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I spend a lot of time talking about employee programs here. Mostly because employee engagement, satisfaction, dare I say it, motivation – is everywhere in the news. But that is only one of the many ways incentive programs are used in corporate America.
A close second (and a big first in many industries) is using incentives for sales people and for channel partners. And in my experience, many are doing it wrong.
Mistake #1 – Annual Programs
The big kahuna of sales incentive mistakes – focusing on annual award programs.
If you're a sales manager or a marketing manager I'm sure you run your programs to coincide with your annual financial reporting. I'm also sure it is pretty much an overlay on your annual compensation program. And I'll even guess that it was simply a bonus in non-cash compensation over and above the bonuses you already pay when a sales person hits their goal.
I will tell you now – you're not getting the impact you could from that incentive budget.
Time and rewards have a dysfunctional relationship. Awards in the future (and not the real far away kind of future) have considerably less value in people's minds than awards in the very near future. You can award someone 1/10th of an annual award in 30 days and get a much bigger bang for your buck than the full (10 times) the award in 12 months. Our brains discount the value of the award as it moves into the future (temporal discounting) and therefore it takes much more award value to get the same results.
Make it Monthly
If you spend $5,000 per year in annual non-cash awards – run a program with ½ that amount but award it monthly. In other words – run short, one-month programs that give your participants $250 and you'll see an increase in attention, participation and results. It's human nature. That $250 in 30 days seems more desirable than the $5,000 in 12 months. Intellectually it doesn't make sense – logically it doesn't compute. But we're not always logical.
Mistake #2 – Results VS. Activities
Hand-in-hand with your annual program mistake is the fact that most programs use "results" as their yardstick. I know – you have to – your boss is telling you to pay for results not intentions. But I'm telling you it's bad program design.
There is only one thing people can control in an incentive program – WHAT THEY DO. They cannot control their client's budget cuts. They cannot control their competitor's price discounts. They cannot control you company's product recall. They shouldn't have their reward program tied to things they cannot control.
Any program that pays based solely on results is basically a program that rewards those that have better luck. Over time – those programs get ignored by most participants.
Design your program to reward the activities you've identified as critical to success in the sales function for your company. Is it the number of calls? Is it the number of demos? Is it the number of golf-outings? Every company and industry is different but there are usually some pretty well-known activities that if done regularly lead to more conversations, more contracts and more sales. Those are the activities that drive your business and those are the things your incentive program should drive.
It's Not Compensation
And just 'cuz I like to under-promise and over-deliver here's Bonus - Mistake #3…
Too often incentive programs for sales people are simply little brother programs to the main compensation system. They take similar goals and time frames, repackage them in crazy and fun themes (with much less desirable awards) and then launch them in hopes they do something the base compensation system won't.
That's a compensation issue. Fix that first. Make sure you have great compensation program and then worry about you incentive activities.
Incentive programs should be designed to drive specific behaviors in a specific time frame that will impact overall results. They are not extensions of compensation systems.
Two different tools.
Two different outcomes.
Two different design criteria.
Go check your non-cash award program for your sales people. I'm sure it is an annual program tied to financial results and… it is not getting you the results you should be getting.


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The amount of private capital committed to the transition has exceeded $130tn and reached the scale needed to deliver net-zero emissions by 2050, according to the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), a global coalition of leading financial institutions. Transition capital has been committed by 450 firms across 45 countries, GFANZ says. "The architecture of the global financial system has been transformed to deliver net zero," GFANZ co-chair Mark Carney told the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow today. "We now have the essential plumbing in place to move climate change from the fringes to the forefront of finance so that every financial decision takes climate change into account
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Orders placed with payment processed before 4pm (GMT) Monday - Friday (exc. Bank holidays) are dispatched the same day. Orders placed at any other time are dispatched the next business day.
The estimated delivery time depends on the destination area and the chosen carrier. It starts counting from the day of dispatch and it will be displayed during checkout, before finalizing your order.
If your order has not yet arrived at the destination within the deadlines, we suggest that you check the tracking number you have been assigned. You can check on the website of the carrier the delivery status of your order.
We endeavour to deliver orders within stated timeframes; however, occasionally there may be unexpected delays during transit that are beyond our control, but we will always try to resolve for you.
Please note that, outside the European Union, customs procedures may delay the delivery of your order. For more information on customs procedures in your country, please check with your customs office before finalizing your order.
Delivery may take longer in certain locations, special dates and festive seasons.
COVID-19 update:
During this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, our warehouse is following the strict social distancing government advice to ensure we can continue to offer our online services and ensure the safety of our staff and customers.
Until further notice, to minimize social contacts, registered mail (all dispatches with the designation "small packages" on our website) are sent out once a week, on Thursdays.
Thus, "small packages" orders completed (with accepted payment) between Thursday and Wednesday are shipped the following Thursday. The estimated delivery time, shown during checkout, starts counting from the day of the dispatch.
All other shipping options work without restrictions.
We would like to thank all our customers for your continued support and understanding during this period of uncertainty.
Pay attention:
Please carefully double check the shipping address before submitting your order. If the provided address is wrong or incomplete, all transportation costs (first shipment and possible reshipment) are borne by the customer.
The request for change of address after the order is shipped has associated costs.
Can I track my order online?
Yes. Once your order is dispatched, we will send you an email with a link to the shipping company website, where you will be able to track the status of your order.
What if there is no one at home to receive the order?
Transport companies try to make a delivery 2 times. The second delivery attempt must be scheduled. For this, the customer must contact our customer service (see contacts) or the transport company, within a maximum period of 3 business days after the first delivery attempt. After that, and if your order is not delivered, it will be returned to our warehouse. In this case, the transportation costs are borne by the customer.
Alternatively, the courier may leave a missed delivery notice in the mailbox at the indicated address, to collect the order at the local post office.
Please keep an eye on the tracking page of your order, where you can find all the information and the status of your dispatch.
