What's Up with those WWWACky people?

For me, sometimes the WWWAC list is a great indicator of what's going on in the
industry.  And a recent re-viewing of it revealed a lot!  People all over the US
are on this New York City originated and based mailing list for those-in-the-
trenches technology talents.  Here were among the more popular threads this
week:

Baby names? Yes, baby names.  The U.S. government has its own historical
database of popular names: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/.  But the Baby
Name Wizard is the coolest app I've seen for this type of project:
http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html.  Then, if you're just trying
to come up with character names for your next Great American Novel, you can find
one using Nameomatic:
http://www.nameomatic.com/nameomatic.php

Google's ranking secrets are out!  Discover the hidden secrets yourself at:
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-
Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-
bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20050071741&OS=20050071741&RS=200500717
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Steve Jobs provided a speech at Stanford's Commencement exercises.  Some found
it inspirational, some felt like if they didn't take a Calligraphy course they
were screwed and some used it as a spring board to discuss career paths and
"jobs" versus "gigs."

Next up in the hot-lineup is how employers can do background searches and even
what you write in your blog can get you fired.  No kidding?!

And finally, a subject close to my heart ñ discussion on where we are in 2005
versus 2000 and earlier in terms of jobs, salaries and whatnot.  Contribute your
thoughts too at: www.SiliconAlleyReunion.com -- just sign up and post away!