some project and need help, prontissimo. Then >> ???they want someone who dunnit before, not some 25 year old Ph.D. who has >> ???never wielded a soldering iron in his life. >> ??? >> ???Age discrimination often only exists in the minds of people. Yeah, some >> ???European companies do it. But afterwards projects often get screwed up. >> ???And that's where consultants come in 8-D >> ?? >> ??Age discrimination is real. I've been discriminated against, during the >> ??interview process, several times now (sometimes it's pretty obvious). >> ??Sometimes to my favor but usually not. I don't get hung up about it though. >> ??The ones I want to work for care more about getting the work done than things >> ??like hair color anyway. >> ? >> ?My hair used to be grey, and it's not any more. It makes a real >> ?difference in the way people treat you. >> ? >> ?John >> >> Hair coloring dyes cause dementia :-) > > > I've been completely gray since I turned 20, and I really don't care.I probably started "graying" about 40, but I inherited my mother's side of the family hair... the hair turns nicely silver... no yellow tints. I acceded to a touch-up for #1 daughter's wedding (1984), but haven't used any coloring since... thus no need for Lithium or other mind-thinning drugs :-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
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On Jan 4, 4:25=A0pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@On-My- Web-Site.com> wrote:> On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:03:42 -0800, John Larkin > > > > > > > > > > <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:47:57 -0500, "k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" > ><k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: > > >>On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:37:07 -0800, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wro=te:> > >>>BillSlomanwrote: > >>>> On Jan 3, 5:34 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >>>>> BillSlomanwrote: > >>>>>> On Jan 2, 10:11 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: > >>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 5:49 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: > >>>>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie > >>>>>>>>>>>> <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Joerg wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oppie wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Spehro Pefhany" <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrot=e in message> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... > > >>>> <snip> > > >>>>>>> Ok, allow me one more question then: Why does your public profile=on> >>>>>>> LinkedIn end at 1969? > >>>>>>> If you are seriously interested in working I suggest to fill that=out.> >>>>>>> It can result in them calling you instead of the other way around=.> >>>>>>> Speaking from experience here :-) > >>>>>> I'm on LinkedIn because several of the people I worked with at EMI=in> >>>>>> 1976-79 are on LinkedIn - they were an unusually good bunch, and I > >>>>>> take care to keep in contact. I'm now also linked to a couple of > >>>>>> members of my field hockey team, one of my nephews and his mother.=I> >>>>>> suppose I ought to take it seriously and fill in some more detail,=but> >>>>>> the last time I tried that they seemed to want money. > >>>>>> I'll have another look .. > >>>>> Filling out your work history in the profile is free of charge. > > >>>> So it is! I've only pushed on to 1971 so far, but I'll get up to dat=e> >>>> eventually. > > >>>And correct it to "... intended for the project ..." :-) > > >>>Fill in the rest, that took me less than 15min. The pay-off can be hug=e.> > >>>>> A photo > >>>>> also lends a lot of credibility if you feel comfortable with that. > > >>>> There was one on my hard disk. It won't add much to my credibility, > >>>> but it fills the gap. > > >>>> I suppose that I shouldn't advertise that I'm white and anglo-saxon, > >>>> but you are right in saying that a photo engages the reader,and I > >>>> doubt that I'll be jumping the queue on any tinted non-Europeans, or > >>>> at least not on anybody under 65. > > >>>Au contraire. Skin color, race or origin do not matter. But age and > >>>experience can really make a (positive) difference. When someone goes > >>>through the effort to slosh through LinkedIn that usually means they a=re> >>>really up the creek with some project and need help, prontissimo. Then > >>>they want someone who dunnit before, not some 25 year old Ph.D. who ha=s> >>>never wielded a soldering iron in his life. > > >>>Age discrimination often only exists in the minds of people. Yeah, som=e> >>>European companies do it. But afterwards projects often get screwed up=.> >>>And that's where consultants come in 8-D > > >>Age discrimination is real. =A0I've been discriminated against, during =the> >>interview process, several times now (sometimes it's pretty obvious). > >>Sometimes to my favor but usually not. =A0I don't get hung up about it =though.> >>The ones I want to work for care more about getting the work done than =things> >>like hair color anyway. > > >My hair used to be grey, and it's not any more. It makes a real > >difference in the way people treat you. > > >John > > Hair coloring dyes cause dementia :-)I wonder how he knows? -- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
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On 1/4/2012 4:56 PM, Bill Sloman wrote:>> >>> My hair used to be grey, and it's not any more. It makes a real >>> difference in the way people treat you. >> >>> John >> >> Hair coloring dyes cause dementia :-) > > I wonder how he knows?You wonder because you have dementia.
