links for 2008-08-31

• David Seah – PowerPoint Resume Layout Tips
  (tags: powerpoint resume)
• Cool Tool: Remington Shortcut
  (tags: trimmer haircut diy shopping tools)
• How Hard Could It Be?: How I Learned to Love Middle Managers — Fog Creek Software — Small Business Advice
  And frankly, people here seem to be happier with a little bit of middle management. Not middle management that's going to overrule the decisions they make on their own. Not symbolic middle management that only makes people feel important. But middle management that creates useful channels of communication. If my job is getting obstacles out of the way so my employees can get their work done, these managers exist so that, when an employee has a local problem, there's someone there, in the office next door, whom they can talk to.
  A final thought: You have to be careful when it comes to embracing the latest business idea. A single anecdote filtered through the eyes of a journalist about a new cool philosophy for running a company has to be considered in the light of other evidence, such as the way thousands of other companies are set up and operate.
  The lesson is, Don't believe everything you read in a business magazine. Not even this one.
  (tags: work startup process spolsky success business management)
• Kamla Bhatt Blog » Entrepreneur Interviews Ideas India Start-ups Technology » Startup Entrpreneur: It’s OK To Be Wrong, It’s A Sin To STAY Wrong
  We can’t blame the media for misleading us – aren’t we mature enough to question what someone else is telling us to do with our money? Most of us will take umbrage if some stranger on TV came and told us to only buy pink cars, and wear yellow clothes. Yet, we seem to be perfectly okay with letting strangers tell us where to invest our money, without questioning it?There’s a disconcerting incongruence in there somewhere.
  (tags: moneyoga deepakshenoy interview startups entrepreneurship investing)
• Entrepreneur.com – Blog Network – Brian Tracy
  One of the biggest mistakes people make when they begin networking is scattering their time and energy indiscriminately, and spending their time with people who can be of no help at all. Even if they attend organization meetings, they often end up associating with people who are neither particularly ambitious nor well-connected.
  (tags: networking entrepreneurship advice career)