The Zero Page Resume
I'm in a perpetual argument with more than one person over the appropriate length of a resume. I've always believed in the 1-page resume. Most…
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Stories By Philip Berne
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Where The Heck Was I In The Nineties?
My son sits in the back of the car a lot. There's the ride to and from school, the field trips on weekends, that sort…
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Just Stay Away From Console Games
My son gets into the car and before I have a chance to slide into the driver's seat and buckle myself in, he's already reaching…
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Being A Better Tweeter
I have been using Twitter continually for about three years now. I'm not sure of the exact date, or my first tweet, because Twitter still…
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The Gadget Inside Me
I am not entirely human. All of the parts of a human being are inside me, but I have a few extra bits as well,…
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What Should I Stick In My Finger?
It's probably too late now, but for the last week there may have been an unusual window of opportunity in which I could have embedded…
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I Bought A Purse
I bought a bag. It looks like a purse. It's my fault. I knew this was a distinct possibility, but I went ahead and ordered…
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Why You're Wrong About The PS4 Launch
The PS4 launch was a huge success. Forget what you've heard. You've probably read on tech blogs that it was too long. They showed too…
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Amid Instagram Madness, What Terms Of Use Should Take For Granted
In all the hubbub around the new Instagram Terms of Service, there is one refrain that keeps repeating. It’s one I’ve heard plenty of times…
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You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Google
It’s a strange time of year to be of my ilk in America. The houses are mostly decked with lights, although I live in that…
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The Paradoxical Power Of The Tiny Tweet
How did Twitter suddenly become the most powerful force for consumer advocacy? I can’t complain, because I’ve reaped the benefits, but it is fascinating that…
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Fixing The Deadliest Gadget
I can’t believe I’m going to do this. I’m going to defend the right to own guns. You see, I’m a liberal. I’m more liberal…
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Stop Whining And Subscribe To HBO
I love the show Game of Thrones on HBO. The show is fantastic. It’s one of the best shows to come along in a while.…
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Grammar Police, Arrest This Man
There is an alternate universe somewhere in which I am a lexicographer. I write dictionaries for a living. This is not the pipe dream of…
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Don't Shoot Your Food
Stop taking pictures of your food. You’re a lousy photographer, and I’m tired of looking at your photos. They are disgusting. While you may be…
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The Movie Is Over When The Credits Roll
Now, I’m mad. At first, it was funny. I definitely didn’t stay to the very end of the movie when I saw “Ferris Bueller’s Day…
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Learning Photo Posting Social Skills
People aren’t likely to tell you how bad your photos are, or how much your photo stream is boring them to tears. So I’m here…
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Spoiler Alert!
At the end of the movie “The Grey,” everyone dies. Liam Neeson dies. That totally awesome moment in the trailer where he breaks some mini-bar…
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Diablo III Is The Worst Game Ever Made
I have played Diablo III for dozens of hours. I have beaten the normal difficulty level with one of my “Heroes,” and I have made…
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My Favorite Music Service
I have tried them all. I have been using Pandora since the early days, and I pay for the premium Pandora service. I tried, for…
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Reunions In The Time Of Facebook
One of my Facebook friends recently posted about her 20-year high school reunion. We went to the same high school, and she was a year…
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Will Google Glass Help Us Remember Too Well?
When Google sent BASE jumpers hurtling from a blimp as part of the first day Google I/O Keynote presentation, I was barely impressed. The jumpers…
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Quitting The Internet Is Silly
Paul Miller, a writer for the Web site The Verge, has famously quit the Internet. For a year. I say famously, because every writer from…
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Friends Don't Let Friends Look Ugly On Facebook
Since I joined Facebook, I have excised exactly 2 photos from my timeline at the request of my friends. The first was a photo of…
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The Simplest Things Are Not The Cheapest
My parents bought my toddler a kid’s tablet as a Hanukkah gift. I had been checking out the VTech Innotab and Leap Frog Leapster tabs…
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Keep The Discs In My Xbox And PlayStation
The prognostication on the next generation of consoles has begun. Like Federal elections, it probably began the minute the last generation hit the market. No…
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The Social Interview
I should have known something was wrong when I sat down at the table. My interviewer was well dressed. She wore a neat pants suit…
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