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On Jan 4, 9:05=A0pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote:> BillSlomanwrote: > > On Jan 4, 1:47 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> BillSlomanwrote: > >>> On Jan 3, 3:52 am, John Larkin > >>> <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 18:06:22 -0800 (PST),BillSloman > >>>> <bill.slo...@ieee.org> wrote: > >>>>> On Jan 2, 6:52 pm, John Larkin > >>>>> <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 02:41:52 -0800 (PST),BillSloman > >>>>>> <bill.slo...@ieee.org> wrote: > >>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >>>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: > >>>>>>>>> On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie > >>>>>>>>> <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> Joerg wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> Oppie wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>> "Spehro Pefhany" <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote i=n message> >>>>>>>>>>>>news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... > >>> <snip> > >>>>>> The big question in a life is: is your intellect in charge of the > >>>>>> direction of your life, or are you ruled by emotions? > >>>>> Everybody is ruled by their emotions, and nobody can think entirely > >>>>> straight. Read > >>>>> "Thinking, Fast and slow" by Daniel Kahneman, ISBN: 978-0-374-27563=-1.> >>>>> It's brilliant, if rather worrying. > >>>>>> It's funny that you pretend to be oh-so-smart, but in fact your > >>>>>> intelligence is distorted, literally rendeded useless, by your > >>>>>> emotions. > >>>>> No more than anybody elses, and probably less than most. I've been > >>>>> aware of Daniel Kahneman's work for some years now, and keep an eye=on> >>>>> the distortions in my thinking - this doesn't eliminate them, but > >>>>> makes me think twice before I make decisions. "Rendered useless" > >>>>> strikes me as a gross exaggeration > >>>>>> If you were smart, you'd do something about that. > >>>>> I do. Probably not as much as I might, but fighting with your sub- > >>>>> conscious has its costs, and it often makes sense to go with a sub- > >>>>> optimal decision that is easier to live with. > >>>> So, not so smart. > >>> Don't take it personally. > >>> I've already taken Joerg's advice today, which has - unfortunately - > >>> exhausted my reservoir of credulity. > >> Oh come on, you have written a grand total of two sentences and upload=ed> >> one photo. Why not go all out and complete the profile as best as poss=ible?> > > My wife came home and wanted to eat dinner. ... > > Could have taken her to Brouwerscafe De Hemel :-)I've eaten there, and it isn't too bad, but I prefer Puur in Nijmegen (though techically it is in Berg en Dal). We've even got a respectable one star restaurant in Malden, and we go there once or twice a year if the guests or the occasion can justify it. http://www.puur-restaurant.nl/ http://www.restaurantlemarron.nl/nl/home/> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0==A0 =A0... I should finish it today,> > but probably not until I've written this week's letter to my mother. > > That is of course more important but should not take ten hours ...A bit over an hour. Once had I finished and posted the letter I got on and filled in the rest of my employment history. The "what I was doing" bits ended up emphasising the hardware I'd worked on, while in real life I was almost as busy understanding and explaining what was going on to my bosses and the people who were working for and with me, but I think that's true of most senior engineers.> >> This stuff is IMHO seriously worth it and the effort is so small. Cost > >> is zero. What better marketing tool could there be? > > > I completely agree with you, but I'm a slightly sceptical about your > > estimate of the number of potential customers. I've got nothing to > > lose, so I will get on with it. > > A proper web site is even more important than LinkedIn. Mine is > bone-simple but that was the very best marketing investment I ever did. > So now I _receive_ "cold calls". People inquiring whether I could do > this or that project.Nice. I'd like that, but I doubt that I've got what it takes to generate that kind of interest. -- Bill Sloman,
Reply by ●January 4, 20122012-01-04
