Extracting 3G Profit Lessons from Japan

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Yahoo Japan profit nearly double

Yahoo Japan profit nearly double 07/21/2004 09:07 AM
Source: Yahoo! News - Yahoo Japan, Japan's top Internet portal, says its first-quarter net profit rose 83 percent but it forecast flat growth in the current quarter due to higher costs....

Yahoo Japan says 2003/04 net profit
jumps 105 pct

Yahoo Japan says 2003/04 net profit
jumps 105 pct 04/21/2004 02:02 AM
Forbes Apr 21 2004 6:26AM GMT

Japan phone giant NTT June quarter net
profit 1.7 billion dollars (AFP)

Japan phone giant NTT June quarter net
profit 1.7 billion dollars (AFP) 08/05/2004 10:24 AM
AFP - Japanese telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) said that it posted fiscal first quarter to June net profit of 185.8 billion yen (1.7 billion dollars), with a sizeable contribution from its mobile phone unit.

JAPAN: Yahoo Japan's full-year profit
doubles on strong ad sales

JAPAN: Yahoo Japan's full-year profit
doubles on strong ad sales 04/22/2004 05:18 AM
Asia Media Apr 22 2004 9:19AM GMT

Extracting Video from Cat Brains

Extracting Video from Cat Brains 06/22/2005 01:58 AM
`The matrix has its roots in primitive arcade games,' said the voice-over, `in early graphics programs and military experimentation with cranial jacks.' William Gibson, Neuromancer - 1984 It was still very much a 300 baud universe when I jacked into Gibson's future for the first time. In 1984 there were very few systems I could connect to with the surplus CAE acoustic modem I had access to, and almost all of them were a forbidden long distance telephone call away. My borrowed deck suffered from sensory deprivation and just like a person, it hallucinated. It hallucinated games.

Extracting the length from MP3 files
with Python

Extracting the length from MP3 files
with Python 12/03/2003 09:45 PM

Ned Batchelder recently wrote about the difficulties involved in extracting the length from an MP3 file. We're going to need to solve this problem soon at work; luckily, it seems that the answer may lie in the Python bindings for mpgedit, an audio file editing library available for both Windows and Linux.

After installing the Windows package and experimenting for a while, I managed to extract the time from one of my test files using the following:

>>> import mpgedit
>>> play = mpgedit.Play('example.mp3')
>>> play.total_time()
(213, 129)
>>> secs, msecs = play.total_time()
>>> mins = secs / 60
>>> secs = secs - mins * 60
>>> print "%d:%02d minutes" % (mins, secs)
3:33 minutes

However, for other files total_time() is returning (-1, -1). I'm sure there's a solution to this but I haven't stumbled across it yet.

Unzip a Windows self-extracting .exe zip
file

Unzip a Windows self-extracting .exe zip
file 12/28/2004 10:47 AM
Sometimes you encounter a file on the Net which is compressed as a self-extracting zip-file for Windows only. Its file extension is ".exe". But you HAVE to have its contents, and you just can't open that .exe file! For instan...

Extracting EXIF data with Python

Extracting EXIF data with Python 11/13/2003 06:27 PM

I've been rewriting the photo gallery management system for KUSports.com in Python. One of the new features is that the system can automagically extract caption and photographer information from the photos, provided the information has previously been added to the jpeg file as EXIF data. I tried several methods of doing this but eventually settled on EXIF.py< /a> because it worked straight away using a simple process_file() function and doesn't require any additional software. Recommended.

Extracting Value from the European
Corporate Bond Market

Extracting Value from the European
Corporate Bond Market 02/19/2004 07:30 PM
marcus evans Feb 19 2004 11:14PM GMT

Newly Found Dinosaur Tissue Raises Hope
of Extracting DNA

Newly Found Dinosaur Tissue Raises Hope
of Extracting DNA 03/24/2005 04:52 PM
A 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex, scientists reported today, has apparently yielded soft tissues, including blood vessels and possibly cells.

Japan Hot Stocks-Vodafone Holdings,
Nippon Shinpan, Yahoo Japan

Japan Hot Stocks-Vodafone Holdings,
Nippon Shinpan, Yahoo Japan 02/17/2004 11:53 PM
Forbes Feb 18 2004 4:22AM GMT

Japan Hot Stocks-Bridgestone, Yahoo
Japan, Nissho Iwai-Nichimen

Japan Hot Stocks-Bridgestone, Yahoo
Japan, Nissho Iwai-Nichimen 05/11/2004 10:16 PM
Forbes May 12 2004 2:25AM GMT

Japan Hot Stocks-Yahoo Japan, Nissho
Iwai-Nichimen, Casio

Japan Hot Stocks-Yahoo Japan, Nissho
Iwai-Nichimen, Casio 05/11/2004 10:16 PM
Forbes May 12 2004 2:25AM GMT

