Tweet In Review

Here's a round up of the latest information that I've been reading and posting about on Twitter.

But first I want to take a moment to acknowledge the passing of John Linton yesterday. He was a mentor for my Dad in Chicago when he began working at The Hay Group. My Dad was feeling down today because John had been inviting him to visit for a Cubs game. My Dad kept pushing it out to a future date. I think he's feeling the loss. He mentioned that John was like the big brother he wished he'd had growing up. I met John when I was about 8 years old, so of course I don't remember, but I see the impact that this man had on my Dad and I know he must have been a special person. To his wife and son and other family, I send me best wishes and please know that John will be missed and that he had a big impact on my Dad's life and hence on mine.

• A bio on John Linton written in 2002. http://tinyurl.com/cmj9ul
• "Justify salaries with facts and data" http://tinyurl.com/coffla
• Thanks @apture for the link to the NY Times article on the decline of voicemail, great article... http://tinyurl.com/c8sn4m
• WorldatWork Western Region Event Calendar http://tinyurl.com/dhvm4a
• Turnover data by industry (data from CompData Surveys) on CompForce blog... http://tinyurl.com/c2bqex
• Employment Law and HR Forum in Las Vega hosted by Council On Education in Management http://tinyurl.com/dx5qj2
• "Get up to speed on the HR blogosphere" http://tinyurl.com/cy3tf2
• Four key leadership practices for leading in tough times http://tinyurl.com/d4woox
• "Tough times require tough bosses" http://tinyurl.com/cb55cp
• "CEO Pay and the Lake Wobegon Effect" http://tinyurl.com/d2jlwf
• A good article from Ann Bares on why folks in HR shouldn't be collecting their own salary survey data... http://tinyurl.com/au9xej
• Be mindful on what you say and how you say it on social networks... http://tinyurl.com/ao87cl
• Course for learning how best to "develop salary ranges" effectively https://www.regonline.com/7... (via @addthis)

I'm http://twitter.com/nextcomp on Twitter if you want to follow me.

This is a month's worth of posting since I was incognito getting ready for the User Group meeting in March.

The Tweet In Review

I've been on Twitter a lot more lately. I've met some new people, including a singer from one of my favorite bands. It's weird to carry on a conversation with someone that you feel is famous! One of the other uses for Twitter is to send out a link to an interesting article, blog post, or photo. So I thought at the end of the week I would gather up those tweets and post them to the blog.

Great app design guide available (specifically for .NET but good general discussion) http://tinyurl.com/72ybed 3:26 PM Jan 10th from TweetDeck

At The Water's Edge: http://tinyurl.com/79vup2 12:35 AM Jan 13th from twitterrific

Interesting article relating psychology and organizational design http://tinyurl.com/7ormq6 9:44 PM Jan 14th from TweetDeck

Employee engagement zingers by David Zinger http://tinyurl.com/74jbq5 9:45 PM Jan 14th from TweetDeck

Foggy start to the day http://tinyurl.com/7qajcu but a spectacular ending to it http://tinyurl.com/9dqsk8 11:19 PM Jan 14th from TweetDeck

Check out this great photographer: http://www.michaelcogliantr... 10:57 AM yesterday from TweetDeck

Slowing economy hits Google http://tinyurl.com/9dn7qq 11:16 AM yesterday from TweetDeck

Giving Evernote http://www.evernote.com/ a spin on Max OS X and iPhone 3:41 PM yesterday from TweetDeck

Interesting blog post about performance review programs, or the lack of... http://tinyurl.com/7pde58 about 3 hours ago from TweetDeck