An iPad to Bring Them All Together
May 20, 2010 – 9:34 pm | No Comment

The world has been buzzing since the release of Apple’s latest creation, the iPad. I scoffed and pitied them all for fueling Apple’s marketing machine. That is, until I started to take a closer look …

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Teaching the new media ways
January 11, 2010 – 9:44 pm | No Comment
Teaching the new media ways

When does education stifle or retard technical and usage innovation? I am not sure, but it is something that I have been thinking more about over the past several months. The United States has been …

Getting why I don’t get it
December 1, 2009 – 8:31 pm | No Comment
Getting why I don’t get it

Have you ever woken up one morning and thought you might be losing your edge? Then you begin to question your knowledge and experience in determining useful aspects of modern society. I get this way …

Employers to Job Seekers: We Snoop, Deal With It
August 21, 2009 – 10:29 am | One Comment
Employers to Job Seekers: We Snoop, Deal With It

Reality is reality and there is no way around it.  Since the social-networking boom, research into the online lives of potential candidates happens with ever increasing frequency.  The trend of researching candidates’ social-networking profiles will become standard practice for nearly every …

Testing CellSpin – A Mobile Blogging Platform
May 17, 2009 – 5:59 pm | No Comment
Testing CellSpin – A Mobile Blogging Platform

Update:  When I got back to a computer and checked the post, I found that it looked fine. The application worked just as it stated. But I just had to fix some of the typos, …

Social-networking can be rewarding and it can get you a pink slip
October 22, 2008 – 6:04 am | 6 Comments
Social-networking can be rewarding and it can get you a pink slip

Having MySpace or other social-networking sites that present anything less than a stellar picture of oneself can hurt one’s chances at advancement or even ongoing employment. This goes for full-time employed people and freelancers/consultants.
Last month, I …

Could social-networking sites hurt or help you get your next job?
September 24, 2008 – 5:41 am | 6 Comments
Could social-networking sites hurt or help you get your next job?

Managers are starting to review social-networking sites and blogs