Comments on: Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful http://www.dailywritingtips.com/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i%e2%80%99m-beautiful/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: john k lindgren http://www.dailywritingtips.com/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i%e2%80%99m-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-113264 john k lindgren Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:13:58 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i%e2%80%99m-beautiful/#comment-113264 EMMXX Agency HUMAN RESOURCES Dept. I love that. Human Resources. HR. A tad Orson Wellsique. It has positive ring to it. What was it called before "HR"? Who coined the human resouces word. Was it a Saatchi & Saaatchi copy writer, a greedy politician or just a simple grey clerck with a coffee induced brain storm. Certainly one of them "AM/PM people". Because they still rule the timeline in the Anglo-Saxon world, that is. Before the 'noon line' and the 'noon line' and . Such a graphic time measuring. And so beautifully redundant. What nonsense! It is like using the sextant instead GPS (Global Positioning System) on the high seas. But the vintage sextant looks cool! Ante Meridiem Post Meridiem - it sounds so educated. This is no pig latin. But it is totally anachronistic. As I am writing this the TIME is 19:43 right hand corner of my Samsung screen. And my mobile phone from HEL (Helsinki) a slim black Nokia which tells me the correct time: 19:43. No am/pm! No AM/PM needed! But please do not forget the colon. In many countries in Northern Europe they write 19.43 is wrong. It's with (:) 19:43. Voila! TIME OUT. AM/PM Sucks! Ciao, Sawadee Kap, Terve John K. Lindgren www.carsanook.com EMMXX Agency HUMAN RESOURCES Dept.

I love that. Human Resources. HR. A tad Orson Wellsique. It has positive ring to it. What was it called before “HR”?

Who coined the human resouces word. Was it a Saatchi & Saaatchi copy writer, a greedy politician or just a simple grey clerck with a coffee induced brain storm.

Certainly one of them “AM/PM people”. Because they still rule the timeline in the Anglo-Saxon world, that is.

Before the ‘noon line’ and the ‘noon line’ and . Such a graphic time measuring. And so beautifully redundant. What nonsense!

It is like using the sextant instead GPS (Global Positioning System) on the high seas. But the vintage sextant looks cool!

Ante Meridiem Post Meridiem – it sounds so educated. This is no pig latin.

But it is totally anachronistic.

As I am writing this the TIME is
19:43 right hand corner of my Samsung screen. And my mobile phone from HEL (Helsinki) a slim black Nokia which tells me the correct time: 19:43. No am/pm!

No AM/PM needed!

But please do not forget the colon. In many countries in Northern
Europe they write 19.43 is wrong. It’s with (:) 19:43. Voila!

TIME OUT. AM/PM Sucks!

Ciao, Sawadee Kap, Terve

John K. Lindgren
http://www.carsanook.com

]]> By: felix http://www.dailywritingtips.com/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i%e2%80%99m-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-218 felix Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:45:46 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i%e2%80%99m-beautiful/#comment-218 a well prepared resume, whether others may agree or not,is like a letter of recommendation. you have it done right and better, and you are quite a step ahead of the other applicants. a well prepared resume, whether others may agree or not,is like a letter of recommendation. you have it done right and better, and you are quite a step ahead of the other applicants.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.dailywritingtips.com/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i%e2%80%99m-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Daniel Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:23:28 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i%e2%80%99m-beautiful/#comment-171 I agree with you. In fact the in the "online" world design and format are even more important than on the "offline" one. I agree with you. In fact the in the “online” world design and format are even more important than on the “offline” one.

]]> By: 60 in 3 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i%e2%80%99m-beautiful/comment-page-1/#comment-170 60 in 3 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:35:26 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/don%e2%80%99t-hate-me-because-i%e2%80%99m-beautiful/#comment-170 This is one of the earliest lessons I learned when I started blogging. You could have the best content in the world, but if your blog looks like it was put together by a twelve year old using MS frontpage and notepad, it's not going to attract a lot of readers. I played a lot with themes, widget placement and color schemes and I'm still not sure I got it quite right. Same goes for resumes. In my day job, I frequently screen job candidates. First thing I do is just scan the page for appearance. If it looks bad I don't even bother reading it. If you can't even put in some minimum effort in making yourself look good then you're probably going to do the same when it comes to your work. Gal This is one of the earliest lessons I learned when I started blogging. You could have the best content in the world, but if your blog looks like it was put together by a twelve year old using MS frontpage and notepad, it’s not going to attract a lot of readers. I played a lot with themes, widget placement and color schemes and I’m still not sure I got it quite right.

Same goes for resumes. In my day job, I frequently screen job candidates. First thing I do is just scan the page for appearance. If it looks bad I don’t even bother reading it. If you can’t even put in some minimum effort in making yourself look good then you’re probably going to do the same when it comes to your work.

Gal

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