Blake Imeson *Innovatrepreneur

Start a Personal Resume/Portfolio Site, Here’s how.

This is a follow-up post to the question of what kind of site is this where you name is the URL? Thanks for the great questions Brittany! Question: How did you create your site / how can I start my own? Answer:  There are two good routes. 1. Free - Use WordPress.com and register a site as yourname.wordpress.com Downsides: [...] Tags: blogs, hosting, website, WordPress

Online Representation of the Offline You

This is in response to a question from a fellow student after I gave a lecture on blogging. I thought it was a good question so I decided to answer it on here. Question: What kind of blog is this, where your name is the site? Answer: blakeimeson.com contrary to first look is not just me on [...] Tags: portfolio, reputation management, resume

Chaos = Opportunity | A look at New Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs thrive on market imbalance and chaos. Profit comes from inequalities and disorder in the marketplace. Entrepreneurs make money by bringing balance to these disorders. Price of a good is high in one area of the world and low in another. Entrepreneurs will buy in the one and sell in the other. Producers may be creating [...] Tags: bailouts, chaos, Entrepreneurship, globalization

Technology I can't "live" without...

Inspired by the venerable Mike Arrington of TechCrunch and his post, 2009: Products I Can’t Live Without I decided it would be fun to just jot down a short list of the types of technology I depend on daily to be efficient. I don’t usually like to do too many of these kinds of posts [...] Tags: 2008, applications, efficiency, plugins, technology, tools

Usefulness to Career Success...

The best humor is that which not only makes us laugh but also makes a point. This comic from XKCD made a point that I feel has been true for me. BTW Perl is a programming scripting language. (thanks Ram) Except for writing skills, grammar and the crazy amounts of reading, the skills that have helped me [...] Tags: career, education, marketability