I attended a Natural Step breakfast this morning to talk about EPEAT and NEPSI (National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative – http://eerc.ra.utk.edu/clean/nepsi/). The presentation was really good, speakers were excellent. The talk was very timely because Gov. Kulongoski is signing an e-waste bill this morning.

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Been reading up on interviewing. Here’s my most used resources:

• Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing
• On Interviewing Programmers
• The Phone Screen
• Testing GUI applications

I’ve been interviewing people for maybe seven years. I’ve been through quite a few different interviewing situations – my favorite being the startup ISP that had me reconfigure a live network interface (together, we crashed their core web server), and immediately afterward we had a couple pints at Rogue Brewery. Mostly, I try to use behavioral questions (“tell me about a situation when…”), combined with a few open-ended questions about something the person is interested in.

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http://www.extremecroquet.org/

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http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/index.aspx

really fun little animation picker. no real purpose to it. just cute.

Update:
http://www.colorstrology.com/

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Great info-graphic by way of the Economist.

http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9217972

Vattenfall, a Swedish power utility, has tried to quantify which ones would be worth undertaking at what price…

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http://www.lazyenvironmentalist.com/

Designers are saving rain forests. Fashionistas are clearing toxins from the soil. Architects are rolling back global warming. A new wave of eco-conscious activists is stimulating fresh approaches to environmental challenges. The market is their arena. Organic cotton, bamboo, and certified sustainable woods are their materials. Hybrid engines and solar power are their technologies. Stylish, high-performing products and services are their tools of change.

These innovators make it easy for us to integrate environmental awareness into our lives. They understand that while so many of us are concerned about the environment, we don’t always have the time, energy, or inclination to do something about it.

We are lazy environmentalists. This is our moment.

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