this is hard... or rather, bitter sweet.
Monday, December 10, 2007
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Monday, December 3, 2007
The Blogs have been nice, Yay!
The title of this post has two very important meanings. First off, it deals with how blogs and social networking have been nice to the community - triggers for change (that has a weird but interesting sound to it... but sounds more like an NRA slogan), as well as the fact that posting for this blog, Blogs are Nice, Yay!, has been, well, nice.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
UGC - it's nice!
User Generated Content is the future. In technology today, and in the future, user generated content controls the web. User generated content can vary from YouTube videos about a cat to widgets created for your desktop on Leopard, OS X on a Mac.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
A New Topic... Blogs!
Well, I am happy to say I have broadened my horizons and decided to talk about something completely new... something completely revolutionary and exciting... something I think nobody has heard about ever before...
Posted by Sir William McDoogavich at 10:41 AM 1 comments
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Monday, October 29, 2007
Yes, I believe we've met...
In the days of old, when one wanted to get a job, they had various avenues to pursue. One of the easiest ways still exists, referrals. One of the scariest, however, was that of a "cold call". If you don't know what a "cold call" is, it is when you call a company without having any referral or connection to the company. The company, "company x," has no idea who you are but you have the "cohenes" to call up the company and inquire whatever it is that you want to inquire about; i.e. a job. Those days have faded, I feel, due to the rise of business networking sites such as LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a company which networks people in a similar manner as Facebook, but much more business oriented than "social casual." The article, ABC News: Will the Web Replace the Business Lunch? makes a good point that the internet is replacing the common practices of the past. The web has set new paradigms for the employment process. People have already had fufilling interactions before they ever meet, making it seem as they their first encounter is one prefaced with the statement, "Hey... yea, I believe we've met... we'll... [chuckle] I guess not really but..." etc etc etc.
Posted by Sir William McDoogavich at 1:23 AM 2 comments
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Monday, October 22, 2007
Anytime, anywhere.
Online collaboration is a beautiful thing. Thanks to the internet, we now have the ability to work with others at any time from anywhere, as long as there is an internet connection. There are various web apps that allow this to happen. One of the most famous is made by Google. If this was done a couple of years ago, I would have just said "Google Docs," but they have expanded their online collaboration tools to a multitude of software. Online collaboration spans from filling out a spreadsheet to making a slideshow presentation.
Posted by Sir William McDoogavich at 7:03 AM 1 comments
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Sunday, October 14, 2007
Don't forget to bring the Google if you're going on a blind date...
Well well well... it is about time this topic came up. With social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and user-generated-content sites like Blogger and YouTube, it has become increasingly easier to get your name out on the web. This can be a good thing and a bad thing, depending on what you post - obviously.
Again, all of this fun posting and content on the web could, however, pose a danger to yourself if you are looking to get a job or perhaps a nice girl (and then have her parents Google you after they hear that you are dating their nice innocent daughter).
Thank the lord for companies that clean up your internet trail. Or, an easier way, is to watch yourself and what you post. Websites like Facebook have internet search options that will limit the availability of your information to the public through search engines like Google or Ask (Ask is a really good search engine btw).
It is scary to think about how much of one's own life is on the web. Like my title, before you go on a blind date you can feel like you've been married to the person for years if they have a blog or a part of a social networking site - you can just read up on them to lengths that might disgust you... crazy
Cover your tracks.