Teknovis

I came across this web site recently… it seemed that Jamie Varo really wanted to work for Twitter. So she created http://www.twittershouldhireme.com/

I thought it was very creative!

Tags: Twitter

I heard somebody using the term TLA during the week, and I had to interrupt to ask what exactly this meant.

A TLA is a Three Letter Acronym! Apparently, Intel employees love using TLAs :o

For more about this see Three-letter acronym.

Tags: Intel

There was some good technology related humour yesterday as part of the normal April Fools’ Day celebrations! Here are some of my favourites!

• Electronic tagging for exiles of ‘high net worth’ proposed in Ireland
• The Guardian newspaper will be published exclusively on Twitter according to Twitter switch for Guardian, after 188 years of ink
• Amazon introduced some new cloud computing services in Up, Up, and Away – Cloud Computing Reaches for the Sky
• YouTube developed a way to improve the viewer’s experience in Your New Viewing Experience
• Smellr: It’s like Flickr, but for your nose
• Warner Bros will buy The Pirate Bay according to Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay
• Google launched CADIE
• Identi.ca has bought Twitter according to Identi.ca acquires Twitter. According to a Twitter executive: “I was worried we were going to have to make a business out of that whole Twitter thing! I’m really glad it’s someone else’s problem now.”

For a more comprehensive overview of the technology related humour see April Fools: YouTube Flails, Amazon Cloud Computing In A Blimp, 3D Chrome Browsing, Google Masters A.I..

Tags: Amazon, Google, Identi.ca, Smellr, The Guardian, The Pirate Bay, Twitter, Warner Bros, YouTube

There was a story in one of the Irish national newspapers earlier this week claiming that UCD was having difficulty filling up to 33 computing research positions. The full story is Wanted: 33 smart people for top posts, and the positions are described in Vacancies.

I thought that this was very surprising when I read it initially, but after further investigation I think that it is understandable.

Firstly, 23 of these 33 positions are for PhD studentships. The successful candidates will receive a tax-free salary of 18,500€. I do not think that this level of remuneration will attract anybody of the right calibre who is already working in industry. Most likely, it will only appeal to graduates.

The other issue that I see with these positions is that they are based on formal methods. I know that this area is significant within the computer science world, but I do not think that industry has much interest in this area. Therefore, it is less likely that the successful candidates will learn significant transferable skills.

Tags: UCD