Bill Sloman wrote:> On Jan 4, 9:05 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >> BillSlomanwrote: >>> On Jan 4, 1:47 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>> On Jan 3, 3:52 am, John Larkin >>>>> <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 18:06:22 -0800 (PST),BillSloman >>>>>> <bill.slo...@ieee.org> wrote: >>>>>>> On Jan 2, 6:52 pm, John Larkin >>>>>>> <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 02:41:52 -0800 (PST),BillSloman >>>>>>>> <bill.slo...@ieee.org> wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie >>>>>>>>>>> <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Joerg wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Oppie wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Spehro Pefhany" <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... >>>>> <snip> >>>>>>>> The big question in a life is: is your intellect in charge of the >>>>>>>> direction of your life, or are you ruled by emotions? >>>>>>> Everybody is ruled by their emotions, and nobody can think entirely >>>>>>> straight. Read >>>>>>> "Thinking, Fast and slow" by Daniel Kahneman, ISBN: 978-0-374-27563-1. >>>>>>> It's brilliant, if rather worrying. >>>>>>>> It's funny that you pretend to be oh-so-smart, but in fact your >>>>>>>> intelligence is distorted, literally rendeded useless, by your >>>>>>>> emotions. >>>>>>> No more than anybody elses, and probably less than most. I've been >>>>>>> aware of Daniel Kahneman's work for some years now, and keep an eye on >>>>>>> the distortions in my thinking - this doesn't eliminate them, but >>>>>>> makes me think twice before I make decisions. "Rendered useless" >>>>>>> strikes me as a gross exaggeration >>>>>>>> If you were smart, you'd do something about that. >>>>>>> I do. Probably not as much as I might, but fighting with your sub- >>>>>>> conscious has its costs, and it often makes sense to go with a sub- >>>>>>> optimal decision that is easier to live with. >>>>>> So, not so smart. >>>>> Don't take it personally. >>>>> I've already taken Joerg's advice today, which has - unfortunately - >>>>> exhausted my reservoir of credulity. >>>> Oh come on, you have written a grand total of two sentences and uploaded >>>> one photo. Why not go all out and complete the profile as best as possible? >>> My wife came home and wanted to eat dinner. ... >> Could have taken her to Brouwerscafe De Hemel :-) > > I've eaten there, and it isn't too bad, but I prefer Puur in Nijmegen > (though techically it is in Berg en Dal). We've even got a respectable > one star restaurant in Malden, and we go there once or twice a year if > the guests or the occasion can justify it. > > http://www.puur-restaurant.nl/ > > http://www.restaurantlemarron.nl/nl/home/ >Nice. But they do need to learn a thing or two about web site design. Told the owners of our favorite restaurant the same, that a click on a link on there should not result in megabytes of download. This one: http://kobesushiandgrill.com/>>> ... I should finish it today, >>> but probably not until I've written this week's letter to my mother. >> That is of course more important but should not take ten hours ... > > A bit over an hour. Once had I finished and posted the letter I got on > and filled in the rest of my employment history. The "what I was > doing" bits ended up emphasising the hardware I'd worked on, while in > real life I was almost as busy understanding and explaining what was > going on to my bosses and the people who were working for and with me, > but I think that's true of most senior engineers. >Looks good now. That gives people a detailed overview, just what they are usually looking for. "capacitative" should be "capacitive", I guess :-)>>>> This stuff is IMHO seriously worth it and the effort is so small. Cost >>>> is zero. What better marketing tool could there be? >>> I completely agree with you, but I'm a slightly sceptical about your >>> estimate of the number of potential customers. I've got nothing to >>> lose, so I will get on with it. >> A proper web site is even more important than LinkedIn. Mine is >> bone-simple but that was the very best marketing investment I ever did. >> So now I _receive_ "cold calls". People inquiring whether I could do >> this or that project. > > Nice. I'd like that, but I doubt that I've got what it takes to > generate that kind of interest. >That's up to you. What I'd suggest as one last job is to flesh out the Sophia section. That could contain the stuff you'd like to do and feel competent to do. The web site could then contain more or less the sam,e text. Maybe not verbatim the same, that would look cheap. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/
