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Don't Try This on a Mac...

I guess this is the web equivalent of tucking a Playboy inside your Physics textbook in the library… Read at Work [via MeFi] ...

By Christopher Schonberger on 5/29/08

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Guest Blog: Christine Hassler on "Smart Slacking"

Christine Hassler is a life coach and speaker, and she's author of the new book 20 Something Manifesto. In the following excerpt from her book, Hassler describes the art of “smart slacking.” To learn more about her writings...

By Gradspot Dot Com on 5/27/08

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Obama Speaks at Wesleyan Commencement

Stepping in for ailing Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama took the podium in Middlebury, CT, this weekend as the speaker at Wesleyan's graduation ceremony. Suffice to say that even if his presidential hopes don't pan out, he's got a long career of...

By Christopher Schonberger on 5/27/08

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Viva Mi Revolucion

After a quiet couple of weeks I have been back rapping daily with my pen, scripting my 7 Day Theories like Makaveli out the pen. As usual I have got a lot 2Pac into The Tao of Teaching and even more that spills over into the letters that are Strictly 4 My H.O.M.I.E.Z...

By Tom Wiseman on 5/27/08

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The Most Annoying People at Starbucks

Check out Holy Taco’s 8 Types Of Annoying People You’ll Find Inside Starbucks, including “The Over Happy Line Greeter/Order Taker” and the “Complicated Order Guy Who Needs His Coffee Right the F*#k Now.” Having been the “

By Christopher Schonberger on 5/22/08

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My Big Brother Was B.I.G.'s Brother

Finding a great mentor can be the X-factor that helps you get that promotion, make a strategic move to a new job, or navigate some tricky office politics. Penelope “the Brazen Careerist” Trunk drops some knowledge on maintaining a good mentor relationship....

By Sarah Collins on 5/20/08

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Haters Everywhere I Go

In a truly epic rant, Gen-Xer Robert Lanham rips into “Millenials” for being whiney, self-important, and technology obsessed…all while being incredibely whiney and self-important and writing on a website!...

By Christopher Schonberger on 5/16/08

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Gradspot on NB-Sree!

When it comes to finding ways to save time and money online, we’re big fans of Sree Sreenivasan and his weekly “Sree Advice” spot every Thursday morning at 6:20 and...

By Stuart Schultz on 5/15/08

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Grads Run on (Free) Dunkin' Donuts

Gradspotters, today is the greatest day of the entire calendar year. A day on which the most delicious drink on the face of the earth literally flows like water. I’m talking about FREE ICED COFFEE day at Dunkin’ Donuts! ...

By Christopher Schonberger on 5/15/08

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On Quitting a First Job

Despite what many of my friends may tell you, I did not get fired. After spending the past eighteen months in a cubicle, I finally decided to quit my job and, as it turns out, to roam the streets of New York humming the theme to “The Greatest American Hero.” Not a bad ...

By Tory Hoen on 5/14/08

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