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A Skeptic’s Guide to Biofreeze

aaronhelton — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:13:16 +0000

If you’re of a skeptical mindset (that is, ready to question just about any claim you come across), then you are aware that the Internet is full of woo. Most of the time it’s easy to spot, but sometimes it is cleverly disguised. And quite often, even normal, [...]

What I’m Reading

aaronhelton — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:02 +0000

I normally just paste individual links on Facebook, and I will probably continue to do that to some degree, but it’s not exactly a public way of sharing what I am reading, unless you happen to be one of my Facebook friends. So instead of doing that, I am going to try the same [...]

UN NCRE Interview

aaronhelton — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:35:34 +0000

On October 16, 2009, I sat for the United Nations National Competitive Recruiting Exam (UN NCRE) P2 Interview in New York City, USA. Since I am in Washington, DC, now, it was a 2 hour, 45 minute train ride up the east coast. I had to get up pretty early to get there with enough [...]

The Triumph of Plan B

aaronhelton — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:16:41 +0000

When I moved to the Washington, DC, area a few months ago, I had a grand master plan on how I was going to get around: I would ride a bicycle as much as possible. This was a good plan, though for reasons that will probably become obvious soon, not well executed. I had a [...]

What Have You Done?

aaronhelton — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:23:28 +0000

Today is Blog Action Day, an annual event in which bloggers all write on the same topic. This year’s topic is Global Climate Change. I know there were a number of approaches I could take with something like this, but instead of warning of the impending doom of our planet (a fate I am not wholly [...]

2010 PMF Program Opens Today

aaronhelton — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:24:14 +0000

The 2010 Presidential Management Fellows program is accepting applications starting today, October 1, 2009. Applications will be accepted through midnight, October 15, 2009. The job announcement is on USAJOBS. For more information about the program and how to apply, check out my blog post, or go to the PMF web site. If you do apply, why not [...]

On Universal Ethics

aaronhelton — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:22:40 +0000

I just finished Coyote Horizon by Allen Steele. It is the fourth book directly in the Coyote series of space colonization novels (so it’s sci-fi). While in the rest of the series the author engages in the occasional philosophical musings, they are nonetheless quite a bit lighter in tone, despite the drama and tragedy that [...]

Leveraging Web 2.0 and Social Networking for Talent Acquisition

aaronhelton — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:26:09 +0000

Many companies are just beginning to explore ways to leverage Web 2.0 and social networking technologies for a host of goals. Among these are the typical ones: brand management, driving product awareness, marketing, etc. These are all good uses of these technologies, insofar as some of the largest companies have already adopted them and somewhat [...]

On Web Filtering by Employers

aaronhelton — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:30:51 +0000

If you’re like many employers, especially the federal, state, and local government kind, you may have in place technological measures, including web filtering (content and destination based) and port blocking (to keep certain kinds of programs from operating correctly) to curb casual internet use by employees on the job. And just like every one of [...]

2010 Presidential Management Fellowship Program

aaronhelton — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:48:36 +0000

Are you a graduate student in your last year of school? Are you wondering how to capitalize on that expensive graduate degree, or even how you are going to pay off the loans? Does the economy have you looking over your shoulder wondering when the next round of layoffs will be? Why not work for [...]