How not to: Give a good interview
Posted On Friday, June 20, 2008 at at 7:11 PM by IshanEveryone is in search of good job today. And job begins from interview. Many people will tell you how to face an interview, so how is this blog different? Yes, guessed right, this blog will tell how not to give interview. Here we go....
Be Nervous
Being nervous is the first step towards a bad interview. A bit of nervousness is OK but a lot of it can make you live without that job. If you are nervous, just take a long deep breath before entering the room. And why are you nervous, people there are normal humans like you. Or they have horns? Have they? If they have, all right, be nervous.
Leave confidence at home
Be anything less than confident and you are sure to go home without that job. Confidence in yourself is the way to success. But remember, if less confidence is fatal, overconfidence is even more fatal.
Confuse them
There are two ways to get attention of a person, either convince him or confuse him. If you do not know the answer, just say "Sir, I am sorry but I do not know it." Never show expressions like if it is in your mind and will come anytime to mouth. This way, if you confuse the person, he will give you the most difficult question out of his bucket.
Do not be true
Do not tell lies unless and untill you are expert at telling lies. Telling a lot of lies can get you trapped in your own trap. And anyway, if you are selected, your lies will someday get exposed.
These are basic techniques to give an interview. Try these and get success. Best of luck for interview!
How not to: Be a good strategy gamer
Posted On Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at at 10:07 AM by IshanStrategy games have a big fan following. Are you too a gamer? What do you think about strategy games? If you have never played a strategy game before, now is a good time to start. If you already play such games, these tips will polish your skills.
Never Defend.
Some people take "Sometimes, offence is best defense" as "Offence is best defence" and keep on attacking. This way, they get their economy down and if by chance, enemy survives their attack, they are gone. Enemy will obviously be searching them and these "attackers" will have barebones defense and will easily fall. So, always remember to have a good line of defense. At least have some good units as backup even if you attack. This will help you to survive counter-attacks. In games like Age of Empires where you can build defensive structure like walls and towers, consider spending a bit of your resources on these structures. It is always wise to place towers inside walls. They will be able to do some damage to foot units till they cross the walls.
Be dependent on one unit type......
And die.
Depending on a single unit type is suicidal. Always have a good combination of ranged and melee units. Send your melee units first to engage enemy in combat and attack with ranged units from some distance. This will win you battles easily.
Never use healers.
Players who are not using healers to support their army should not expect to win big battles. When you outnumber the enemy, it is always easy to win but when two equal armies collide, healers can make large difference. Keep healers right behind the front line. Be aware of ranged units from enemy as they can easily kill healers.
Diplomacy! What?
In games like Age of Empires and Civilisation, diplomacy can be an easy way to win. Focus more on diplomacy than war. Get your economy strong. With stronger economy, you can easily raise a big army within seconds in case of attack. Keep diplomatic relations with other players good. An ocasional gift will help.
Plan B?
Strategy games are never won by a single strategy. They are won by a series of successful plans. Once you start your plan successfully, never get excited in middle of game. Work on your strategy. And always have a plan B ready. It will always be helpful in case of counter-attacks or natural disasters. It is always a good idea to have more than one base. These bases should be well defended and at a suitable distance.
What? You have never played a strategy game. Start now and have satisfaction of becoming world leader/king/emperor/whatever. A god game to start is Wesnoth. It is free turn based strategy game. Here, by free, I do not mean demo or trial! It is full game. To download, click Here. Do not worry if your system is a bit old. This game will run fine even on P3 700 MHz with 64 MB RAM. I have tested it on such configuration. It runs without any problems. That`s all for this time.
How not to: Earn more from adsense.
Posted On Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at at 6:50 AM by IshanThis post is a bit specific. But these days, everyone has a blog. So, they can use it as a reference to start advertising. After all, some money from blog won’t hurt you. Here we go.......
When placing ads, keep your brain aside.
When you are placing your ads, it is advisable to forget intelligence. Place ads in dark corner of your site. Bottom is a good place to start. Take a look at google heat map too to decide.
Use pop-ups.
The most effective tip from me (appearing 4th time on this blog! ). This one is must see depending on what you intend to do. Use pop-ups for some increased revenue. Remember, if a visitor sees too much of them, chances of him coming back are very very less.
Use only text ads.
Us only text ads if you are not interested in earning more from adsense. Ads that are of same types should be avoided. Remember to put some picture ads on site. And if a text ad is not working at a cold pace and you do not want to change its location, convert it to image only ad. Image ads are CPM and you will earn every 1000 visits no matter where ads are.
Referrals, What are they?
Remember, if you do not wish to earn more, do not put referrals on site. If you want to earn more, first analyse your traffic for a week or two with a free service like Analytics and then choose some high paying ad. There are some ads that pay $20 for a single sign-up.
So, next time, remember these tips and place ads. I have tried these and now, I am getting a good CTR on my blogs.
Bye.
How not to: Get good grades.
Posted On Monday, June 16, 2008 at at 6:48 AM by IshanThis one is more useful to students but it will not do any harm if others read it. So, all good students, read and mend your ways.
Attentiveness? That hurts!
Being attentive serves only one purpose, that is learning. Be attentive and you will learn more. If learning is all you want to do, why are you here? Go, read your books. To be attentive in class, lean a bit forward. I know many people suggest to keep back straight but just try leaning forward and see how you see increase in concentration.
Studying Regularly? Huh!
Regular study is meant only for.......... yeas, you guessed correct, bookworms. Those who get good grades are either good cramers or regular. Cramming is OK but regular study may hurt you and your efforts to get bad grades.
Respect? Forget it!
Respecting teachers is a strict no. Never even think about respecting your teachers. Respecting teachers will not have any direct effect but indirectly, it will increase your grade. By giving respect, you either impress a teacher or try to learn. Both ways are hazardous. So, steer clear.
Timetable? What’s that?
Timetable manage....... well, your time. They make you regular and as said before, regularity is biggest obstacle in the way to bad grade. The thought of preparing a timetable should not even cross your mind, let alone execution.
That’s it this time. Do leave comments. After all, comments encourage poor blogger(me
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Important: If you want to get good grades, follow opposites of these tips. Never follow them as they are. They are just presented negatively so that you can find out most common mistakes people do.