What should I do if I am not satisfied with my purchase?
If you want to proceed to the return of items, you must contact our Customer Service within 30 days of its receipt.
The return of items obeys to the following conditions:
- The items must be in perfect condition (in terms of sale), sealed, undamaged, with no signs of use, properly packaged with original packaging, accompanied by the corresponding sales document, guarantee certificates and / or warranty card and other documentation and accessories (original product label, tags, user's guide, CD, cables, …).
- Returns of products that are not in the conditions mentioned above will not be accepted. In that case, the product(s) will be sent back to the client.
- We do not accept returned products if you choose payment on delivery.
If you want to return products, please contact our Customer Service, which will provide you with the return information, and send us the product in the conditions mentioned above to our address.
If you opt for the refund, please note that:
- The refund is made by the same means of payment.
- Shipping charges to our address are paid by the customer.
- The refund will only be processed after a technical check of the product status and verifying compliance with the above conditions.
We do not accept claims for the following defects:
- Damages due to improper or heavy use.
- Sweat stains.
- Color change due to washing.
- Damages due to external factors, such as friction, sharp objects or chemicals.
- Articles that cause physical discomfort like bubbles.
What is the deadline for returning purchased items?
The deadline for returning goods is 30 days after the invoice date, and you may do so provided that the article is found in the same condition it was sold in original packaging and accompanied by the respective invoice (original and duplicate).
How long does it take for me to receive my refund?
When items return to the warehouse, your refund will be processed. Please allow up to 10 days until the refund is available in your account.
What should I do if I receive a damaged package or product?
Immediately after receipt, you should check the condition of the packaging. If it has serious external damage, you should refuse the package without opening it, or open the package in the presence of the messenger, to confirm the integrity of the item(s). If there is any damage resulting from transportation, you must indicate on the proof of delivery.
If the package is damaged, you should check its contents upon delivery and, if any of them is damaged, present a complaint to the carrier immediately and contact our Customer Service within seven days.
You should also contact our Customer Service within seven days if you receive a package in good condition yet the items are damaged.
Our Customer Service will schedule the collection in the original order address and proceed with the product replacement or refund.
What should I do if the items present technical problems?
If your articles present technical problems, please contact our Customer Service to schedule the collection in the original order address
If the invoice is less than 30 days, and if you have a defective product or breakdown, you should report it to our Customer Service, providing the order number and the description of the malfunction. The collection costs shall be settled by Ocean Pirates.
The item(s) will be submitted to a technical verification.
If any technical deficiency is detected, we will send a new article to your address without any additional cost.
If the item malfunction is caused by misuse (fall, humidity,…), you will be asked to decide whether you want to receive the article in its current state or send the article to the technical assistance of the brand, which is subject to a repair budget.
If the invoice is more than 30 days and the item with the manufacturing defect is under the warranty, it will be sent to its brand's technical support, under the warranty.
All equipment is covered by the manufacturer's 2 years warranty, provided by the respective brands. The warranty does not cover misuse of the item, stains, scratches, tears and other defects caused by improper use (excess weight, rain, sharp materials, marks of shock, falls, oxidation, incorrect use, humidity, etc.), alterations of color or tissue due to washing or sun exposure.
Ocean Pirates also provides technical assistance outside the warranty period, so you can contact our Customer Service, which will inform you about the process of sending defective or damaged items to repair. Articles are reviewed by After Sales Service, which will issue a technical opinion and its repair budget, if applicable. We only start repairs after acceptance of the budget by the customer.


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Dinner's ready!!!!!!! The end of the year is coming to a head, with its share of family gatherings, laughter, logs and more or less heavy jokes. Photograph the great art of the table according to your sensitivity. The fine gourmets will surely stop at what is on the plates, but don't hesitate to step back and capture the festive atmosphere. Between lobster caviar and the classic caribou sweater, we want to feel your Christmas spirit!


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Something weird's on the air!
The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Stay Tuned is that cliché saying: "They don't make 'em like they used to." And as trite as it may be, that about sums it up. Stay Tuned is a fantasy-comedy filled to the brim with horror energy. Though it was marketed to a tender audience, the flick doesn't hold back. The humor is pitch-black and often rather 'adult' in nature. Features of this ilk have all but ceased to be made since the turn of the 21st century. Genre fare marketed to youngsters tends to be far safer these days. And that's a shame. However, that's all the more reason to sing the praises of this oft-overlooked family feature.
Roy Knable (John Ritter) loves television. All of his free time is spent in front of the tube and that's just the way he likes it. However, his wife, Helen (Pam Dawber), is less enthusiastic about Roy's sedentary lifestyle. When matters come to a head, Helen, on the verge of leaving Roy, smashes the family TV set. So, when door-to-door salesman, Spike (Jeffrey Jones ) offers to set Roy up with 666-channels of quality programming, Roy fails to read the fine print and literally sells his soul. The contract, however, includes an addendum. It says that if Roy (with Helen along for the ride) can survive 24 hours of Hell Vision programming without falling victim to the various dangers within, he can return home. The problem is that getting out alive has proven impossible for nearly anyone that's ever attempted.
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As you can probably tell after reading the plot crunch above, the setup for this comedic effort is outrageous. It absolutely requires that one suspend their disbelief as the price of entry. But if you can look past the outlandish nature of the subject matter and merely enjoy it for the outrageous good time it is, Stay Tuned has a lot to offer. Watching Helen and Roy traverse the eccentric and macabre programming at Hell Vision, jumping from channel to channel as they attempt to overcome various obstacles within each station is entertaining, comical, and rather dark.
The outlandish programming offered by Hell Vision lampoons many of the popular programs of the early '90s. A few noteworthy offerings from the Hell Vision lineup include: Driving Over Miss Daisy, Duane's Underworld, Northern Overexposure, Meet the Mansons, 3 Men and Rosemary's Baby, and Autopsies of the Rich and Famous. Among my personal favorites is the gameshow, You Can't Win. It offers prizes that include a complete set of the Encyclopedia Satanica and the chair/fridge/toilet hybrid, The Napper Crapper.
