Monthly Archives: July 2009

Review: The Ugly Truth About Small Business

By Jacob Allred | Published: July 18, 2009
Just finished The Ugly Truth About Small Business by Ruth King. I was deeply disappointed by this book. To sum up the entire book: Running a small business is hard so become a motivational speaker instead.
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The Benefits of Profiling

By Jacob Allred | Published: July 17, 2009
I run the Fake Name Generator, a fairly popular website that generates fake names and addresses. The website offers free bulk orders of up to 40,000 names. For years I’ve been struggling to make this feature run quickly. The best I’ve been able to get it down to is about 40,000 records in 37 minutes. [...]
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Painting Pictures

By Jacob Allred | Published: July 6, 2009
A few months ago, I bought my lovely wife some paints and a few blank canvases to go with the easel I made her for Christmas. Well, things have been busy, and my wife hasn’t gotten a chance to use the paints yet. Well we finally got everything set up, and got her going on [...]
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Review: Negotiating Your Salary

By Jacob Allred | Published: July 4, 2009
I just finished Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1000 a Minute by Jack Chapman. Although a lot of the information was outdated (the book has a “What to say in Y2K!” promo on the front…), it was an amazing read. I loved it! Chock full of easy and useful tips, sample dialog, and easy [...]
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