Early-on, Chattarati occasionally received invitations to help with outside projects. We were briefly involved with a business venture and discussions about starting up a new magazine in Chattanooga. Part of this idea, was to have a monthly publication and fill in the gaps with a website. As we started going down this path, I wanted [...]
Advertising Age – Wal-Mart Tries to Be MySpace. Seriously – “It’s a quasi-social-networking site for teens designed to allow them to “express their individuality,” yet it screens all content, tells parents their kids have joined and forbids users to e-mail one another. Oh, and it calls users “hubsters” — a twist on hipsters that proves [...]
Exclusive leak: Editor says Lycos will shutter Webmonkey – Valleywag -
“now, i’m an employee of wired news, which means that i work on conde nast properties (wired news) as of this week. webmonkey, being a lycos property, is off of my desk now. i’ve asked around about the details, and i just got word that [...]
As some of you might have guessed from the lack of posts, I’ve been extremely busy. The new job is going well, great actually. A bad day working on websites is better than a bad day or a good day at the old place. Lots of projects going on, the clock is ticking on one [...]
Students unveil “Trinity,” a 200 mpg SUV at NewFangledGreen
If students can make a plug-in hybrid out of an SUV that already exists, why can’t GM, Ford, and others? Plug-in hybrids make so much sense, I can’t understand why the big auto makers aren’t making them!
I’ve been wondering something similar for a while. If we have [...]
My employer is currently looking for a web savvy writer. Someone who can take what is in current marketing specs and trim it down for an online audience. While this will be part of the job, it will also entail writing for other marketing projects…so it’s not a 100% web position.
This isn’t in my [...]
…as given to me by a recruiter
Spit out your gum.
lose the water bottle. (or ask if you can leave it with a recruiter)
don’t sit till asked to do so.
turn off your cell phone/pda/blackberry/pager…you get the point.
please have examples of past work (or give a url)
please have a copy of your resume
dress nice. funeral clothes….
**due diligence [...]
{Up With Grups – The Ascendant Breed of Grown-Ups Who Are Redefining Adulthood — New York Magazine} – “And it’s been a long time coming. It showed up in the early eighties as “the Peter Pan Syndrome,” then mutated to the yuppie, which, let’s face it, has had a pretty good run. Later, it took [...]
{Fort Oglethorpe hospital suffers third straight year of multimillion-dollar losses} – “The Fort Oglethorpe hospital’s loss in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 occurred despite implementing recommendations from the Cambio Health Solutions consulting firm after losses of $3.3 million in 2004 and $3.4 million in 2003. “We had significant losses for the year, but without [...]
{USATODAY.com – Flickr of idea on a gaming project led to photo website} – “Fake scrapped the game. She and her programmer husband, Stewart Butterfield, transformed the project into Flickr. In less than two years, the photo-sharing site — now owned by Internet giant Yahoo — has turned into one of the Web’s fastest-growing properties.”
I [...]