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It's not, however, just the spoof programming that makes Stay Tuned so great. The commercial segments are equally amusing. Case in point: One ad features a product called 'The Silencer of the Lambs', which is a Hannibal Lecter-style muzzle designed to quiet noisy children. Additionally, the product line also includes 'The Silencer of the Pets', which is, of course, sold separately. As a burgeoning horror fan, I ate this stuff up. It's crude, it's off-color, and it's very macabre.
Satirical programming and advertisements aside, the casting choices are also pretty ingenious. The flick features two television stars from high-profile '70s sitcoms in Ritter (Three's Company) and Dawber (Mork & Mindy). The pair make a fairly convincing coupling. And their marital struggles are somewhat reminiscent of the challenges that a sitcom family might face. Roy watches too much television and Helen feels neglected. In spite of being a bit trite, their challenges are on brand for the subject matter. They serve as a fitting lead-in to otherworldly shenanigans. Though Helen and Roy aren't exceptionally well-developed, I find I still care for them as they ultimately learn to set their differences aside and work together. It's formulaic and predictable. But so was the vast majority of programming in the early-'90s.
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Ultimately, I have been a fan of Stay Tuned for years. And I count it as a gateway genre offering that's ready to be rediscovered by a new audience. It's certainly not perfect and your mileage may vary if you are expecting something groundbreaking. But this flick is sure to serve as an accessible entry point to the fantastical that isn't too shocking or scary for impressionable viewers. What's more, it's available to stream for free on Prime, as of the publication of this post! So, give the flick a look and hit me up on Twitter @FunWithHorror to let me know if you dig it.


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HTML5 Video Growth Explodes
Today, MeFeedia has released an interesting piece of information.
By using data from more than 33 000 different publishers, they revealed what appears to be a pretty significant growth of HTML5 playback.
According to report, numbers have doubled in the last 5 months and as of October 2010, 54% of H.264 videos are now available for playback in HTML5.
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Shocker: Browser Ballot Screen Made Little to No Difference
When it comes to market share statistics, it looks like everyone's beloved (or hated) Browser Ballot screen had no drastic effect after all.
While comparing Europe/North America and worldwide market share numbers, Neowin has come up with a conclusion that there is only as little as 1% difference between global and Europe figures.
So here you have it, Internet Explorer "dominance" continues.
How to Disable Internet Explorer (IE) Script Errors
Are you annoyed by IE script error messages? Here's how to disable them:
– Tools > Internet Options.
– Open Advanced tab
– Find Browsing section
– Check the following boxes:
Disable script debugging (Internet Explorer)
Disable script debugging (Other)
– Click OK
All set.
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Steal Facebook, Twitter Accounts with Firesheep
Now here is something different.
Eric Butler has released a Firefox extension called Firesheep, which will give you an access to other people social media accounts, as long as both of you are connected via insecure WiFi.
How does it work?
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HTML5: Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Google Chrome 8 vs. Firefox 4 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5
Today, we test five most popular web browsers to find out, who leads and who lags in the HTML5 Benchmark (Beta).
Internet Explorer 8
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Google Chrome 7
Google Chrome 8
Opera 11
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Safari 5
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Weekly Browsers Recap, October 25th
• Browsers Are Awesome!
See the video.
• So I Close Firefox After Watching Some Porn…
Not 100% browsers related, but hey, it has "Firefox" in the title, so here…
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So I Close Firefox After Watching Some Porn…
Not 100% browsers related, but hey, it has "Firefox" in the title, so here we go…
So I Close Firefox After Watching Some Porn… (Picture) | Mirror
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Firefox is #1 Again (SunSpider JS Benchmark)
Mozilla does it again, or so it seems.
According to the AreWeFastYet.com web site, Mozilla's Spidermonkey JavaScript engine has just surpassed Google's Chrome V8 performance by a small margin, at least in SunSpider benchmark. However, Chrome still takes the lead in V8 Benchmark Suite.
While it brings more drama to the browser wars, we'd still like to see Opera 11 numbers to be included as well.
Opera: How to Prevent Flash from Loading (Load on Mouse Click)
Do you want to load Flash videos (or other plugins) only after you mouse click on them? Here is how, go to:
Preferences > Advanced > Content and check "Enable plug-ins only on demand".
P.S. This method will only work in Opera 11 Alpha and above.
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The Cartesian mind-body dualism extended to the digital realm. "Cogito, digitalis, ergo sum"
The mind-body problem
The mind-body problem has been one of the most fascinating problems addressed in philosophy, neurosciences, and psychology. It is about the relationship between mind and body, which elicits some important questions such as: What is it for the mind to be housed in a body? What is it for a body to belong to a particular subject?
This question takes us to dualism, which is a vision of the philosophy of mind, historically addressed by many philosophers since the ancient Greek times of Plato and much notably by who is considered the father of modern philosophy: Descartes, widely regarded as the more influential philosopher on the mind-body-problem.
Descartes's propositions asserted that those mental entities or properties (res cogitans) are as fundamental as physical entities or properties (res extensa). Without going deeply into the details of philosophical arguments and just going directly to the fundamental inference, the Descartes's conceivability argument for substance dualism concludes that someone can exist without a body, from which we could infer that a person is an immaterial, thinking thing. Having a body is not essential for a person to exist. It follows then the well-known dictum: "Cogito ergo sum".
From this assertion, it follows the mind therefore is a special type of substance that, in principle, could continue to exist even if all physical substances are destroyed. But on the other hand, the mind is biologically attached to the body to exist. It is paradoxical, so the mind-body problem remains an open philosophical debate.