Japan Hot Stocks-Nippon Shinpan, Yahoo
Japan, Alps, NTT DoCoMo

Japan Hot Stocks-Nippon Shinpan, Yahoo
Japan, Alps, NTT DoCoMo 02/17/2004 09:19 PM
Forbes Feb 18 2004 1:52AM GMT

Japan Hot Stocks-Yahoo Japan, Mitsubishi
Motors, Toshiba, UFJ

Japan Hot Stocks-Yahoo Japan, Mitsubishi
Motors, Toshiba, UFJ 04/25/2004 10:03 PM
Forbes Apr 26 2004 2:40AM GMT

Japan Hot Stocks-Yahoo Japan, Alps, NTT
DoCoMo

Japan Hot Stocks-Yahoo Japan, Alps, NTT
DoCoMo 02/17/2004 09:06 PM
Forbes Feb 18 2004 1:23AM GMT

Philips returns to profit in first
quarter, sees full-year profit (AFP)

Philips returns to profit in first
quarter, sees full-year profit (AFP) 04/13/2004 11:29 AM
AFP - Philips, Europe's largest electronics company, said it had returned to profit in the first quarter, driven mainly by strong demand for computer chips and liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, and forecast a positive 2004.

Toshiba's operating profit surges, net
profit falls on heavier tax

Toshiba's operating profit surges, net
profit falls on heavier tax 01/29/2004 09:58 AM
AFP via Yahoo! Jan 29 2004 12:05PM GMT

Not-for-profit versus for-profit economy

Not-for-profit versus for-profit economy 01/07/2004 04:28 PM

Today's Boston Globe carries two contrasting front-page stories.  "As economy gains, outsourcing surges" talks about how American workers at for-profit companies must compete with 84 million Filipinos, many of whom are well-educated, speak good English, and are delighted to work for $300/month.  Things are looking more cheerful for U.S. workers in the not-for-profit sector.  A front-page story on Boston University's search for a new president revealed that the school decided to pay Dan Goldin $1.8 million in exchange for... not working at all.  Considering that Mr. Goldin had yet to start his job, that's a pretty good hourly rate.  You could hire a staff of 45 Filipino engineers for ten years with that $1.8 mil!

[Update:  the Globe runs a three-article series on "the white collar job migration".  Article 2 is "US workers see hard times" and includes a quote from a venture capitalist: "Right when you think about Employee 11, you should think about India.  My view is you should not start a company from scratch in the United States ever again.''  Article 3 is "US business students find opportunity is global" and talks about how MBAs are adapting.  A more interesting article appears in the same issue, November 4, "As work shifts, internship in India the new rite of passage" and starts with "An increasing number of US students are going to India to intern at top information technology services firms or to participate in tours that allow them to network with the country's corporate elite."  The American interns, most of whom are MBAs or MBA students, get paid about $350/month (compared to their old internships of $7000/month in the U.S.).]

HP profit rises on server, PC sales;
Nextel's sales up; Wal-Mart profit up;
CEO bullish for 2004

HP profit rises on server, PC sales;
Nextel's sales up; Wal-Mart profit up;
CEO bullish for 2004 02/19/2004 07:33 PM
Forbes Feb 19 2004 11:18PM GMT

bbc lessons

bbc lessons 02/10/2004 02:53 AM
So the lesson of BBC is that if you're misleading about whether the government misled you into war, management must resign. What about the simpler case -- you're just misleading about going to war? Meanwhile, BBC employees organize to fight the ch ill of government sponsored scolding. And some non-BBC Brits, shocked at the scolding, organi ze to ask the simpler case -- in Britain.

Lessons From the Value Trust

Lessons From the Value Trust 08/16/2004 12:07 PM
Legg Mason's Mary Chris Gay shares the secrets to her investing success.

I Need Reading Lessons

I Need Reading Lessons 05/13/2004 06:32 PM
I need reading lessons or something. I know that when people read on the web, they often skim. But I seem to forget that I'm one of those people too. Someone pointed me at this story a little while ago and I read skimmed it (twice) as "Yahoo Mail will be providing 100MB of 'virtually unlimited' storage" which is, obviously, a dumb thing to say. We all know that Gmail offers 10 times that, right? So I pointed this out...

The lessons of Sasser

The lessons of Sasser 05/12/2004 06:50 AM
CenterBeam CEO Kevin Francis says this security intrusion highlights fundamental weaknesses in the practice of software patch management.

Lessons From Management

Lessons From Management 09/02/2004 05:59 PM
Looking at Hollinger International tells you all you need to know about companies that should never make it into your portfolio.

