What Sites Future Employers Are Checking When Looking at You - Surveys - Lifehacker

As part of a Data Privacy Day report, Microsoft commissioned a study of over 1,200 hiring and recruitment managers. In one segment, they asked what kinds of sites they considered in researching applicants online. The short answer: almost everything.

As PC World put it—and as Jason detailed in his online identity primer—having a decent-looking personal web site, with blog-like material showing your grasp of topics and general up-to-date skills, is the best defense against anything and everything else a potential employer or contractor might find about you online.

Then again, take a look at how many online realms hiring managers peek into when peeking at you. It's reassuring, if you've put time into cleaning up your online image, and perhaps a wake-up call if you've still got LOLcats littering your photo service pages.

Have you hired someone, or turned someone down, based on their online presence? Been on the receiving end of that kind of judgement? Gripe or brag, as the case may be, in the comments.

Online Reputation Research [Microsoft via PC World]

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The Keyboard Shortcuts of Ubuntu 10.04 - Keyboard Shortcuts - Lifehacker

The free Ubuntu Linux operating system finally has some decent, condensed, official documentation, but curiously missing are the changes to keyboard shortcuts that control the desktop. The Tombuntu blog helpfully lists the multi-desktop, window management, and accessibility key combos in Ubuntu 10.04.

Some of Ubuntu's keyboard shortcuts are built in, but others require the use of Compiz, the window effects manager that's activated when you enable desktop effects (and third-party drivers) in the Appearance options, under System/Preferences. When you do, you'll have a few handy keyboard shortcuts at the ready, including these basic window management standbys:

• Super + A – "scale" effect, shows all windows
• Alt + F10 – toggle maximize current window
• Alt + F9 – minimize current window
• Ctrl + Alt + D – toggle show desktop
• Alt + Middle mouse button – resize window

It's also helpful to know that the "Me"/messaging window, one of the best improvements in Ubuntu 10.04, can be accessed from pressing the Windows key ("Super") + M. That combo used to invert the screen colors for the whole desktop, but now requires some tweaking in the Compiz settings, most likely. To invert the colors of the window that's open, hit Super + N.

Compiz Keyboard Shortcuts in Ubuntu 10.04 [Tombuntu]

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Ditch The Morning Drag by Creating a New Routine - Planning - Lifehacker

If you've been dragging yourself out of bed lately it might be time to reboot your morning routine and introduce a new morning ritual—or three!—to mix things up. Create your new morning routine with this simple list.

Photo by Voltphoto.

Most of us fall into a morning ritual more out of habit than as a result of conscientious planning. If your morning routine isn't helping you start off your day feeling energized and ready to tackle important tasks, it's time to reboot it. At Stepcase Lifehack they're challenging people to become an early riser in five days. Part of the challenge is to establish a planned out morning ritual. They offer the following steps:

1. Draft a short list of the things you do each morning and what you'd like to add.
2. Figure out how much time it'll realistically take to do everything on your list.
3. Adjust your wake time to accommodate your new ritual.
4. Go through your list each morning for at least 2 mornings before making adjustments.
5. Once your adjustments are made, enjoy!

We'll definitely second the idea that you need to go through the list for two (or even more) mornings before tweaking it. It's easy, when you're excited about a new routine, to start tweaking it every day. Constant tweaking stops you from seeing if the routine works well across the whole week for you and continues to work after the excitement of tinkering with the routine wears off.

Check out the full article for more tips on tweaking your morning routine. Have a tip or trick of your own to share? Let's hear about it in the comments.

Do You Have a Morning Ritual [Stepcase Lifehack]

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Apple's Website Circa 1993 - apple.com - Gizmodo

If you transported Apple's website back to 1993, I have no doubt it would end up looking exactly like this. Especially that beige menubar. HyperCard, anyone?

The mock-up is the work of RetroMacCast listener newtonpoetry, who's really nailed the details—as he did in his re-imagining of Apple's 1983 website. Just look at how magical and revolutionary that Newton is!

Of course, he also could have just Geocities-ized Apple.com. That works too. [RetroMacCast via Cult of Mac]

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Clever, and although it would've been more accurate to say this is what Apple's website would look like if you combine 00's web design sensibilities with 90's products, it wouldn't make a catchy headline.

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Redesigned Swatch Watch Concept Does Away With Scratched Faces - Allan george swatch concept - Gizmodo

I grew up wearing Swatch watches, so completely understand the sentiment and reasoning behind this scratch-proof Swatch concept from designer Allan George. Those plastic faces are just too soft for their own good.

The Swatch concept looks pretty sporty with its plastic-rubber coating, but it's the redesigned watch face which really does the trick for me. Check out the details in the picture below:

There's something about it which is just calling to me. Make it happen, Allan George. [Allan George via Yanko Design]

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I like.

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