The emergence of the digital self
The self is a psychological construct that constitutes the totality of the individual, consisting of all characteristic attributes, conscious and unconscious, mental, and physical. It has been studied and researched over the years by the psychology of self, exploring the different views, approaches and models by eminent psychologists such as William James, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Karen D. Horney, Gordon W. Allport, Heinz Kohut and many more. We live most of the time in the physical realm, with our self being constrained to our mind-body, psychologically interacting with our daily experiences, thoughts, feelings, and emotions. But wait a second, at least until now, because it is changing without even us realizing.
It happens that nowadays we no longer live in just the physical realm, since we spend gradually more part of our time online. The 2021 daily time spent with the internet per capita worldwide amounted 155 minutes per day on mobile and 37 minutes on desktop. But this figure is steadily growing as we "augment" our physical body and senses with wearables, IOT and smart devices. The infinite storage capacity of the cloud, combined with devices that capture everything we do, produces a lot of personal data that eventually becomes a sort of "digital self". The data created in the cloud, captures progressively the glimpses of our personality, intentions, desires, thoughts, feelings, preferences, matches, emotions, lifestyle, biography, professional skills, and so on.
We also take care of our digital self, devoting time on self-presentation and impression management through a diverse sort of activities such as posting in social networks, editing selfies or videos with distortions, and filters; publishing a well-crafted professional LinkedIn profile, writing a sounding article, or uploading videos on content platforms; interacting, responding, or reacting in community sites; chatting, and texting all day long in messaging apps, and so on.
All the rich set of data created by our interactions, transactions, views, and listening, extends or augments our perceptual senses and physical bodies, generating continuous data related to our physical presence in the world. As our digital self grows up, our online footprint will become more pervasive, and more representative of us as a person, being co-created with multiple others digital selves as we grow up our online footprint at the same time.
Perhaps it is not so far-fetched to say that hypothetically speaking the emergence of our digital self, is producing a third entity or property: "res digitalis", further the mental entities or properties (res cogitans) and physical entities or properties (res extensa).
A being that falls somewhere in the middle of physical being and being of mind has been created by the digital age: the res digitalis. (Kim, 2001)
The permanence of the digital self
The resultant digital self, an entity just composed of data, seems to be entangled to mind-body, but has a different remarkable property: the permanence. When someone dies, two beings cease to exist: the vital, breathing physical being, and the being of that person's, the mind, but the digital self can continue to exist. The permanence of the digital self is producing a growing body of research about the psychological impact on mourning of posthumously permanent digital beings. It is not surprisingly then, the emergence of new "service offerings" to preserve and take care, alleviate, and support the mourning of the posthumously digital beings.
The disposition of physical remains has not changed throughout the history, but the disposition of digital remains is producing a paradigm change that is becoming important as we have the potential to stay connected with our loved ones even after death by preserving their digital remains. Online memorials are surging, and increasingly more popular, people becoming more attracted to use them to preserve the digital memories of their loved ones.
This new paradigm growing, and now we have the possibility to dispose of the digital remains on the social networks. Facebook profiles are now durable by default. If Facebook is made aware that a person has passed away, the policy is to memorialize the account. Memorialized accounts are a place for friends and family to gather and share memories after a person has passed away. Twitter Memorial Accounts are coming soon and has announced that, next year, it will create a new memorialized account type for users who have passed away and a memorialization process. Instagram offer the option too of memorialized accounts for our loved ones. You can as well have your own personal archiving to preserve your digital memories on the Digital Preservation site of the Library of Congress. The digital social profiles of our loved ones, pictures, interactions, postings can be preserved, as being valuable as online memorials, as gathering places for the community of mourners (Brubaker & Callison-Burch, 2016).
The internalized digital self
Whether we want it or not it is true that our digital self exerts a new kind of influence unto us to such an extent that, we are tempted to imagine that it is part of us. Perhaps from a psychological perspective we are close to, or we are indeed now, experimenting an internalization of our digital self.
Internalization is a process where an individual incorporates something (or a representation of that something) into one's 'self', where the 'self' in question may take many forms, such as for example a person, or other external objects. In psychoanalytic theory, internalization plays a key role in the formation of the super ego, that represents parental and societal standards, morality, and rules internalization.
One vital element within the construction of the 'self' that has been impacted by our internalization of technology is the memory. Via social media platforms we are collecting and storing the 'self' outside of the physical body, altering the way in which we are relating to and identifying the 'self'Caffrey, -.L., & Gill, -.S. (2017).
How much valuable and important is our internalized digital self (or profile)? Just look at the market value of the technology media companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft. It is valuable not just because is an isolated thing or asset. It is valuable because it is internalized on us, as we react, actuate, think, and believe in response to the targeted impressions directed to our digital profile (or self).
The social networks influence in political elections, people's opinions and people's decisions, is happening all around the world. Through well-crafted media messages dispersed in the social networks, we receive impacts and impressions targeted to our digital profile. The digital realm is the front door, that knocks our senses to read, watch, or hear the media impressions, impacting correspondingly our mind as well. We process the impressions unconsciously (or pretendedly consciously). Then later our body reacts, decides, and actuates accordingly, "cause and effect", originated from the personality mirror of our internalized digital self.
Going beyond: The embodied digital self
Taking a step far ahead, science fiction depicts striking futuristic scenarios, projection of our aims, expectations, aspirations, and visions of what we consider feasible realizations. Even though the digital self is in its infancy, in a primitive and rudimentary development, however it is without a doubt, a real thing we relate with in our online live every day.
The embodiment of the digital self is remarkably portrayed in the Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon cyberpunk novel (available also as a TV series in Netflix). It depicts a future, where a person's memories are recorded onto a disk device (or uploaded to the cloud for the rich people), which is implanted later (even several times) in the vertebrae at the back of the neck, which can be transferred to new bodies after death. It is worth to comment, because its main argument is about digital-self permanence and embodiment, illustrating the psychological implications and effects of the mind-body attachment.
