How to get a job in Silicon Valley

Good-old Guy Kawasaki has an endearingly cynical but still-so-true guide to How To Get Hired In Silicon Valley. Well worth a read, and just as applicable outside California. Not that I've ever applied for a job in Silicon Valley (yet), but it certainly brought a wry smile to my face.

I've read many CVs and conducted many interviews, and it's amazing just how easy some people make it for you to put their CV on the "no" pile. I know we're now living in the txt-spk generation, but seriously - if you can't spell or punctuate on your CV when you're promoting yourself, how well are you going to promote the company? Interviewers are busy people, and will be looking for any reason to say no - spell well, communicate well, keep it short, and if you get an interview, read and learn from Mr Kawasaki.

What do atoms look like?

....they look like THIS - Physics News Graphics have published a field-ion microscope image of the sharpest man-made object ever produced - a needle with a tip that's just a single tungsten atom. The thing I love about this image is the way some of the atoms look like blobs of mercury - because they moved during the 1-second-long imaging process.