I’ll admit, I’m not the biggest fan of the telephone. I don’t like to talk on the phone all that much. In fact my cell phone plan is for 450 minutes and I generally accumulate rollover minutes. At the same time, I love my iPhone for the numerous other communication options (twitter, facebook, IM, SMS, […]
Insights & Explorations
Cereal Marketing
I sat down to breakfast this morning and poured myself a nice healthy bowl of Apple Jacks, which for those of your unfamiliar is a cereal that really doesn’t taste much like Apples. I looked at the box and apparently the newest version of Apple Jacks is “Apple Jacks Gliders.” Let me explain what’s going on here. […]
The Information Orgy
I woke up this morning, got dressed, stopped in my home office before breakfast. I opened my netbook and clicked on my pretty Google reader icon. Fluid opens up a nice window and automatically logs me in. I look through my various RSS feeds, gathered from all over the web one-by-one. As of this morning […]
We get it…there’s no such thing as a Social Media Expert or Guru.
I just got done reading a blog on PC World and I have to say that I am getting really tired of the negativity surrounding people trying to make a living in social media. This blog posting isn’t just directed at the PC World article, but at the pessimism and negativity about social media in […]
Using RSS to Job Hunt
So a little while back, when this recession became apparent to me and everyone else in the US, I was charged with the task of figuring out how to utilize ‘new’ technology to make the job-search process a little less painful. What I am going to blog about today is a workflow that I came […]
Advanced Google Search # 2
Looking for a .pdf? Maybe you’re looking for a excel file (.xls). Wanna know how to find them on Google? Well sure, I’d be glad to. Search for specific file types by searching: filetype:{file extension} {space} {search term} So if you wanted a Microsoft Word file on plumbing you’d type: filetype:doc plumbing Combine this with […]
The First Post: Advanced Google Search
If you are looking for something on a particular site but just can’t seem to find it using their search engine, try using Google’s. With Google’s search, you can search the content of a specific website using the term: site:website URL If you wanted to find anything regarding Brian Dawkins on the Philadelphia Eagles website […]