So I found this website a while back (probably on lifehacker.com) and played around with it for a few minutes. I came back to it recently to give it a thorough run-through and man, is it handy. Never again will I use Word to create a resume. emurse.com lets you create your resume online by filling in fields. You can add and remove sections, change the order of things, etc. It even gives you tips on what type of information to include and what to avoid. After getting your information filled in, you can swap styles on the fly. They have premium styles that you have to pay for, but the free styles look fine to me. All of this for free! As if that wasn't enough, you can even save your resume as a Word doc, PDF, HTML, text file and more. You can publish your resume to their website ([yourname].emurse.com) and they'll even track the views, prints and downloads of your resume for your. For added benefit, when you login they give you job suggestions from major websites based on the information you've entered in your resume. Give it a shot!
Link: http://www.emurse.com
Monday, September 25, 2006
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Manage your To Do list in Gmail
This is actually not something I found on the Internet, but something that I came up with myself. I'm sure I'm not the first one to do this, it's probably been done and blogged about many times in the past. I recently came up with the idea myself and thought I'd share it with the world.
The key to this tip is the fact that Gmail allows you to practically have an unlimited number of email addresses associated with your account. Simply use the following syntax:
[yourusername]+[anyletters]@gmail.com (Do not include the brackets, obviously.)
Here's what I did to set this up:
First, I created a label in Gmail called "+To Do". Since the labels are listed alphabetically, I added the + at the beginning so my "+To Do" list would be at the top.
Second, I created a filter in Gmail:
Matches: to:([myusername]+todo@gmail.com)
Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "+To Do"
So now, any mail that gets sent to [myusername]+todo@gmail.com will automatically skip the Inbox and go to my "+To Do" list.
Last, I added a new contact named "To Do" with the email address [myusername]+todo@gmail.com.
Now, whenever I need to add something to my To Do list, I simply email it to "To Do". I try to put most of the information in the Subject line and I typically leave the body blank unless there is a phone number, address, email address or website associated with the task.
Managing my To Do list this way has some advantages, at least for me. First, I've always got Gmail open in my web browser. In order for a To Do list to be effective, you either have to see it frequently or make an effort to look at it. I've tried using Outlook Tasks and other methods of keeping a task list, but would often forget to look at it frequently. This way I see it all the time. Second, other people can add things to your To Do list. My wife, for example, can use it when she thinks of something I need to do. It's very convenient.
Anyway, I hope this tip was helpful to someone.
The key to this tip is the fact that Gmail allows you to practically have an unlimited number of email addresses associated with your account. Simply use the following syntax:
[yourusername]+[anyletters]@gmail.com (Do not include the brackets, obviously.)
Here's what I did to set this up:
First, I created a label in Gmail called "+To Do". Since the labels are listed alphabetically, I added the + at the beginning so my "+To Do" list would be at the top.
Second, I created a filter in Gmail:
Matches: to:([myusername]+todo@gmail.com)
Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "+To Do"
So now, any mail that gets sent to [myusername]+todo@gmail.com will automatically skip the Inbox and go to my "+To Do" list.
Last, I added a new contact named "To Do" with the email address [myusername]+todo@gmail.com.
Now, whenever I need to add something to my To Do list, I simply email it to "To Do". I try to put most of the information in the Subject line and I typically leave the body blank unless there is a phone number, address, email address or website associated with the task.
Managing my To Do list this way has some advantages, at least for me. First, I've always got Gmail open in my web browser. In order for a To Do list to be effective, you either have to see it frequently or make an effort to look at it. I've tried using Outlook Tasks and other methods of keeping a task list, but would often forget to look at it frequently. This way I see it all the time. Second, other people can add things to your To Do list. My wife, for example, can use it when she thinks of something I need to do. It's very convenient.
Anyway, I hope this tip was helpful to someone.
Friday, September 15, 2006
Read a book... Even I can do it!
So, I know I'm a total slacker. I haven't posted anything in over a month. I'll try to do better, but I make no promises. If I don't have anything personal to write about, I'm going to try to post something interesting that I have found the the intarnets.
Today's link is to a website called DailyLit. DailyLit allows you to read a book in small, easy to digest chunks. As of right now they have 165 books available, all of which are in the public domain. (So, calm down all you copyright lawyers, this is legal.) Anyway, I'm not much of a book reader, myself. The last book I read was probably something I had to read in school. But, even I started reading a book today, the first in who knows how long. You pick the book and the time you want it sent. They'll e-mail you a short piece of the book every day at the time specified. If you can't wait for the next piece, they provide a link in the e-mail that will have the next piece sent right away. So far I've read part 1 of 74 of The Wind in the Willows. Perhaps a little childish, but hey, at least I'm reading something.
Link: http://dailylit.com
Today's link is to a website called DailyLit. DailyLit allows you to read a book in small, easy to digest chunks. As of right now they have 165 books available, all of which are in the public domain. (So, calm down all you copyright lawyers, this is legal.) Anyway, I'm not much of a book reader, myself. The last book I read was probably something I had to read in school. But, even I started reading a book today, the first in who knows how long. You pick the book and the time you want it sent. They'll e-mail you a short piece of the book every day at the time specified. If you can't wait for the next piece, they provide a link in the e-mail that will have the next piece sent right away. So far I've read part 1 of 74 of The Wind in the Willows. Perhaps a little childish, but hey, at least I'm reading something.
Link: http://dailylit.com
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