What is innovation? How does it happen? Why are accidents so important in resarch and discovery? These questions won't be answered here, but here are some stories that help stress their import.
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Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications list - Trends in the Living Networks
So what are Aussies doing on the net, together? Here is a list the top Web 2.0 sites that some find interesting. While the list is published by an Austrian, the interconnection of web use in AU is not that different from that in the US.
Why should you care? Good question. It could that you suffer from ADD or you simply follow trends in usage of the net and how it could be utilized to benefit your life, your existng business, a potential new venture, or all of the above. Does it resonate?
Official launch of the Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications list - Trends in the Living Networks
Why should you care? Good question. It could that you suffer from ADD or you simply follow trends in usage of the net and how it could be utilized to benefit your life, your existng business, a potential new venture, or all of the above. Does it resonate?
Official launch of the Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications list - Trends in the Living Networks
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Status: Looking for Work on Facebook - New York Times
SOCIAL NETWORKING and THE JOB HUNT?
Do social networking sites factor into one's strategies for the most effecient way to find your next gig? They certainly should. If potential employers are looking at these sites, shouldn't you also factor into these sites. Finding future co-workers. Finding ex employees of a target firm or industry is certainly possible. You would do this normally using your phone and through your friends. Why not start the process by doing it online. I recently heard a Stamford U podcast on social entrepeneurship and film making site that the networking done online actually saved a persons life.
This documentary filmmakers Michaelene C. Risley was detained by the police while filming in Zimbabwe. The police apparently let her go with the order to report back the next day for further questioning which according to her is standard practice there as they are in short supply for food for prisoners. Well after communicating with a friend familiar with things on the ground. Her friend went online and Twitter'ed or Facebooked her friends for her. An American consulate/embassy person then inserted themselves on behalf of the Ms. Risley who was subsequently released that very same day (with her footage that was not to positive on the Robert Mugabe govt). So Facebooking does help, but can it help on the job? You decide after reading the following....
"In a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers published in March, employers indicated that whereas in the past they used social-networking sites “to check profiles of potential hires,” said Marilyn Mackes, the group’s executive director, today “more than half will use the sites to network with potential candidates.”"
Status: Looking for Work on Facebook - New York Times:
Do social networking sites factor into one's strategies for the most effecient way to find your next gig? They certainly should. If potential employers are looking at these sites, shouldn't you also factor into these sites. Finding future co-workers. Finding ex employees of a target firm or industry is certainly possible. You would do this normally using your phone and through your friends. Why not start the process by doing it online. I recently heard a Stamford U podcast on social entrepeneurship and film making site that the networking done online actually saved a persons life.
This documentary filmmakers Michaelene C. Risley was detained by the police while filming in Zimbabwe. The police apparently let her go with the order to report back the next day for further questioning which according to her is standard practice there as they are in short supply for food for prisoners. Well after communicating with a friend familiar with things on the ground. Her friend went online and Twitter'ed or Facebooked her friends for her. An American consulate/embassy person then inserted themselves on behalf of the Ms. Risley who was subsequently released that very same day (with her footage that was not to positive on the Robert Mugabe govt). So Facebooking does help, but can it help on the job? You decide after reading the following....
"In a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers published in March, employers indicated that whereas in the past they used social-networking sites “to check profiles of potential hires,” said Marilyn Mackes, the group’s executive director, today “more than half will use the sites to network with potential candidates.”"
Status: Looking for Work on Facebook - New York Times:
When Web Time Is Playtime - New York Times
HOW FIRMS ARE AIMING FOR YOUR KIDS ON LINE:
Playing a video game against a computer is one thing. But online services are increasingly being targeted at kids. Showing that interacting with actual humans can be much more interesting, especially when the person behind that other avatar might be your own child.
When Web Time Is Playtime - New York Times
Playing a video game against a computer is one thing. But online services are increasingly being targeted at kids. Showing that interacting with actual humans can be much more interesting, especially when the person behind that other avatar might be your own child.
When Web Time Is Playtime - New York Times
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