Status Updates Galore
Are you familiar with Ping.fm? It’s a service that allows you to update all your social networks with one click of a mouse. I thought this was a brilliant idea when I signed up a year ago, but it’s becoming more evident each day that my “lifestream” is molded differently for every social network I [...]
How to move 2500 miles away without a job waiting for you.
30 days ago, I was driving from South Carolina to Los Angeles without a full time job. 20 days ago, I was on my first interview at a social networking company in Westwood. 10 days ago, I was on my third callback interview with a tech company in El Segundo. 5 days ago, I had [...]
Indie Flicks, Billion Dollar Mistakes and SNL
- Caught this little indie flick with Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega (the female lead in Spanglish). What a quirky little movie! Freeman plays an out of work character actor that’s dropped off in an predominantly Hispanic neighborhood to study a grocery store manager for a role in a movie. He latches onto Paz Vega, [...]
Simplify Media is Simply Divine
I sat in a coffee shop today and browsed the music on a friend’s laptop. I browsed by albums for a while but eventually found Ben Folds new album by an artist search. I queued up the music and sat there listening to the tracks while sipping my Splenda-filled jolt of caffeine. Of course all [...]
Friday blurbs
I loaded custom firmware on my PSP today, much to my own technical dismay. I tried using Gizmodo’s method, but it was complete crap. I delved into the web and found other means. The PSP is easily the most useless of my portable devices. Besides Skype, I really don’t use it for much else. I’m [...]
Twittering away
I discovered TweetDeck yesterday. The design is ridiculously productive, yet the web keyword feature can easily suck away hours of your life. I watched the iPhone feed and started firing off helpful replies incessantly. The outcome is another handful of Twitter followers. It’s a fantastic tool to find Twitter users with similar interests. It’s not [...]
A lazy Saturday
I took Chris Brogan’s advice today and beefed up my LinkedIn page a bit. I added a bit of a summary and linked out to the RSS feed on this blog. I also wrote a recommendation for a fellow writer. I’ve really started to notice an increase in networking lately and I’m attributing it to [...]