Re: Agents part CCXXXIV

2012-12-02 Thread Abigail
On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 07:29:16AM +, Alan Mosca wrote: > I just had an agent call me on my workplace's main line (the one that goes > to reception and is published on the website).. This is definitely getting > worse. What do people do in this situation? > I tell them I'm not interested, an

Re: Agents part CCXXXIV

2012-12-02 Thread Alan Mosca
I just had an agent call me on my workplace's main line (the one that goes to reception and is published on the website).. This is definitely getting worse. What do people do in this situation? On 3 December 2012 06:38, Uri Guttman wrote: > On 12/02/2012 03:32 PM, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > >> If

Re: Agents part CCXXXIV

2012-12-02 Thread Uri Guttman
On 12/02/2012 03:32 PM, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: If an agent sends your resume somewhere without telling you, is there any kind of redress? i wish there were redress other than making those agents wear a dress. i have been on both sides and i distinctly told my agents to never submit me without

Re: Agents part CCXXXIV

2012-12-02 Thread Jacqui Caren
On 02/12/2012 20:32, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: If an agent sends your resume somewhere without telling you, is there any kind of redress? Yes - you attend the interview then tell them why its a watse of both your and their time, shake hands and walk out. I did this once and the agent was seriou

Re: Agents part CCXXXIV

2012-12-02 Thread Kieren Diment
On 03/12/2012, at 7:32 AM, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > If an agent sends your resume somewhere without telling you, is > there any kind of redress? Sue them for libel or defamation?

Re: Agents part CCXXXIV

2012-12-02 Thread James Laver
On 2 Dec 2012, at 20:32, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > If an agent sends your resume somewhere without telling you, is > there any kind of redress? Legally they broke the DPA. Good luck doing anything about it. /j

Agents part CCXXXIV

2012-12-02 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
If an agent sends your resume somewhere without telling you, is there any kind of redress?

Outreach III

2012-12-02 Thread DAVID HODGKINSON
These guys seem to be pulling together all the hackathons: http://www.meetup.com/UK-Hackathons-and-Jams/ Yell if you go!

Dramatic reveal and USB keyboards

2012-12-02 Thread Michael Lush
I'm running a tabletop RPG where we keep wanting to play Dramatic Reveal, Rimshot, Sad Trombone and the like to punctuate the action. Looking round there are many sound effects boxes but none of them are customizable. So I thought that's a nice little Make... RasPi + speakers with a wireless USB

Re: Perl outreach

2012-12-02 Thread Mallory van Achterberg
Some great points and feedback. I know Mithaldu is working on renewed Perl tutorials and there is Gabor's stuff. One issue they have is trying to get their stuff higher in search results when people type in "Perl tutorial". -Mallory On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 01:47:32AM +, pierre masci wrote: > I

Re: Perl outreach

2012-12-02 Thread Mallory van Achterberg
Kinda in the wrong sub-thread, but someone over in Python posted this bit from Guido's keynote, just a few moments' discussion about "other languages" and the "my language is better than yours" stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBRMq2Ioxsc#t=5m20s Just thought it was interesting. :) -Mallory