This futuristic scenario brings up one important result of the mind embodiment. We are not just mind or just physical bodies. Our whole sense of self is deeply embodied, it's not just purely mental or cognitive, our self is a whole mind-body entity and property. And hypothetically from now on our whole self could potentially become a whole triad: mind + body + digital self.
Final thoughts
A digital-being is not exactly a physical thing, and although it shares many essential features of physical things, it does not belong to objective time and space. It is scattered with bits of data all over the cloud, physically stored and dispersed somewhere. Remarkably this non-locality in space and time, became crucial during the pandemic because it helped us to asynchronously remain emotionally connected with our loved ones. Given that the physical face to face contact became difficult or impossible, our communication over the social networks and messaging platforms became essential to emotional bond with our loved ones, no matter where exactly our digital presence is.
It is now common that we interact and actuate using our digital self in the social networks, messaging platforms, media, and internet technologies available. My digital self has become an internalized psychological construct of my mind-body self, mediating perceptions, emotions, thoughts, and feelings with other digital selves that respectively represent other physical beings, without even having a face-to-face relationship. Internalization of our digital self is just the beginning and is happening now. Fictionally speaking, embodiment of my digital self could probably come later in a distant future.
The mind in principle, could continue to exist even if all physical substances are destroyed, as stated by Descartes. A promising hypothesis is the digital self in principle could also continue to exist as well, possibly making us omnipresent. Then plausibly it is not wrong to say the dictum: "Cogito, ergo sum", could become "Cogito, digitalis, ergo sum".
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I specialize in helping Baby Boomers and Gen Xers. The world has changed so much but not the way you thought it would. You have the home and have had at least one career. The nest is empty and while grandchildren are great, they may not provide the meaning you seek. Are your relationships in order? What needs to be resolved? Now is the time to address any issues which have plagued your or have been hidden away in a deep part of yourself. Who do you need to forgive? Who do you need to thank?
My Background and Approach
I have a Masters in Public Health (Health education) and more recently, a Masters in Counseling from Palo Alto University. I am an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor. While I have my own practice, I am being supervised by Mary Crocker Cook, M.F.T. My approach is person-centered: you are the expert on you. I also use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as it has helped me tremendously. I also look at things from an attachment perspective. I believe addictions arise as a way to cope when our attachment figures are not reliable, or are abusive. These issues can be addressed with self-compassion and using the therapeutic relationship to heal the attachment issues.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I am a white woman who has lived a life of privilege. There are certain life experiences I have not had. Having grown up in California, my values are liberal and I hope to cultivate a therapy practice which is inclusive to all. I have a background is sexual health and education. I don't mind talking about sexual issues, practices or concerns. I am a spiritual person. I believe the Universe is abundant and benevolent. If spirituality is not your bag, that's fine with me.


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News and Updates
We're hiring for a Finance & Operations Manager
APPLICATIONS CLOSED! Reporting to the President & CEO and serving as an integral member of the management team, the Finance & Operations Manager will be responsible for WBE Canada's finance,…Read More
WBE Story – Denny Dealer Services Ltd.
WBE Canada is excited to introduce Denise Garagan, Founder and President of Denny Dealer Services Ltd., a Certified WBE company based in Nova Scotia. Denise was part of the first…Read More
WBE Canada Announces New Board of Directors Appointments for 2023
Women Business Enterprises Canada Council (WBE Canada) is pleased to announce the following new appointments to the Board of Directors for 2023: Madeleine Baker – Board Chair Chair, Executive Committee…Read More
Upcoming Events
Supplier Diversity Toolkit Workshop
WBE Canada invites all Corporate Members to kick off 2023 with an all-new Supplier Diversity Toolkit Workshop scheduled for February 1 and February 2. Join Jamie Crump, President of The Richwell Group and Lead Consultant for the WBE Canada Accelerator Program; and Lindsay Lapaquette, President of Collaborative Solutions and Workplace Communications Expert as they take…Read More
Open Office Call
WBE Canada Team is here for you to help you make progress and get REAL results! JOIN US every month for an Open Office Call. This is your chance to get your questions answered or to be on the hot seat as we support your learning and business growth. You'll have the opportunity to submit…Read More
WBE Meet & Pitch: Construction
WBE Meet & Pitch is the premier virtual networking event for category buyers to meet Canadian WBEs in a specific category. Open exclusively to WBE Canada's Corporate Members and Certified WBEs, this event connects category buyers with WBEs as they hear their pitches and provides the opportunity for Corporate Members to ask questions and grow…Read More
Our Corporate Members are leading organizations to support Canadian WBEs through procurement.
"WBE Certification gives us credibility, opportunities, and has introduced us to a lot of great suppliers and consultants I'm not sure we would have found otherwise. The conferences are always really great for networking and finding new ideas."
-- Cynthia Spraggs, CEO, Sales Beacon Consulting (Certified WBE)
Using a supplier base that reflects the diversity of Canadian businesses and the population in general makes sense. Women are involved in 85% of purchasing decisions, and are bringing quality products and services to the marketplace.
"We were pleasantly surprised to see how many women are in traditionally male-dominated industries. Joining WBE Canada as a Corporate Member was the right decision.
-- WBE Canada Corporate Member
"Web Certification helps you get the attention with companies that want to work with minority suppliers. At the same time, you have to provide exceptional service, integrity is a must, communication and cost effectiveness are the basic ingredients to build a business and most importantly a reputation."
-- Rosa Turchio, President and CEO, Cargo Partners International Inc. (Certified WBE)
"WBE Certification gets me into the room with significant brands who I otherwise may not have had ready access to. In a male dominated industry, it is also an important point of differentiation."
-- Ashlee Froese, Branding Lawyer, Froese Law (Certified WBE)
"WBE Canada is joy to partner with. Your team goes above and beyond to support our goals and program development. Thank you for all the work that goes into building the database of WBEs!"
