This is going to be a short blast. Should I have used Twitter instead - ha ha!
I'm off on a vacation for a little restin' and relaxin' before starting up again. I'm not sure how much time I'll have to blog, given all of the activities lined up with the kids (hang at the beach, horseback riding, etc.). When I get back, though, I'll clue you in a bit more on my next adventure in employment (do I need to change my blog title?)....
Cool site of the day: "Moment to shoot Somali pirates had come" (really, anything to do with this topic is cool)
"Even as details about the daring rescue were still emerging, U.S. national security officials were trying to assess whether it might lead to an escalation in violent tactics along the Somali coast, and were warning that a surge in pirate activity would be difficult to bring under control."
My response - Let's just see how violent these pirates get if, when they try to escalate violent tactics, they start getting picked off one by one with head-shots from our NAVY SEALs!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Unemployment - I hardly even knew ya
It's been a while since my last post....and for good reason. At least I think so. Here's what's been up for the past week.
Last Thursday I reached out to a colleague at WF. I needed a reference and thought she would be a great person to provide one for me. While I was IMing her, she asked in I was interested in returning to the Wholesale side of WF. I told her that I would be, if it was the right position, working for the right person. Well, it turns out that she needs people in her group. Now, this person is in the top 5 of the people I respect at WF-Whsle - she's smart, dynamic, polished, and really motivated. Plus, she brings an air of fun and openness to the workplace. We agreed to meet for coffee the next day (and I 'never' go into the city on Friday).
Friday's coffee was a great chance to reconnect and catch-up. Oh yeah, we also spent most of the time taking about the help she needs in her group. Turns out that there's a need to help integrate the Wachovia online portal into the WF online portal (the CEO). One thing led to another and we concluded the 1st round interview and moved right into the 2nd round interview (you know, talking about things that are taboo to cover in the 1st interview - stuff like start date, salary/rate, etc.). One other thing, I also chatted with her Wachovia counterpart at 8am that morning. He seems like a good guy - smart, to the point, engaging, and....he went to Penn State (home of Joe Pa - my 2nd favorite college football team, behind USC).
So, long story made short - I start working on 4/24. My time being unemployed will be a total of 7 wks or so.
Do I feel like I've been unemployed?
The severance from C2P has helped me to not take a hit in the wallet - thank you C2P (esp. Brian and Matt)!
Honestly, I've been so busy with trying to find a job that it's felt like I've been working these past weeks. Although, it is nice to be able to walk to pick-up my daughter from school each day. The early afternoon mountain bike rides are nice, too.
What's my new job going to be?
I'm going to save this for a future post. So keep checking back for new posts.
Cool site of the day: San Francisco Business Times (I've re-found this site the past week or so - it's good, not a lot a bull)
Last Thursday I reached out to a colleague at WF. I needed a reference and thought she would be a great person to provide one for me. While I was IMing her, she asked in I was interested in returning to the Wholesale side of WF. I told her that I would be, if it was the right position, working for the right person. Well, it turns out that she needs people in her group. Now, this person is in the top 5 of the people I respect at WF-Whsle - she's smart, dynamic, polished, and really motivated. Plus, she brings an air of fun and openness to the workplace. We agreed to meet for coffee the next day (and I 'never' go into the city on Friday).
Friday's coffee was a great chance to reconnect and catch-up. Oh yeah, we also spent most of the time taking about the help she needs in her group. Turns out that there's a need to help integrate the Wachovia online portal into the WF online portal (the CEO). One thing led to another and we concluded the 1st round interview and moved right into the 2nd round interview (you know, talking about things that are taboo to cover in the 1st interview - stuff like start date, salary/rate, etc.). One other thing, I also chatted with her Wachovia counterpart at 8am that morning. He seems like a good guy - smart, to the point, engaging, and....he went to Penn State (home of Joe Pa - my 2nd favorite college football team, behind USC).
So, long story made short - I start working on 4/24. My time being unemployed will be a total of 7 wks or so.
Do I feel like I've been unemployed?
The severance from C2P has helped me to not take a hit in the wallet - thank you C2P (esp. Brian and Matt)!
Honestly, I've been so busy with trying to find a job that it's felt like I've been working these past weeks. Although, it is nice to be able to walk to pick-up my daughter from school each day. The early afternoon mountain bike rides are nice, too.
What's my new job going to be?
I'm going to save this for a future post. So keep checking back for new posts.
Cool site of the day: San Francisco Business Times (I've re-found this site the past week or so - it's good, not a lot a bull)
Friday, April 3, 2009
Flip-flop on Twitter?
Those of you who are loyal readers (both of you - ha ha) know that I've been bagging on Twitter. Well, I've been reading up on Twitter and even attended a Webinar (previous post). While I'm still skeptical on the merit of Twitter for personal use, I'm starting to think there may be some good uses for companies.
There have been a couple recent articles about Twitter - mostly around Google possibly buying the company:
- Twitter To Google? Too Soon
- Twitter buyout talk continues
Also, I read a great book on Search a while back. I definitely recommend this book: The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture
I see some parallels btwn Twitter and Google - especially the power of being able to search all of the Tweets that take place daily (it's gotta be millions). Now, as more people learn that their Tweets are becoming part of a vast data store to be mined by Twitter and/or marketing and sales companies, will there be a backlash? It's one thing to be able to gather data on impersonal searches, but to mine data on someone's Tweets is a different story - whether or not they are anonymized. Can't wait to see...
Cool site of the day: PowerMeter (a cool service from Google that is, unfortunately, not yet available....but read up on it)
There have been a couple recent articles about Twitter - mostly around Google possibly buying the company:
- Twitter To Google? Too Soon
- Twitter buyout talk continues
Also, I read a great book on Search a while back. I definitely recommend this book: The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture
I see some parallels btwn Twitter and Google - especially the power of being able to search all of the Tweets that take place daily (it's gotta be millions). Now, as more people learn that their Tweets are becoming part of a vast data store to be mined by Twitter and/or marketing and sales companies, will there be a backlash? It's one thing to be able to gather data on impersonal searches, but to mine data on someone's Tweets is a different story - whether or not they are anonymized. Can't wait to see...
Cool site of the day: PowerMeter (a cool service from Google that is, unfortunately, not yet available....but read up on it)
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