If you haven’t heard about Google’s SideWiki – you’re not alone. While it’s gotten a lot of ink type from SM bloggers and some traction on Twitter, lots of people still don’t know what it is, what it does, and what its implications are for your website and your brand. Basically, Google SideWiki is a…
If you have some time on your hands, take a look at this slideshare presentation from Netflix. It lays out some pretty interesting approaches to hiring, retaining, and attracting kick-ass employees as well as some unorthodox (but effective, and cool) policies regarding vacation, salaries, dress, etc. It’s long, but worth your time, I promise. Culture…
I’ve been having a couple of interesting (albeit quick) discussions with some friends recently who are very passionate about their positions at their day jobs and use their own personal Twitter and Facebook accounts as channels to release agenda items, press releases, and other ‘work related’ pieces of content, almost even more so than info…
As you probably can tell, I’m a huge fan of TED talks. Last night I watched this presentation on the science of motivation and wanted to share. I think the points here are especially true for people in creative roles, and if I could make a generalization, very true especially for those who are under…
There’s been a small taxi driver who has been getting a lot of press today on everything from the Huffington Post, to NPR about his novel business idea. Since June, Recession Ride Taxi has been picking up riders and letting them pay what they want. No strings attached. They also have a small cooler in…
I really enjoyed this post from Travis about his job search. It sucks that he’s having a hard time finding work, but his story of applying for work at Best Buy got me thinking. from Travis’ post – “You see, it’s become common for national chains like this one to submit applicants to a long…
In Utica, NY we have one daily paper that’s actually printed – The Observer Dispatch. When I was checking it this morning I noticed that they have launched an ‘online e-edition.’ I’m a curious creature – so I checked it out. This is a paid premium service ($10 / mo. or $1 extra per year…
I was listening to This American Life online over the weekend. Normally I try to catch it live but hit up the podcast this time. Before the show plays, you get a nice message from Ira Glass telling you that the podcast is very popular and eats a lot of bandwidth – and bandwidth is…