-- WBE Canada Corporate Member
Supplier diversity allows certified businesses to have a fair opportunity to tender for contracts. After that, it is business as usual - women's firms must be assessed on their merits with no regard to gender.


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Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR welcomes Dr. Ananya Mukherjee as its next Vice Chancellor
Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, today. Ananya Mukherjee has been announced as her next Vice-Chancellor who will lead the future growth of the university. Dr. Mukherjee is currently Provost and Vice-President Academic at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan, Canada. He joined Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR on 31st January 2022. He will be the third vice-chancellor of the university, taking over from Dr. Rupmanjari Ghosh, who has led the institution for the last six years.
Dr. Ananya Mukherjee is a widely recognized academic leader, holding senior positions at two of Canada's largest universities, Ontario and British Columbia. Currently, as Provost and Vice-President of UBC Okanagan, he is leading the Academic Excellence strategy by working with its nine faculties and schools with more than 11,000 students. Before joining UBC, Dr. Mukherjee has spent more than two decades at York University in Toronto, where he has held many leadership roles. Most recently, he was dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, where he led Canada's largest liberal arts faculty with 23,000 students from 123 countries.
Dr. Welcoming Mukherjee, Shri Shikhar Malhotra, Pro-Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, said: Ananya Mukherjee joined the university at a crucial juncture as we build on our strengths and achievements to become an institution of global prestige and influence. His international reputation as a senior academic leader and multi-disciplinary scholar will complement our vision for Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR. "


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Melville Town Hall To Address Housing Discrimination
Several civil rights groups and community advocates on Long Island will hold a town hall on housing discrimination on Tuesday.
ERASE Racism will co-host the event in Melville with the Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk, NAACP and Urban League of Long Island to talk about Newsday's investigative report, Long Island Divided. The report documented housing discrimination among Long Island real estate agents.
Elaine Gross, president of ERASE Racism, says the goal of the town hall is to educate the public about fair housing.
"And hopefully for people to understand their commonality around this issue of housing discrimination. Especially since, you know, the Newsday investigation showed different, disparate treatment for the racial group that they were investigating. So the town hall is an opportunity to educate the public about fair housing in general so that they understand the rights of individuals and what does housing discrimination look like."
The event will have opening presentations, a panel discussion and a conversation with attendees.


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Dogs have served people as working animals for thousands of years. But nowadays, most dogs lead pleasant, non-demanding lives as family pets. You'd think that part of this deal would be that the dog can sleep in as late as he pleases. And that's usually how it is — but not when the humans are the owners of a bagel shop. The lot of bakers since time immemorial includes having to get up and get to work extremely early so their customers will be able to start their days with nice, fresh breadstuffs.
For these bagel shop owners, early means 3:30 in the morning. They have an adorable Great Dane named Thor. He's only a youngster but already bigger than a lot of dogs. Whatever role, if any, the dog has in running the bagel shop, Thor's human dad felt compelled to wake him up at 3:30. The sleepy pup doesn't like this idea, though dad tries his best. "Hey, Thor! Wake up. Talk to me. Wake up, Thor! You've got to get up, Thor! You have to get up. You cannot lay down all day. You gotta get up. I don't want to hear it. Time to wake up. Let's go." And on it goes. Tapping on the bed, shaking Thor's paw, and rubbing or patting his belly don't do the trick. The dog rolls around and makes some really cute noises, essentially saying, "I'm sleeping in, mister!" For a moment, it looks like Thor might be getting up and dad exclaims, "That's a good boy!" It goes without saying that the dog flops right over!
You can decide who's more stubborn: Thor or his dad. What isn't in doubt is that this video is totally cute. It's got 20 million YouTube views and counting.
How did you like Thor's determination to sleep in? Have any funny stories about pets who didn't want to get up? Let's hear them in the Facebook comments. Like and share: the early risers you know will like this one!


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As of January 20th the most affordable home in El Segundo is the home at 770 West Imperial Highway. It is a nicely upgraded condo in the Pacific Sands building currently priced at $342,900.
We're sorry, but we couldn't find MLS # 13718005 in our database. This property may be a new listing or possibly taken off the market. Please check back again.


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Top Items:
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple's App Store could emerge as $1.2B business by 2009 — Investment bank Piper Jaffray is urging investors who typically focus only on Apple's hardware announcements to also pay attention to the company's iPhone software strategy, particularly its upcoming App Store, which could balloon into a $1 billion market by next year.
Discussion: MacRumors iPhone Blog, DailyTech, InformationWeek, mathewingram.com/work, Pulse 2.0, SmoothSpan Blog and Macsimum News
Shane McGlaun / DailyTech: Report: Apple App Store Could Become $1.2B Business in 2009
Marin Perez / InformationWeek: Apple App Store A $1.2 Billion Business In 2009
Dennis Sellers / Macsimum News: Analyst: iPhone App Store could balloon into $1 billion biz
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
WWDC survey suggests 70% of planned iPhone apps may be free — If a survey of developers attending Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference this week is of any indication, the average cost of a third-party iPhone application will fall well below $3.00, with the vast majority being made available at no cost at all.
Discussion: Infinite Loop, PC World, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Gizmodo, Insanely Great Mac, InformationWeek and IntoMobile
Chris Ullrich / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Survey: 70% of all iPhone Apps May be Free
Mark Wilson / Gizmodo: iPhone Apps To Be Very Cheap, Mostly Free
Eric Zeman / InformationWeek: 70% Of iPhone Apps To Be Available For Free
Tom Krazit / One More Thing:
Apple: App Store still coming July 11
Apple: App Store still coming July 11
Discussion: Infinite Loop, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, IntoMobile, MacUser and CrunchGear
Charles Jade / Infinite Loop: Rumor: iPhone App Store to open on June 27th
Scott McNulty / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: App Store available on June 27th?
