Possibility and Probability » Google http://ironboundsoftware.com/blog Droplets of Yes and No Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:53:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Matching resumes to jobs http://ironboundsoftware.com/blog/2009/10/03/matching-resumes-to-jobs/ http://ironboundsoftware.com/blog/2009/10/03/matching-resumes-to-jobs/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:50:48 +0000 Nick http://www.ironboundsoftware.com/blog/?p=309 Have you ever looked at a job posting and tried to figure out if you are a good match for that job?

I’ve written a Google App Engine application to try and help people figure that out. Paste in a copy of your resume and a copy of the job description, and it will try and figure out how well of a match you would be for that job.

Check it out: http://app.ironboundsoftware.com

I’m really impressed with the Google App Engine environment (go Python!) and had fun writing this. Hopefully this will help people out in their job hunt. Times are tough, and hopefully this little application will help someone get into the perfect job for them.

Try it out and let me know what you think!

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  • Get the itch to finish a stale project
  • Carve out some time to work on stale project
  • Upgrade your software stack to make sure you are current*
  • Spend hours figuring out something simple isn’t working
  • Curse, debug, repeat
  • Curse more when you realize that step 3 was where the train went off the rails

    • Yes, I made the mistake to upgrading the Google App Engine Launcher only to discover that for some reason it doesn’t play nice with the Django Helper project (or apparently the latest version of Django).

    *sigh*

    I know, I can go and continue development without those tools, but I was really looking forward to playing with the AppEngine (using a Django project).

    Some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue.

    ]]>     http://ironboundsoftware.com/blog/2009/02/16/how-to-kill-momentum-instantly/feed/ 0     Google Docs, Reader, and Code Search http://ironboundsoftware.com/blog/2006/10/11/google-docs-reader-and-code-search/ http://ironboundsoftware.com/blog/2006/10/11/google-docs-reader-and-code-search/#comments Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:49:34 +0000 Nick Loadholtes http://www.ironboundsoftware.com/blog/?p=244 Everyone is talking about the Google office apps that were announced today. And while they are cool, I’m really kinda surprised that the new redesign of the Google Reader has gotten so little press.

    I’ve been using the reader for a while now, and this new update to it is really great. My feeds were getting hard to manage (some feeds were updating often, others only once in a while) and the new format allows for fast and easy viewing, without letting good things slip by.

    Its still a beta product which shows sometimes when it reports new items that aren’t there, but overall its pretty good. Google has a pretty good track record with these beta products, so if you are interested in an RSS news reader, head on over and check it out.

    And speaking of press, Google’s Code Search sure did make waves this week, and that really puzzles me. The site is a great resource for finding code, but most programmers I know usually are looking for an explanation about how something works in addition to a code sample. In fact, I was surprised Google launched this seeing how other sites like Koders seem to be doing a good job of covering this niche.

    But at least some folks out there have been having some fun with the search: Which women do nerds prefer?

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