While the rest of the world is experiencing job cuts and hiring freezes, it seems that there’s always an opportunity at Wal*Mart, regardless of your experience: Image credit: austins_irish_pirate
Pay It Forward Wave – Let’s Get Our Friends Back to Work!
Yup, the economic news for the new year isn’t what any of us had hoped. U.S. unemployment held at just under 10%, but only because 661,000 workers have “removed themselves from the workforce”, a euphemism meaning they’ve given up looking for a job because they believe none are available. The picture’s not particularly brighter...
Music Videos with Lyrics…But There’s a Catch
OK, I admit it, I’m signed up with PayPerPost. I would never blog about a topic just to get a few bucks, but if I find the topic interesting enough to post about, I have no problem with a company tossing me a few bucks for the extra attention. If you haven’t read the...
Even Mashable Doesn’t Digg
I know there’s a lot of hype, mystery and legend around getting on the front page of Digg. Personally, I joined Digg back in 2005, used it somewhat, and then kind of abandoned it. I stop by occasionally, Digg something as a favor to a friend every once in a while, etc. I have...
This Makes Absolutely No Sense
This has been bugging me ever since I first saw this. I figured maybe blogging about it would be cathartic. Watch: First off, let me say that I think this is an awesome program and I don’t mean to disparage it or the recipients of its services in any way. That said…listen again to...
Nice to Know We’ve Still Got Whuffie
It’s year-end, and that means it’s time for the annual flood of top 10 lists. Imagine my surprise (and delight) when I saw that The Virtual Handshake had made honorable mention (just outside the top 10 – looks like about #16 if he listed them in order) on Chris Tomkins’ Best Social Media Books...
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