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My Book Wishlist

by Duy on 13/02/2011

I just happened to know that O’Reilly is running a new year program that will rock book lover in this new year. In this program any member compose a wishlist of book under 500$ have a chance to get the whole list for free. So I just guess if there is any luck

Here is my Wishlist:

1. Programming Amazon EC2
2. jQuery Cookbook
3. JavaScript the Definitive Guide
4. jQuery: Novice to Ninja
5. Programming Python, Fourth Edition
6. 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
7. Host Your Web Site In The Cloud: Amazon Web Services Made Easy
8. The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, 2nd Edition, Second Edition

So, please wish me for my luck

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The biggest mistake of sales people

by Duy on 09/10/2010

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Photo by jaxxon

I always received emails from people inviting me to a page or group created online. The 1st introduction I was told that the products they are selling are what best for me. Or the stuffs are 50% off and I should buy the product if I don’t want to risk my life. Same as people who invite me to be their Facebook friend then they endlessly tag me with their junk products. I eventually leave the page, remove them out of my friendly or mark as spam.

The biggest mistake of sales people is trying to sales products without building relationship with the customers. Even worse, the customer doesn’t know how could the products benefit them (they’re confused, they doubt it). It not selling, it’s forcing, it’s an obvious dumb endeavor.

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9 types of people you don’t (and shouldn’t) want to work with

September 11, 2010

Photo by the_brownhorse These people either bring you hope or frustration, but they end up crumple your business: 1. Technical Nerd: he will propose tons of solution just to solve a single chore. And the funny thing is none of them works. 2. The 2nd Elbert Einstein: Of course he is not but he thinks [...]

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Why projects fail? The common obstacles and solutions.

September 8, 2010

Photo by lady_ishmael24 There were times when you are were excited about a brilliant idea. You thought that it is something that could make tons of money, help thousand of people overcome a particular problem. When you close your eyes and see a big, very big picture that you are the hero, your family and [...]

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The productivity myth: Why GTD doesn’t work and how to make it works

August 1, 2010

To people who care about productivity, they all know what GTD is. There are plenty of books and tools out there just to help “getting” GTD works. We all tested and used all the available systems, both free and commercial. We also read all the productivity books, join the community of people who love GTD. [...]

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How to get your email organized and increase productivity

May 24, 2010

picture by chelsea chen. (flickr) What is your 1st habit you’d like to do every morning after you wake up? If it is checking email so you are in the same situation with mine few months ago. And let me tell you that it is a waste of time, loosing of focus and producing procrastination. [...]

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