Sunday, September 23, 2007

I read the article about body language. Most of it I knew. However, it did remind me not to fidget at an interview. However, the article says that fidgeting is a sign of nervousness. I disagree, sometimes fidgeting helps me concentrating. However, an interviewee must make sure not to distract or annoy the interviewer.
There was also a comment about eye contact. It said to look at the eyes mouth and shoulders. I can agree with the eyes and mouth, but I hate it when people don't look at my face when they are talking to me. I have a friend that always looks at your ear or shoulder when she talks to you and it is very annoying. I would mostly look at their eyes. glance at there hands and at the environment every once in awhile but mostly at their eyes. One does have to make sure they don't freak out the interviewer.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Ten years? I have no clue.

Ten years is a long time to plan in advance. I do not know where I will be next year, so trying to write about where I will be in ten years is very hard. I would like to be a missionary to a foreign country, so here goes a bit of abstract thinking. In ten years I will be in either rural China or the bush of Africa. I will have planted several churches and be fluent in the local language. I will finally have a wife with a son of 2 years and a girl on the way. We will be working to educate local children on efficient farming techniques. There will be one other family a day's journey away. They have a baby girl. We meet every weekend to have fellowship and practice English. We switch towns each week. The food is always great and worth the hour of walking. It is a little hard with babies and one on the way. We have been here for 10 months and last month we finished our new church building. The church outgrew our house after 6 months and we had to meet outside for a few months. Thankfully this was during the dry season and we met at night. Currently we meet on Tuesdays and Thursday nights after dinner. We are praying that we can train a pastor from the local church and leave by the time our daughter is walking. The plan is then for us to move to a new village approximately 50 miles away and start the process anew. However, in order to do that we must travel home to America and raise more money. it doesn't make much sense, plane tickets cost as much money as we use in an entire year. But, the churches supporting us want us to speak to their congregation and come to benefit dinners. It is good to return home to visit our parents and old friends from school; plus the doctors and bankers. We are praying hard for our safety when we do return from America. The tribe has been known to be hostile towards white people. Because of this, my friend and I will go to the village first and hope to be received. We may die, but all for the glory of God.

This is just speculative, but I think it would be really fun. Of course I could be working at a church here in America.

Saturday, September 8, 2007

We are not a machine, are we?

One thing that caught my attention when watching the video was when "we" were called a "machine." The video said we will "teach the Machine." What makes us, humanity, a machine? Do we not think for ourselves? Has the web made us organisms focused on consuming and digesting information without thinking about what it is?
The web has reached a new level, 2.0. Anyone is easily capable of adding information, videos, text, and pictures. People are slowly learning that they must guard themselves from those on the web that want to steal personal information. People can easily contact with each other with a few clicks and a bit of typing. Ideas are easily shared. News travels more quickly than ever.
People entering the workforce probably know how to use the web very well. It is a rarity in our world that someone would not. These people must make sure that they have self-control on the web. There are many ways to get in trouble in the workplace using the web: pornography, online gaming and other unethical or time wasting activities. People already in the workplace must make sure that they continue learn and adapt to the ever changing web. The can use the new web in powerful ways to gain a competitive advantage.
I hope we don't become mindless information collectors and that we always think about what we are using the web for.