PMBOK 4th edition for PMP exam

Hi,

PMI has released 4th edition of PMBOK guide for PMP aspirants on Dec'08. So 3rd edition is of no use now. After 30th Jun'09, any one wanna be PMP has to prepare him/herself according to 4th edition of the guide. I have tried long time to get a hold of the book. As I am not a PMI member and PMI member or PMPs are rare in my surroundings, it's very tough to get it. Either you have to buy it or become PMI memebr.

Even I contacted with some wanna be PMP aspirants, they somehow avoided whether they possess the latest edition of the book. After, a long search at last I get hold of it!!!! yeah, I got (I mean, I managed) soft copy of the PMBOK 4th edition from the Internet. Have a look at some random pages from the book (if you don't believe) --

Sounds good?? So if you are interested to get a hold or possess one copy of the book, you may contact with me. Put your email address in the comment with expression of interest. Remember, nothing in the world is actually free...believe this before showing your interest!!!!!

***Update on Success Story*****

Are you confused that it won't work?? In that case, see the mail exchange between me & some one who got it from me..If needed i can provide you more evidence..Hope it will be sufficient

More success story..appreciation from another lucky chap...

Cheat Sheet: Google Wave command

Google Wave Command Cheat Sheet Search Cheat Sheet

This is a quick guide to the operators and restricts supported by wave search.
Keywords
about:[keyword] — finds waves which have [keyword] occurring anywhere. Same as [keyword].
title:[keyword] — finds waves which have [keyword] in the title.
caption:[keyword] — finds waves which have an attachment where [keyword] occurs in the caption.
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Status
is:read — finds all read waves.
is:unread — finds all unread waves.
Note: you cannot currently do a search like “-is:read” by itself and get reliable results due to an outstanding restriction on megastore queries
is:mute — finds all muted waves.
is:unmute — finds all waves not muted
is:active — currently the same as is:unread.
is:note — finds all waves which have you as the only participant and contributor
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Participants
from:[address] — finds waves from the participant identified by the address. Special case of from:me identifying waves from yourself.
by:[address] — same as from:[address].
to:[address] — find waves which are a dialogue between you and the participant identified by the address.
with:[address] — find waves that have the participant identified by the given address explicitly listed.
owner:[address] — find waves by person, that they created.
only:[address] — finds waves to which only the participant specified by the given address contributed.
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Date Search
Currently, there are a few restricts:
past:[date term] — finds all waves in the last period.
previous:[date term] — finds all waves in the period before the last period.
before:[date term] — finds all waves before a certain period.
after:[date term] — finds all waves after a certain period.
which can be combined with date terms:
day
week
month
year
So you can have past:week, past:year. There is also support for
past:N[date term] where N > 0. So you can have past:3days (today, yesterday, the day before yesterday).
Also you can have
past:Ndays
past:Nweeks
past:Nmonths
past:Nyears
Finally, you can abbreviate days, weeks, months and years to a single letter (d, w, m, y). Thus you can write
past:3d
past:2w
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Folders
in:[folder name] — find waves in the folder with the given name. For example, in:inbox.
in:[search name] — find waves in the saved search with the given name.
is:unfiled — find waves which have not been moved to a user folder.
is:filed — find waves which belong to some user folder.
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Attachments
has:attachment — finds waves with an attachment. This changed from “is:image”.
has:document — finds waves with an attachment which is a document. (coming soon)
has:image — finds waves with an attachments which is an image. (coming soon)
caption:[keyword] — finds waves with an attachment with caption containing [keyword].
filename:[keyword] — finds waves with an attachment with filename containing [keyword]. (coming soon)
mimetype:[keyword] — finds waves with an attachment with mimetype containing [keyword]. (coming soon)
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Tags
tag:[tag name] — finds waves with the tag [tag name].
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Gadgets
has:gadget — finds waves which contain a gadget.
gadget:[keyword] — finds waves which contain a gadget with name containing keywords. e.g. chess, fridge, map, risk, sokoban.
gadgeturl:[keyword] — finds waves which contain a gadget with urls containing keyword.
gadgettitle:[keyword] — finds waves which contain a gadget with a title containing keywords.
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Expressions
foo & bar — match waves with foo and bar.
You can use AND, or skip the operator altogether, as the logical and is the default.
foo | bar — match waves with foo or bar (or both).
foo OR bar — match waves with foo or bar (or both).
-foo — match waves that do not contain foo. (There is an outstanding bug that causes searches with only negative terms to fail. To get around it, use to:me -foo)
“foo … bar” — matches waves that contain the exact phrase “foo … bar” (There is an outstanding bug for live search not working with phrases)
foo & (bar | -baz) — matches waves that contain foo and either bar or do not contain baz.
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Phrases
“[multiple terms]” — match waves with one or more terms in sequence:
“hot dog” catches waves with the terms hot and dog in sequence. This is also required for other operators such as in:”new inbox” where say “new inbox” is a saved search.
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XML Search
tags:subtag — find all waves which have this combination.
tag:[tag] — find all waves which have this .
attribute:[value keyword] — finds all waves which have < …. attribute=value …> where keyword is a token in value.
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Wave ID
id:”” — find a wave with a specific wave id.
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Zero Inbox
If you want to zero inbox, you can hack this temporarily by saving a search “my inbox” with the query:
in:inbox is:unread this:week. You can then use the menu option “Mark as read” in the wave panel.
Alternative zero inbox: in:inbox is:unread past:7days -is:mail
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Saved Searches
A search can be saved using one of two methods:
Create a search in the search box and then press the Save search button at the bottom of the Digest panel.
Add a search using the searches Add button on the Navigation panel. Then add the search query and name of the search in the Saved Search popup panel.
Saved searches can be edited and managed using the pop-up menu which shows when hovering over the saved search in the searches section of the Navigation panel.
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Filters
Filters are saved searches which also have an action to apply to all waves which match the saved search. The actions supported are
skip inbox – removes the wave from inbox. Whilst this wave continues to match the search, it will continue to stay out of the inbox. Skip inbox will shortly be renamed archive.
mark as read – Whilst the wave continues to match the search, it will be marked as read.
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Folders
You can add a folder by using the Add button on the folders section of the Navigation panel. A folder is added by typing the folder name in the text box given and hitting enter.
Folders can be managed using the pop-up menu that shows when hovering over the folder on the Navigation panel.
Add folder – A subfolder can be added under the current folder.
Rename – rename the current folder.
Delete – delete the current folder.