Aayush Arya / MacUser: Apple Australia says iPhone 2.0 ships June 27th
Doug Aamoth / CrunchGear: Apple's 'App Store' coming June 27th
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Piper Jaffray Mint Announces Apple App Store $1.2 Billion Commemorative Coin
Piper Jaffray Mint Announces Apple App Store $1.2 Billion Commemorative Coin
Discussion: VentureBeat
MG Siegler / VentureBeat: Analyst: There's a great future in iPhone apps
Starbucks and AT&T reach deal with T-Mobile — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O), AT&T Inc (T.N) and T-Mobile (DTEGn.DE) have reached a deal to resolve T-Mobile's claim that the coffee chain secretly colluded with AT&T to offer free Wi-Fi Internet access in its cafes despite …
Discussion: DSLreports, Gearlog and Engadget
Eric Griffith / Gearlog: T-Mobile and Starbucks: Happy Again
Joshua Fruhlinger / Engadget: T-Mobile, AT&T & Starbucks reach new agreement over WiFi switchover
Glenn Fleishman / Wi-Fi Networking News:
T-Mobile, AT&T, Starbucks Make Nice about Wi-Fi
T-Mobile, AT&T, Starbucks Make Nice about Wi-Fi
Discussion: Electronista
Justin Berka / Infinite Loop:
Latest iPhone SDK agreement limits GPS software capabilities — As expected, the latest iteration of the iPhone comes complete with GPS capabilities, offering more location and tracking options. The inclusion of GPS also means that the iPhone can now be used for real-time directions, which the news Maps application will provide.
Discussion: Electronista, Ogle Earth and The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
And, The Really Big Thing About The New iPhone Is...
And, The Really Big Thing About The New iPhone Is...
Sebastien Provencher / The Praized Blog: This Isn't About The New iPhone
David Adewumi / VentureBeat: Tunewiki launches location-based music network for iPhone
Adena Schutzberg / All Points Blog: If geo is the best thing about the new iPhone...
Microsoft testing prototype of Facebook-like social network — At the request of its SharePoint and Office product development teams, Microsoft 's Office Labs operation has created and is testing a prototype of an internal social network that can provide employees with feeds and updates about their colleagues.
Discussion: Webware.com, All about Microsoft, The Inquisitr, DailyTech, WebProNews, Electronista, Pulse 2.0 and Microsoft Research
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com: Microsoft creating TownSquare, an enterprise social network
Doug Caverly / WebProNews: Microsoft Trying Out Social Network Technology
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:
Docstoc Kills Email Attachments with New Desktop Utility — Docstoc has just launched a new desktop utility that totally kills the need to send email attachments - at least if you're a PC user (a Mac version is in the works). Dubbed DocStoc OneClick, the new app allows you to right click …
Discussion: CenterNetworks
Allen Stern / CenterNetworks: Docstoc Launches One Click Large Document Transfer
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Docstoc Poses As File Transfer Service With OneClick
Docstoc Poses As File Transfer Service With OneClick
Discussion: Download Squad and Webware.com
Brad Linder / Download Squad: Send large email attachments with Docstoc Oneclick
Josh Lowensohn / Webware.com: Docstoc launches simple e-mail attachment replacement
Wall Street Journal:
Moving Away From WiMax, Nortel Shifts Focus to LTE — Nortel Networks Corp. said Wednesday it is reducing its investment in developing the ultrafast wireless Internet technology called WiMax to focus its research dollars on a competing technology preferred by major U.S. and European carriers known as LTE.
Discussion: Nortel, Silicon Alley Insider, Tech Trader Daily, Phone Scoop and MuniWireless
Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop: Nortel Moving Away from WiMAX
Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:
A Nortel Comeback? Verizon Deal Cheers Stock
A Nortel Comeback? Verizon Deal Cheers Stock
Discussion: BloggingStocks
Melly Alazraki / BloggingStocks: Before the bell: AA, CAT, NT, JNJ, YHOO ...
Arn / MacRumors:
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Drops PowerPC Support? — LogicielMac publishes a screenshot of the system requirements for Mac OS X Snow Leopard which was seeded to developers this week. The requirements list the following: — An Intel Processor — An internal, external, or shared DVD drive
Discussion: Hardware 2.0, AppleInsider, TG Daily, Gizmodo and Engadget
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: Snow Leopard to leave PowerPC users out in the cold?
Christian Zibreg / TG Daily: WWDC 2008: Safari 4 seeded to developers
Mark Wilson / Gizmodo: Snow Leopard Will Be Intel Exclusive After All
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget: Snow Leopard to drop PowerPC support?
Scott Glover / Los Angeles Times:
9th Circuit's chief judge posted sexually explicit matter on his website — Alex Kozinski, who is presiding over an obscenity trial in L.A., acknowledges that he had posted sexually explicit photos and videos. He says he didn't think the public could access the site.
Discussion: The Register, Threat Level and Slashdot
Jesusdiaz / Gizmodo:
Apple Introduces iPhone 3G Videoconferencing Kit, ZOMG! — Those of you complaining about the lack of front camera and videoconferencing in the new iPhone, stop saying words. This July 11 you will be able to buy the Apple Videoconferencing Kit for iPhone 3G at just $29.
Discussion: I4U News, GottaBeMobile, PalmAddicts and Digg
Luigi Lugmayr / I4U News: Apple releases iPhone 3G Video Conferencing Accessory
Warner Crocker / GottaBeMobile: Too Funny: Apple Introduces Video Conferencing Kit For iPhone
Sam Mcloughln / PalmAddicts: Apple Introduces iPhone 3G Videoconferencing Kit - Take with a pinch of salt
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Google Co-Founder Books a Space Flight — Space tourists are getting their own ride. Space Adventures, a Virginia company that arranges passage for wealthy explorers to ride on Russian Soyuz rockets to the International Space Station, plans to buy a Soyuz flight all its own in 2011, with the option of buying more.
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com: Google's Brin books space flight
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Google's Brin plots space jaunt; Is this a problem?
