http://www.alexlandis.com Silence is golden, duct tape is silver... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:11:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A couple days ago I had an interesting chat discussion through the chat widget on my site, with a fellow blogger friend named Phase. We discussed Phase’s new blogging site, The Phase Files, as well as many aspects of blogging such as networking, site design, writing under a pen ... http://www.alexlandis.com/2008/08/16/a-chat-about-how-to-blog/ This article was originally written by Alex for the Helium.com title: "The characteristics of a good teacher ". You can view the Helium version here. Questions: Have you ever had a great teacher? What did you like about him/her? Comment here! I'm writing this article as a thank ... http://www.alexlandis.com/2008/08/12/qualities-of-a-great-teacher/ When I created this web site a year ago, I had intended it to be a place where I could express myself by sharing my thoughts and ideas with the online world. I quickly realized however how difficult it was to maintain a blogging web site and to write ... http://www.alexlandis.com/2008/08/01/a-new-beginning/ This article was originally written by Alex for the Helium.com titles: "How to tell if you are exploited by your employer". You can view the Helium version here "What to do if you are exploited by your employer". You can view the Helium version here Most people who have jobs and ... http://www.alexlandis.com/2008/04/06/exploited-by-your-employer/ This article was originally written by Alex for the Helium.com title: "Communicating with negative people and the effect it has on your happiness". You can view the Helium version here. It's undeniably true that there will always be people in this world who see the glass as half empty. These ... http://www.alexlandis.com/2008/02/24/dealing-with-negative-people/           In an effort to provide more frequent and better quality articles on alexlandis.com, I have started writing topics for Helium.com. Helium is an article submission web site, in which writers can submit articles on a vast number of topics, and earn money for them because Helium shares it's advertising ... http://www.alexlandis.com/2008/02/23/helium-articles/ Hello there... Thinking about quitting your J.O.B. (just over broke)??? Of course you are! Don't worry, I won't tell on ya. You've been thinking about quitting for some time now, but before you do, I've listed the 5 best reasons for quitting that dream stealer. So if ... http://www.alexlandis.com/2008/01/27/5-best-reasons-to-quit-job/ http://www.alexlandis.com/2008/01/23/risk-vs-reward/ Heath Ledger died today at the age of 28. The Academy Award-nominated Australian actor led a very promising career starring in such films as Ten Things I Hate About You, The Patriot, Monster's Ball, A Knight's Tale, Brokeback Mountain, and finally as the role of the Joker in the ... http://www.alexlandis.com/2008/01/22/rip-heath-ledger/ "Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we ... http://www.alexlandis.com/2008/01/21/fightclub/