Related Links

1. Google wave 101
2. Google wave: Complete Guide
3. Google wave invitation giveaway program
4. Google wave Extensions list
   

Google wave invite giveaway -- 2nd phase

Hi,

I have already completed the first phase of wave invite give away program. See the testimonials
at the end of previous article. So, the concept works. Please go through rest of the article keeping in view that "Nothing in the world is actually free".

I gave away 2 invites previously. I have managed 4/5 more nominations in the mean time. Of those, 3 invite has already been arrived!!!! So again at least 3 of you lucky guys will get from me. prior to that, you have to complete some steps. Don't feel boring, once you are selected, you will get the invitations instantaneously, as I will hand over 3 of my Gmail accounts to you!!!! seems great??

Another thing, those who were left out from 1st phase, you need not have to complete the initial steps, just comment on this article again showing your interest. But if you follow the steps here that will be a plus point for you.

1. Tweet/Retweet the sentence 4/5 times (Just copy & paste it to Twitter)-

Few Google wave invites are still available here http://bit.ly/2lbK64. It works also http://bit.ly/hp7Bw. Increase your chance now!!

followed the step?? Next comment on this article showing your interest and mail address. I will mail you next instructions. Remember, do not comment on this article before completing the initial steps (for new comers). if you do, I will delete those comments.

I will update here on this article daily. the whole program may continue 4/5 days for completion. Couple of more steps will be required in the mean time. So keep patience..stay tuned..and most important, keep an eye on the regular updates!!! and not to mention, please follow the steps.

*******Update on 2009-11-10 ************

As nobody has commented yet, I am thinking people are not much interested OR believe it will not work like many other sites. If you are reading this post and you are believer of later reason, just take a look at the testimonial mentioned at the beginning of the post. If you go there, you will find the mail address of winners. You may mail him/her..however, if nobody requires wave invites, I have nothing to loose..Ha ha!!!

************Update on 2009-11-11*******

So far 1 people have commented. I will congratulate him now and will give a wave invite to him. He does not need to complete last steps. So if you are a disbeliever, it should be enough for you!!!!

*********** Update on 2009-11-13 **********

Hi, this phase is almost over. As mentioned, first commenter is selected. so next steps will be applicable for later commenter. I will wait for 12 hours more. After that , I will select the guys for wave invite....

******** Update on 2009-11-14 ********

Yeah, 2nd phase is closed. But the fact is that, among 3 commenters, 2 commenters have managed wave invite from somewhere else. And 3 rd commenter didn't mention his mail address.. So this phase is completed without giving any wave invite. Of course, i'll launch a 3rd phase soon, if you are interested just comment on this post and mention your mail address also. It's because, i can mail you instructions for this...

