Hi! My name is Charles Weber aka. Thoughtwrong. I am a 23 year old from Tennessee who is into everything technology, social media, and social networking. Want to help out the Plurk community? Have an idea or suggestion for this site? Contact Us>>
Cliques! While the name might not be appealing to most, the idea is. Being able to talk to a select few of your friends privately about a topic is a great way to increase communication with your pleeps while maintaining a public image with the rest of the Plurk world. This is one feature that sites like Twitter cannot even fathom implementing because of database issues and other restrictions on the service. The Clique feature is, however, flawed in one major way. I have noticed more and more people complaining about this and I thought it was time to write a post on this topic. Read more »
Day by day I am absolutely astonished by the wealth of information shared by users of the community we call Plurk. So much valuable information is embedded in every one of the conversations I have seen. What is the reason for this post you may ask. Well, as some of you may know I recently went up for an interview for a new job. I decided that this time I wanted to be prepared and absolutely wow the interviewers so I called upon my Pleeps for help. Now I bring you this post to share that wealth of information. If you are going up for a job or plan on doing so soon, then this content is for you!
Now some of these tips contained here may be practical and things you already know, but please keep your attention focused as there are tips here that will blow your interviewers mind (trust me, I experienced it)
General Tips
Eye Contact - This shows the interviewer that they have your full attention. Try not to lose eye contact for too long, especially if you are talking as that could be an indication of lying.
Smile - No one wants a sad, depressed, or angry employee. Be sure to be polite, greet with a firm handshake, and be smiling the entire time. (a real smile, as people can tell when you are faking it.)
Be Yourself - Don’t be fake, because nothing could be worse than your new boss finding out later that you are quite different from what you portrayed to them in the interview.
Confidence - Employers want someone who is sure of themselves as they would be the best fit for any position that requires many tasks.
In-Depth Tips
Be Early and Prepared - An employer likes someone who is on time and prepared because it shows them a glimpse of how you will be as a worker.
Use Their Title - Wether it be Mr. Mrs. or just plain Miss, be sure to always use their title as it shows a sign of respect for your higher ups. Also try to use their name when answering a question as your answer will grab their attention more in doing so.
Strengths, Weaknesses, and Future Goals -Have these planned out ahead of time and try not to be cliche.
Ask Questions - Sure you are the one being interviewed but you need to know a little bit about what they expect from you as well. See the next section for some good question ideas.
Now I had a little trouble with the weaknesses part in particular. If you tell an interviewer that your weakness is say organization, and the job calls for a lot of that particular skill, that means you most likely wont get the job. Asking once again for my Pleep’s suggestions this is what I gathered. Be honest about your weaknesses. Do not pretend you have none because everyone does. Instead share how you plan to overcome them. Employers like problem solvers. Again, try not to be too cliche as employers will see right through that.
Questions
What are the five most important challenges you must solve in the next twelve months, and how are you doing them?
What kind of boss would you make? What can I learn from you?
Suppose I’m a member of your team, it’s 30 days later and you tell me I’m doing a great job. What have I Accomplished?
I have to say, I really liked the very last question on that list. That one was suggested to me by Jane Chin, and was probably the one that stuck out in my mind the most. When I went into my interview I used that question and the two interviewers were stunned. They stated that it was a great question, and one they would likely use themselves in the future. Their answers to that question were nothing short of amazing either. That question prompted them to tell me that at least two of the questions they asked me were answered 100% correct. This is a great feat to get accomplished before you leave an interview.
In conclusion, there is so much you can learn from other people on a daily basis, and there are an immense amount of those wonderful people right here on Plurk. So get into the conversation, share your knowledge, and learn from others. I believe that this is the TRUE meaning of TEAMWORK!
If you would like to read more on this topic the Plurks referenced are here, here, and here
Upon awaking this morning, I did what I do every other morning and jumped on Plurk (go figure)! This morning was different however because I seen a comment that caught my eye. I went to the link in the comment, and read the post about Trojan attacks on Twitter. After reading this and thinking about it for a while I remember something that was said a while back in a Plurkshop I hosted.
martinbogo says: I have a way of embedding a flash mp3 player. He goes on to state that it is a parsing bug on the part of the A-Team. (Note: he also states that he would not do it due to music on pages being annoying anyways)
Now, not knowing much about programming I can neither confirm or deny this fact, however if he can use an <embed> tag in a Plurk profile then this has me wondering if it is easier than we think to implement a virus onto a Plurk profile page. Can someone in fact use this parsing bug to their advantage? Can it really be that easy to hurt what all of us Plurkers work so hard to maintain on a day to day basis? Well, in the twitter article it seemed that it was just a misleading link to download a new version of Adobe Flash which is in fact a Trojan. Things like this are happening everyday in our online world. I believe that we need to step up and fight for our network. Again, I do not know if it is a possibility to implement a virus with this parsing bug out there, but I most definitely do not want to find out. So I felt I needed to bring this to the attention of the Plurk community and see what all the Pleeps think of this. If you have any information on viruses or bugs on Plurk, or if you can tell us if this is a possible scenario, then please leave a comment below. Its high time that we take action Before someone takes it on us! I am thoughtwrong, and you’ve just been Pleeped!
Plurk Tips -n- Tricks teaches you how to do cool stuff on Plurk. In today’s video lesson we teach you the new way to link and reply to user names in the Plurk response interface. This new feature was added on August 3rd, 2008.
This Plurkshop was hosted on Saturday by yours truly, Charles Weber (thoughtwrong) of MyPleeps.com, on the topic, new implementation of custom CSS profile design . Remember that this is just a recap. For the full discussion, please visit the Plurkshop #10 thread.
This Plurkshop was based around a very controversial topic in the past week. The implementation of custom CSS design on your profile has had some astonishing comments that seemed to go through both good and bad views, and we thought that the time was upon us discuss this. Read more »
At approximately 4:20am cst on Friday June July, 18th 2008, throughout the Plurkiverse, time stood still, as Plurk went down for an one hour maintenance. Little did everyone know when the hour was up, Plurk would not be! We the Pleeps only received a message that downtime was imminent, and taking longer than expected, yet would be back soon. This was an understatement of what was to come. Plurk was actually down a grueling thirteen hours, and at approximately 2:05pm cst the lights came back on. After plurking and responding to a couple of posts, I realized everything would be dim in the world of Plurk for hours to come.
Well it sure has been an exciting night. As you all may know Alvin (UI Lead) from the A-Team attended the Plurkcast this afternoon and they talked about apps, stats, and whats upcoming for plurk (Read more on this story here). Following all of this excitement, new features started rolling out one after the other.Here is a rundown of what we recieved from Plurk today.
I view a plurkshop as a fun, conversational method of learning new things from fellow plurkers in those particular fields. Long gone are the days of reading a textbook for all the answers. Now we have plurkshops!
Hello everyone, Thoughtwrong here to bring you some exciting news. Mypleeps has decided in order to promote the “Greatest Thing On Earth”(Plurk) we are putting together some short video segments not only for your viewing pleasure, but also to introduce new and exciting Pleeps to Plurk. This post is a MUST Digg MUST stumble, MUST etc. post. Read more »
This Plurkshop was hosted on Saturday by yours truly, 
