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I’ve never written about a discussion on LinkedIn.com before, but this one is a whopper.  It’s all about if you had to choose between a candidate that had one years experience but was very intelligent or between someone with average intelligence and 10 years experience which would you choose.  On the surface this discussion about intelligence vs experience on LinkedIn, but a lot of comments that some of the HR people people have made in this discussion in a Project Managers group are stirring up some controversy.  Personally I find the discussion quite enlightening. Others have too, it has over 190 comments and growing ion just over a week (that’s a lot for LinkedIn).  The overwhelming majority of which ware pretty thoughtful contributions. Some have evidently found themselves embarrassed by the secrets they’ve leaked and deleted their comments.  I’m not sure why though, they seemed honest and well thought out.  Other have left the HR dirty laundry out there in the air, believing their nothing wrong with their opinions.  And their probably right.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

This conversation is social networking at it finest.  Lots of people talking about a very real issue that effects almost everyone one in the world. And everyone there is doing so in a way that’s positive, enlightening and contributory.  It’s amazing.

Here’s some of the things I’ve learned about my fellow Project Managers: Read the rest of this entry »

I just published another Florida focused web site. This isn’t tightly focused on St. Petersburg but instead on the general FL market. And yes, to a search engine, FL is different than Florida, but their getting lots better. In fact if you search for most terms using FL, instead of Florida, just about everything you get will have the word Florida bolded in the descriptions and the url’s as well as the rare instances of the “word” FL. It’s good that that the SE’s are catching on more and more to the way people write and search. I’m guessing the competition from Bing has had a lot of influence on a lot of the fixes to long time flaws Google has made recently. Including the one where incoming links aren’t so important anymore and the words on the page are more important.

Anyway the new web site is targeting the Fl Fishing market, Read the rest of this entry »

Sneaky Baby

Originally uploaded by texxsmith

Nicholas went around the house gathering all the money he could find. He placed it in a big pile and said “Mine” repeatedly. This is the look on his face when I caught him!

Seriously, this was some cash a client had me bring to a home show to use as part of a marketing event. I just couldn’t resist taking some photos of the baby in a big pile of cash, even if it was all singles . . .

St Petersburg Web Design and Florida Data Services have been good to me! Dream Designs by Texx Smith has just finished a huge data project for a contractor in the “My Safe Florida Home Program,” now it’s time to re-focus on expanding our client base.

As the Owner and Lead Project Manager of Dream Designs by Texx Smith, new clients are one of my favorite parts of the business!

Each client has a need for a new solution. It’s true, most of them want a web site for marketing purposes (nothing wrong with that), but each client has different things to say with their web site and their own take on marketing. Sometimes it’s adding a video (and/or making it), sometimes it’s making something so visually stunning people will just have to be impressed.
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Florida Senator Dave Aronberg came to Southwest Florida to hand out free money. The state has a relatively new program that, if you qualify, will match your money in order to make you, your home and your family safer for a hurricane.

It’s called My Safe Florida Home and hundreds right here are already taking advantage.

The Kaffs are one of many families in Florida getting a big check from the state. The say the matching $5,000 grant will help pay for their new windows and garage door.

“The help from the state lets you do it sooner and I think it will promote a lot of people to do it,” said Port Charlotte homeowner Doug Kaff.

The Kaffs say the big thing is to just go ahead and get the inspection. That way you know what your house needs to be hurricane resistant.

The state will provide a free wind inspection on your home – even if you don’t qualify for the grant.

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My Safe Florida Home Program’s official web site