Google Wave invites for distribution

**Update: For Google wave invite give away program (2nd phase ) visit here http://bit.ly/2lbK64 .

Hi,

You will be pleased to know that I have been nominated by 3 of my friends. But things were not the same for the last 2 weeks. If you see my past 4-5 articles, it will be clear. Even I announced a Google voice invitation for a wave invitation..but all were in vain. However, Within 1 week, the invitations will be arrived to 3 of my gmail accounts. So, In total I have 24 invitations to distribute. This is not an end, I am trying to grab more invitations from some other friends. May be at last, I will distribute my own account. I am seeing the whole distributing process as a means of profiting myself. So if you support my thinking, you may follow the instructions below. Among the contenders, I will distribute my invitations...Please remember that invitations are limited but contenders may be more...so don't feel that you are cheated in case you fail to get nominations.

Please follow the steps mentioned here. If you don't follow this I will not nominate you...

1. Browse at least 5 links of this blog. You can browse on main blog page or browse to an article page and go to links there.
2. Browse the Google wave complete features article in docstoc. Browse on at least 5 links on the article page.
3. Browse the Google wave 101 article on Bukisa. Just Browse at least 5 articles of the author, no need to click on links there...
   

Already done the above 3 steps, ok.. Now please add comment to this article showing your interest and mail address...You are one of short listed for wave nominations from my part. If I find anyone has commented without completing the above steps, I will simply delete the comment...

Couple of more steps will be required for completing nomination..I will add those shortly once my invitations are available...

********updated on 2009-10-19*******************

To my surprise, just after 1 day of being nominated by one of my friend, I have got an invitation from Google wave. See the Screenshot of log in screen...

Unfortunately, some are not following rules, please see my comments below.

Also, please pray that I get the chance to invite 8 more people from this invitation....I have heard that some people can't invite others.

*************Updates on 2009-10-20 *************

I have 1 good news and 1 bad news today. Which news you like to hear first? Yeah,, Good news is that I received 3 invitations on 3 of my Gmail accounts and nominated by another friend for wave invitation on 4th Gmail account. So here actually 2 good news!!!

Now, the bad news is that There is no provision to send invite to more people from all these 3 invitation. See the below pic. The red circled text is the problem. Also I logged into wave portal..no provision to send invite to other people...

But don't worry, If needed, I will handover my other 2 gmail accounts to 2 contenders (those have commented here). I apologize for my shortcomings here..I have no way to do more...Another good thing is that, 2 of you will get the invites instantly as i will handover my gmail accounts to you..So once you are selected, no more wait for Google to send you invite

***************** update on 2009-10-21 *****************

Yes, I appreciate your patience. It's coming to an end. Those who have commented here will soon receive a mail to your mailbox / spam folder. Check your mailbox carefully. Rest of the instructions are there. So this time, 2 lucky chaps from all of you get invitations from me.

Some more wave invites will be reached to me soon. That's another part. I'll let you know accordingly. I am very very sorry as I told about 24 invitations previously, but unfortunately I have 2 invitations to give away right now . pardon me for any inconvenience!!!


****************Update on 2009-10-22 *************

And I have calculated the result based on the criteria specified in the mail. 2 of all those who commented (except last 3 people who commented much late) have been selected. Some people didn't obey the steps such as, some people have requested to rule them out of contest, someone didn't reply to me, someone tweeted less than 4 times, some people replied very late etc. So they are temporarily out of final selection. So the winners are

• tarang.com( a t ) gmail (dt) com
• iamweer@gmail.com

Kudos the winners from my part. Within hours I will handover my 2 gmail accounts to them. I will append winner's comment here later.

see tarang's testimonial here----

See Weer's testimonial here --

Those who were left out in final selection, don't worry I'll include them in 2nd phase of this program. I will get at least 2 more invites within 4/5 days. So 2nd phase will start then.. I'll let you know when it starts...Stay tuned. Also you may follow my blog for further updates.

Google Wave 101

Many of you have already got Google Wave invitation. So you are on the way of your wave journey!! Now you may not aware of all the features of it.

So for your convenience, here is a link of such article. Enjoy your wave journey and maximize
it's usage, build your social and business reputation with it

Google wave 101

Already in Google wave?? This is for you. Explore the ins and outs of Google Wave.. Hurry up!!!

Google voice Invitation exchange Google wave invitation

Hi,

I have got a google voice invitation . But I live outside US. SO this is jut no use to me. If you want it, I can spare it for you. In case you, don't believe, see the invitation mail from google ---

Again, I am ready to get a google wave invitation to exchange the voice invitation I have. So if you have got a google wave invitation, you can just exchange it with mine. waiting for your proposal...

Google wave: A complete Guide

100,000 invites for Google Wave, a new online collaboration/communication tool, are being distributed September 30, 2009..Google wave is already created a hype circling it's revolutionary existence. Check the following article for details...

Google wave, complete features

Enjoy the article, get google wave invitation, use it and show your feelings for it....