The lessons of experience

The lessons of experience 03/17/2005 03:42 AM
ZDNet Mar 17 2005 5:28AM GMT

Lessons From Laziness

Lessons From Laziness 05/07/2004 01:23 PM
Indolence, properly channeled, can be both inspirational and lucrative.

More Lessons for the Job Seeker

More Lessons for the Job Seeker 04/09/2004 03:54 PM

This post is a follow up to my original Some lessons for the Job Seeker post from August of 2003.

I've been interviewing to fill a vacant position in my sales organization over the past few months. The position has been advertised for about two months now. I've received about 100 resumes and have personally screened every single one of them. Something I've found frustrating and interesting at the same time is that 95% of the resumes I've received tell me about people that don't have all of the requirements for the job opening as posted in the advertisement.

You know what that tells me? Lots of people aren't qualified for the jobs that are being created out there. Lots. That, or the people I really want aren't a) hearing/reading about the job opening I have or b) aren't interested in the position. Or, very possibly (probably most likely) I'm asking for too qualified an applicant than I'll get from an advertisement. I probably really need a personal reference to get the 'perfect applicant'. Either way, the result is the same for the job seekers who have been sending me their resumes. 95% of them are all equal in my eyes. They aren't fully qualified, but some of them have better qualifications (on their resume) than others.

So, I've been doing a lot of phone interviews. I've probably called 50% of the applicants to the position.

I'm also doing a lot of in-person interviews, because I need to see and talk to the people that are interviewing for the outside sales position I have open. I need to talk to them so I can fully explain the job, the company and the oppotunity I have for them. I generally spend and hour and a half with the promising interviewees and less than 30 minutes with the ones I can tell aren't going to make the final cut. I've learned a few things and hope me passing them on here will help someone:

When interviewing for a sales position specifically, and for just about any position, keep these ideas in mind.:

1. Bring a copy of your resume to the interview. Bring 2 or 3 if you can, just to be safe.

Print out your resume on the nice pretty paper you want to use (though honestly if the paper is white and good quality, I'll like the paper better than if it's beige or pink or has ruffles), all formatted in the format you'd like it to be seen in, and bring it to the interview for me.

All but 2 of the resumes I've received from applicants have come in through some-sort of online application. Either emailed directly to me, or forwarded through a job-board. None of the resumes coming through an electronic application system are presented well. They're readable, yes, but they look like crap, and span two or three pages when printed from Outlook. Sometimes the characters in the resumes weren't ASCII text, so the pretty bullets the person used in Microsoft Word got translated to question marks when copied and pasted into a form online and then emailed to me, the person responsible for hiring. So, those applicants that bring me a nice pretty resume and give it to me at the beginning of the interview always get a leg up on the other applicants for at least 5 minutes. It shows me that they care about the impression they make on me. That's important in sales (and in most other jobs).

2. Dress Sharply.

I've said this before, but wear a damned suit if you a guy or nice business attire if your a woman. I don't care what the job is, it almost never hurts to over-dress for a situation, but almost always hurts to under-dress. I personally wear a suit to the office every day, and if I'm wearing one when I shake an applicants hand, and they're not even wearing a tie, it immediately makes them feel badly. I've had two applicants tell me "I honestly wish I'd have dressed up more for this interview" while in the interview with me. I don't make an issue of the situation or their dress in the interview, but in my head, when they've said that my first thought was "Well, then why the fuck didn't you dress better?"

Dress up for that hour folks, it can't hurt.

3. Ask plenty of questions, or at least ask really damn good ones.

People that aren't good at interviewing will talk a lot. I've caught myself talking waaay too much in interviews. I've let the interviewee take control of the interview, and that helps elevate the interviewee in my mind. Take your cues from the person interviewing you (if they don't like a lot of questions, don't ask too many, but ask good ones. Here's the scenario I'm in as a hiring manager: I've interviewed 25 good applicants in person. I can honestly only remember two of the interviews right this second without my notes.

Those two applicants too control of the interview (as much as they could) and asked a lot of really good questions. I remember them for two reasons: a) I am looking hire someone with good in-person sales skills and b) I feel like I need to know more about those two people so I can decide which one I want to hire. The other 23 applicants I've interviewed in person don't stand out enough in my minds for some reason, and I have to believe it's because they didn't ask enough questions to know if they wanted (or could do) the job I need done or they didn't ask the right ones.

"Needs analysis" is a big part of consultative selling (which is what I like to see in my employees that are in sales) and those two applicants did it well.

4. Be enthusiastic

I've interviewed two people in person that sounded great on the phone, but turned in to duds in person. I understand being nervous. I've been there (all of us have). I can empathize with people that might not be at the top of their game during the interview (we've all had bad sales calls). Waht I can't accept is pure apathy. I can't accept or enjoy someone that doesn't seem interested in the job during the interview and then ask for the job at the end of the interview.