Wolfgang Gruener / TG Daily: Google co-founder Brin expected to pour $35 million into space flight
Eric Zeman / InformationWeek Weblog: Sergey Brin To Quit Earth
Kevin Heisler / Search Engine Watch Blog: Sergey Brin: Astronaut or Cosmonaut?
JR Raphael / The Inquisitr: Google Co-Founder Books Space Journey
Nicholas Carlson / Valleywag: Sergey Brin buys a $5 million deposit for a ticket to space
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Googlers In Space: Google Founder Brin Books Flight
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget: Google honcho Sergey Brin plans first-ever private trip to the ISS
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider: Sergey In Space! …
Junko Yoshida / EE Times:
The truth about last year's Xbox 360 recall — ANAHEIM, Calif. — When Microsoft Corp. announced a mammoth global recall of its Xbox 360 a year ago, the software giant never disclosed the exact source of the game console's heat problem that led to the fiasco.
Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear: Cheap GPU causes Xbox 360 red ring of death
Kyle Orland / Joystiq: Analyst blames Xbox RRoD on MS-designed graphics chip
Vasanth Sridharan / Silicon Alley Insider: Did Microsoft's Penny-Pinching Cost It $1 Billion? (MSFT)
Michael McWhertor / Kotaku: Truth Behind Xbox 360 "Recall" Is Quite Boring
Olaf de Senerpont Domis / Tech Confidential: Chip design to blame for Microsoft's $1B Xbox fumble
Robert Vamosi / Defense in Depth:
Firefox 3 gets a third release candidate — If you were planning to host a Firefox 3 launch party this week, keep that bubbly on ice a bit longer. — Mozilla is expected to release Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 perhaps later today. Windows and Linux users won't feel a thing; the new browser is considered stable on those platforms.
Discussion: Macworld, AppScout, Mozilla Developer News, The Unofficial Apple Weblog and Gadgetell
Gregg Keizer / Macworld: Mac bug forces Mozilla to Firefox 3.0 RC3
Michael Muchmore / AppScout: Mac OS Update Forces Third Firefox Release Candidate
Robert Palmer / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: Firefox 3 under the hood
Robert Nelson / Gadgetell: Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 coming today?
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Turning the TV into a 'social-media center' — LOS ANGELES—Boxee wants to give Steve Ballmer what he wants. — The Microsoft CEO complained recently how unsocial the television set is compared to the Web. — "My son will stay up all night basically playing Xbox Live with friends …
Discussion: NewTeeVee, notes, thoughts … and OStatic blogs
Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee: Scoop: Boxee to Go Alpha on Monday
Julian Baldwin / notes, thoughts, ideas and responses: Would you go to a social media conference called ASM - Advance Social Media?
Red Hat:
RHX: Lessons Learned — We are just beyond the first year anniversary of RHX, Red Hat's program for open source software vendors. Rumors of its death have been greatly exaggerated. RHX is different now. The team is smaller and the target market is different; but, fundamentally, RHX is smarter.
Discussion: The Register and The Open Road
Ashlee Vance / The Register: Red Hat cancels one-click world domination effort
Matt Asay / The Open Road: Red Hat's RHX: Lessons learned
Wagner James Au / GigaOM:
A Sneak Peek at Spore, EA's Ultra-Web 2.0 Game — I finally understand why Spore has been delayed for so long. Originally expected for a 2007 release, the simulated evolution game from Electronic Arts (ERTS) studio Maxis was suddenly withheld, much to EA's chagrin.
Discussion: VentureBeat, The Technology Chronicles, metarand, Crave and Laughing Squid
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Electronic Arts releases Spore Creature Creator to create buzz for its biggest game
Scott Beale / Laughing Squid: Spore Creature Creator & Sporelebrity Contest
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
At Glassdoor, Find Out How Much People Really Make At Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, And Everywhere Else. — The idea behind Glassdoor is simple: You tell me your salary, and I'll tell you mine. The stealth startup, which raised $3 million from Benchmark Capital last March, just went live.
Discussion: Forbes, Salon, Associated Press, GMSV, AppScout, Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog, Ars Technica, BetaNews, Computerworld, Alec Saunders SquawkBox, Kelsey Group Blogs, Screenwerk, Lifehacker, Download Squad, Web Strategy, CNET News.com, Switched, Startup Meme, Tech Ticker, Paul Kedrosky's …, STARTUP CHATTER, Epicenter and Tech Beat
Quentin Hardy / Forbes: Workplace Porn — Jerry Yang, your stock is in trouble.
Farhad Manjoo / Salon: Glassdoor.com shows Apple's minions work for peanuts
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press: Web site offers insiders' look at major employers
Levi Sumagaysay / GMSV: Peep this: Salaries, etc. behind the glass doors
Chris Gampat / AppScout: Glassdoor Shows You How Much Money People Make
David Chartier / Ars Technica: Looking through the Glassdoor into a company's internals
Tim Conneally / BetaNews: New beta of an employee salary-sharing service
Erik Larkin / Computerworld: Salaries are no secret at new site
Peter Krasilovsky / Kelsey Group Blogs: Barton's Newest Vertical: GlassDoor.com, a Recruitment Site
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: Glassdoor Brings 'Web 2.0′ to Jobs
Brad Linder / Download Squad: Find out just how underpaid you are with Glassdoor
Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy: Dangers and Opportunities of the Crowdsourced Company
Jim Kerstetter / CNET News.com: Looking for a big salary? See what this start-up has to say
Terrence O'Brien / Switched: How to Get Secret Salary Info for Any Job at Any Company
Sardar Mohkim Khan / Startup Meme: Learn what employees say at Glassdoor.com
Sarah Lacy / Tech Ticker: Ever Wonder What the Guy in the Next Cube Makes?
Donna Bogatin / STARTUP CHATTER: Why Glassdoor.com is Scarier Than Wikipedia
Betsy Schiffman / Epicenter: Glassdoor: A Chance for Employees to Review the Employer