The Facebook Conference Call

May 28, 2009

This morning Facebook announced that it had accepted a $200 million investment at a $10 billion valuation from Russian investment group Digital Sky Technologies. Over the last few weeks there have been reports of the company turning down investments at lower valuations, and debate over if the investors would get a coveted Facebook board seat (DST did not). Facebook is holding a teleconference to talk about the new investment. Below are our notes.

Despite a pretty tough economic environment, our revenue is up and growth continues. Removing barriers to communication across the web. Baca Lanjutanya..

blogging

May 28, 2009

I am generally interested in how things work or why things happen the way they do.

On my list of things to mentally explore is how this blog got to where it is today. Not that it is hugely popular, but I get my share of page views and unique visitors plus enough links to the site to get a Google page rank of 5. A modest achievement on the web, but decent relative to the amount of effort involved.

And when I look back on how things evolved, there was a good deal of luck involved. Things could have gone different. How much different is tough question. How do I measure it? Baca Lanjutanya..

Trimming the Training Budget During a Recession? You Will Pay Later

May 28, 2009

I just ran across a well-written article that sums up the reason why you should never cut your training budget in a recession. I know it’s tempting. Training and Organizational Development have always been challenged to show ROI. After all, the activities involved in training do not tie directly to the bottom line, and soft skills training is tough to measure.
However, the statistics on this topic are clear. Michael Haberman, the author of the article, makes the point very clearly: Baca Lanjutanya..

Basic Computer Skills Knowledge For Beginners

May 25, 2009

The need for each and everyone in our society today to acquire basic computer knowledge skills cannot be overlooked by anyone in this present day. Every computer beginner is now feeling the need to learn how to use a computer as faster as he or she can possibly afford to. Read on to discover three simple facts to speed up and boost your learning and gaining computer science knowledge skills faster Baca Lanjutanya..

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