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Archive for June, 2009
Details. Details. Details. Can’t emphasize this enough. A few of my acquaintances who have just recently graduated are wondering why getting a job suddenly became so tough compared to how graduates from last year had it. Well, for one, [...]
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- Tags: Business, Jobs, Work
Bro Coding
In: Business| Entertainment
28 Jun 2009Just finished reading The Bro Code by “Barney Stinson” and what a fun read that was. Too bad, most of the provisions doesn’t really apply to my current lifestyle since, as far as predicaments go, I’m more of a Marshall (sans the law thing and the height) than a Ted or Barney.
But as far [...]
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- Tags: Books, The Bro Code
I paid Michael Bay to piss me off
In: Entertainment
26 Jun 2009Rant alert. You’ve been warned.
Sorry, friends who think that Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is the movie event of the year. Or if you’ve watched it and are raving about how mad the whole movie was. I can’t say I share your sentiments. I do understand why you’re all raving about it. I really [...]
The English Studies Forum
26 Jun 2009I’ve been continuously writing about my frustrations with the state of English language scholarship here in our country. I’ve already raised the lack of profitability of English Studies as a field of study. At times, I’ve also touched on the lack of collaboration amongst scholars.
I was talking to my mentor about the difficulties I was [...]
What is in it for me?
21 Jun 2009As far as organizational communication goes, this is one question that many a communicator should always take into account. Place oneself into the target audience’s shoes and ask, “What’s in it for me?”
Whenever I teach business communication, the part on which I give most emphasis always is communication planning and audience analysis. The problem [...]
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- Tags: Business, Communication, Organization, Writing
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Hi! I'm Alex, a 20-something blogger writing about the discourses of social media. Once in a while I still let slip posts about the mundane, the asinine, and the trivial. Feel free to contact me.
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