In sales (which is what every interview is) you have to know when to 'ask the customer to buy'. In an interview that step is the "I really want this job" statement from the applicant. It's the pistachio in the ice-cream. If you act like melted ice-cream during a 30-45 minute interview and then all of the sudden throw a pistachio at me, I'll probably just spit it out, because the ice-cream was mushy. Act like you're interested even if you're not. I'm the one with the job to offer and you're the one looking. Act like you're interested in it and you might get the offer. If you don't act interested, you won't.

5. Be prepared for a second interview. Don't reschedule it after it's scheduled.

I want to hire the right person the first time I fill a position. So, I'm going to have a second interview with the truly qualified applicants. I'm going to have someone else interview them for me... maybe role-play a sales call... maybe just come in and say hi. It's going to happen. If you want the job, don't re-schedule the second interview. That's the one where you'll get the job offer (it might not happen until the third or fourth interview).

If you reschedule the second interview, where I've got two other people lined up to talk to you, you're hurting your chances. Not with me, but with those two other people that might be talking to you. They'll probably remember that you bailed on the first one (for them) and their time is probably very valuable to them. Don't give them a reason to doubt that you know that, especially for a sales job. They'll think that's how you'll treat clients.

6. Don't try to change the job before you have it.

If the job doesn't sound like something you want to do, ask more questions to be sure that your impressions are correct. If the job truly sounds like a wrong fit, say so. If you want to do something other than what's being described and detailed for you, say so in the interview. That position may be open somewhere else, but don't try to change the position that's being discuss into something else in the interview. If you're looking for a career path (let's say the job opening is for an entry-level position and you're seeking something that requires more experience, or that you need more pay, say so, but also be prepared for an answer like: I'm sorry, that's not what we're hiring for right now, and then make up your mind about the job that's offered to you, if it's ever offered). Don't change the job in to what you want it to be, take the job for what it is, or don't take it.

7. Be ready to pass a thorough background check.

I won't go in to too much detail here, but, more and more companies are running complete background checks: drug tests, driving record checks, credit history checks, resume detail verification, and reference checking are all things that you might have to go through after you're offered a job and before you can start working. Some companies will allow one or two discretionary 'problems' to go through the HR department with an "ok to hire" stamp, but some times they can't. If the job requires driving, have a clean driving record. If it requires handling cash, have a good credit history. If you don't, give it your best shot, but, if you can, keep your background clean.

Lessons from a Winner

Lessons from a Winner 01/06/2005 05:07 PM
Chico's is da man. Learn from the clothier's success.

Lessons of Life

Lessons of Life 04/10/2005 04:56 PM
Learned an important lesson yesterday, after a movie evening with friends:

You can't strut, if you need to really, really, really pee.

Lessons Unlearned

Lessons Unlearned 02/01/2005 09:06 PM
Shark Tank: A new e-mail system is coming to the regional office where this IT pilot fish works. Fortunately, there's a "lessons learned" document that's been developed during upgrades at other sites. ...

The Lessons of WebTV

The Lessons of WebTV 08/06/2004 09:23 AM
In the late 1990s, I was the editor of a magazine for owners of WebTV, the Internet TV service from Microsoft. The experience was the equivalent of teaching an English class in the jungles of Belize. The WebTV audience, which largely consisted of senior citizens and/or first-time Internet users, often complained that they couldn’t reach sites mentioned in the magazine. When I asked why, I discovered that some were sending the web address in an e-mail, expecting the site to return in their in-box; others believed that the site would magically appear on their TV screen if they just hit the right button on the remote. And, as God is my witness, when I told one person to use her browser, she thought I meant her shirt.

Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned 04/26/2004 06:53 PM
To wrap up my week of upgrading my mother's iMac, I thought I'd mention a few things I'll keep in mind when I next set up a Macintosh for a less-than-computer-savvy user. By Christopher Breen, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

Lessons from Vietnam

Lessons from Vietnam 05/14/2004 06:16 PM

7 Lessons From the Racetrack

7 Lessons From the Racetrack 06/23/2004 02:10 PM
A trip to the racetrack can make good business analysts become better investors.

Lessons to be Learned

Lessons to be Learned 09/10/2002 03:41 AM

HTML Lessons

HTML Lessons 12/03/2002 11:46 AM

I taught my girlfriend some basic HTML tonight, <a> tags, etc. I was so proud of her, she got it right away! I know HTML isn't hard, but she's never had to deal with it before. Check out her MT blog that shes just now starting at stephaniehaywood.com.

CPU cooling lessons

CPU cooling lessons 06/22/2005 02:16 AM

The Lessons of Classroom 506

The Lessons of Classroom 506 09/12/2004 12:54 PM
What happens when a boy with cerebral palsy goes to kindergarten like all the other kids.
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