Need a job? Fire up the coffee maker, put on your most comfortable pair of pajamas and get to networking!
If ever there has been a time when job seekers are looking for that extra avenue to an interview, that time is the present. Unemployment is creeping up, so what can you do to make the contacts you will need to succeed? Job site forums are so 2007! Nowadays social networking is king.
Like the age-old chicken-and-egg conundrum, there are some questions that are better left pondered than answered. More and more, consumers are rethinking the Apple or PC question. While paying $300-$500 more for a fancy piece of hardware might be tempting in good times, during times of economic crisis, consumers will need to be convinced anew. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has taken it upon himself to remind us all of this (imagine that) during a webcast interview with the editor of Business Week. When asked about the 16% plummet in Apple PC sales in February, Ballmer had this to say, “The economy is helpful. Paying an extra $500 for a computer in this environment — same piece of hardware — paying $500 more to get a logo on it? I think that’s a more challenging proposition for the average person than it used to be.” Does Mr. Ballmer have a point?
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A Wall Street Journal article from Tuesday, February 10, 2009 (New Kindle Audio Feature Causes a Stir) caught my eye recently. Kindle 1 was Amazon’s first foray into the realm of portable digital books or electronic book readers. The first version of Kindle was a runaway success, and Amazon could not keep up with demand. Now with Kindle 2, Amazon’s e.book readers will be getting a fabulous upgrade for the same price – or will they? Perhaps that upgrade will not be so fabulous after all, if the Authors Guild and some publishing companies have their way.
