http://www.adamkiu.com but what do i know? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:24:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We lost in the semi-finals of our company Ping-Pong tournament. I'll tell you why it was a heart-breaker: we're a solid team. But we lost because of a bad 3rd game breakdown. Somehow, when it came down to the wire - it must have been the pressure, the nerves, ... http://www.adamkiu.com/2009/11/a-winning-mentality/ I was browsing my Facebook feed prior to sleeping tonight and found a link to this: Personal Branding 101 - You Inc View more documents from Powered by Search Inc.. I'll remove the mystery: It's a powerpoint presentation about personal branding.  "From who am I, to Here's who I AM."  As much as this ... http://www.adamkiu.com/2009/11/what-is-your-brand/ About 3 months to be exact, from when I first started working.  And hey, I'm still alive!  Doing... okay... still trying to do better.  I don't really have any crazy updates.  I mean, a *lot* has happened since I've last written.  And I mean an incredible amount.  I could talk about ... http://www.adamkiu.com/2009/11/its-been-a-while/ Half of the team is on vacation in August.  Scratch that - I mean half the town.  Thinking about Boston, my morning commute is uncharacteristic of rush hour traffic.  People wear slacks to shorts to work; the sun is slow, and most of all, it's empty. Once I get into work, ... http://www.adamkiu.com/2009/08/august-reflection/ So I was typing in my search query in the IE8 browser window and it found me the exact match I was looking for. To the right, text that said Shift+Enter appeared. In other words, if that's the match I am indeed looking for, a shift+enter will go directly to ... http://www.adamkiu.com/2009/08/nifty-ie8-trick/ At work, I have a desktop and a laptop computer. I prefer to use the desktop computer at work so I don't have to crouch over and ruin my back all day. However, I also like doing work at home so I need the laptop. So it's incredibly useful ... http://www.adamkiu.com/2009/08/how-to-sync-onenote-notebooks-from-laptop-to-desktop/ Saw this on our internal front page as news headlines: Win7 could be the best OS yet.  I haven't fully read it through yet but there's a line that says going from Windows XP to Win7 will be like "ditching your old Toyota Camry for a sexy, new Nissan GT-R." Well ... http://www.adamkiu.com/2009/08/win7-getting-rave-reviews/   If you ever want to be in business in some point in your career, then this book is a must read.  I already knew it would be good, having it recommended to me by my GPM, but I didn't know how good it would be.  From the moment I picked ... http://www.adamkiu.com/2009/08/death-by-meeting-patrick-lencioni/ Starts now. It's so crazy to wake up in the morning and think about where I am today.  Freshly graduated out of school and already employed.  Especially employed in the States, where the recession is affecting many many people.  Though I am certain I lucked out, that's not what this post ... http://www.adamkiu.com/2009/08/the-start-of-something-new/ My second week working full time has finished so I should probably reflect.  Some of the things I noticed: Working as a full-time employee is a completely different experience from working as a co-op. First of all, the full-timers don't ignore you anymore.  People actually stop to try to get to know ... http://www.adamkiu.com/2009/08/week-2-complete/