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  • PS3 Weekend Warrior: DVR add-ons, dramatic trailers, and another GT5 delay

    It was a bit of an up-and-down week on the QJ PS3 blog. Things started off on a high note with a few awesome God of War III scans, took a dip with the announcement of another Gran Turismo

  • Eagle eye’s view | Bad Astronomy

    This is phenomenal footage, showing what an eagle sees as it flies courtesy a very small and light camera attached to the bird.


    Wow. I have to find a copy of that whole show. That’s really amazing footage!

    Tip o’ the flight feathers to Fark.

  • Lots of Countries Are Getting Faster Internet But We’re Not One of ‘Em [Bandwidth]

    Akamai released their quarterly State of the Internet report this week, along with this chart showing the fastest national networks in the world. From 2008 to 2009, on average, the world’s internet got 13% faster. America’s got 2.4% slower.

    There are tons of interesting tidbits to be found in Akamai’s State of the Internet report for Q3 2009. This particular chart shows the 10 countries with the fastest internet in the world. It also shows that they’re not slowing down.

    South Korea, already pumping at 14.6 Mbps, managed to improve 16% over last year. Ireland improved most dramatically of the top ten, improving their infrastructure to increase year over year speeds 73%.

    But America, who has the 18th fastest internet in the world, slowed down ever so slightly to 3.9 Mbps in 2009. Though our nation as a whole didn’t get any faster, some individual areas showed significant improvement, including a 20% bump in Massachusettes and a 17% jump in D.C. and Utah.

    If America’s megabit mediocrity depresses you, just be thankful you don’t live on the Island of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean: it was the slowest of the 203 nations tested. [cnet]







  • Proven Hair Loss Treatment For Women

    There’s hardly anything worse than losing your hair! You stare at your comb in horror as handfuls of hair come out. You’ve been changing your hairstyle to cover up the thin spots. You feel naked and old!

    You dread looking like your Grandmother, no matter how sweet she is. Your self-image as a young, attractive woman is going right down the drain along with your hair. The majority of females feel upset and distressed when watching the hair loss, which is not unusual. You’re not alone in this dilemma. Statistics show that one in four women face female pattern baldness.

    Lots of reasons can cause women’s hair loss. It’s not your fault. The perms don’t cause it, hairdryers don’t cause it.  Brushing, teasing, and curling don’t cause your hair to fall out. Not even coloring, days in the sun, or any of the other things you do to enhance the beauty of your hair.

    The true causes of hair loss fall into three categories: Hormone changes or imbalances, serious health issues, Genetic influences. Firstly, Hormones can be a reason of hair loss if women hormones are misbalanced and result in female hair loss. Although, in case the hormonal disorder is cured, the hair loss is commonly ended. Besides, child delivery can be also a reason of unexpected female hair loss. It’s usual for lots of females to experience hair loss after delivering a child – commonly in three months they’ve delivered a child. This has its root in hormones, as well. But in this case there is no ground for worrying.

    Secondly, serious health issues, including certain medical conditions, some prescription drugs, or severe illness (such as cancer) may contribute to hair loss. Again, this is usually temporary, but your health care provider will be able to advise you.

    There are lots of causes for females to have hair loss but which is the most frequently met is the genetic hair loss (alopecia) that is responsible for 95 percent of women hair loss. Look at your mother and grandmother. If their hair is thinning, yours probably will, too.

    This situation is worrying many women. Fight back! Women do whatever they need to look more beautiful. Are you? Women are always in search of some hair loss treatment for women when they are affected by hair loss as they will do whatever it takes to keep their attractiveness intact. There are number of hair loss treatments for women available in the market. However, they don’t know what the best and safest treatment for them is.

    Actually, here is good news, because Provillus hair loss treatment for Women can help prevent thinning hair due to FPB, and support the re-growth of your own natural hair. You don’t have to feel despair any longer. If you are interested in your appearance, read more on and get the best natural products- provillus hair loss treatment.

    Don’t wait another day. Order Provillus and regain your self-esteem. You can smile in the mirror again. And, the big bonus — everyone will be smiling at you!

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  • CALAIS – 100 M€ PROJET ECO-URBANISME

    CALAIS – 100 MILLIONS D’EUROS POUR UN PROJET D’URBANISME ECOLOGIQUE

    Calais souhaite dans l’avenir réconcilier son port avec la ville en se tournant davantage sur celui-ci.
    En relation avec le projet "Port 2015" dont un thread est disponible ici, le quartier de Calais Nord devrait se voir octroyer une enveloppe de 100 Millions d’euros pour une refonte du quartier avec un habillage environnemental, qui s’étendrait du bassin de plaisance au bassin Carnot, à l’opposée.

    Bien que cette réflexion date de quelques mois, le contenu se précise et la volonté serait marquée par :
    – Un développement éco-compatible et un port éco-port
    – Imbriquer l’habitat à la vie maritime dans un style respectueux de l’architecture traditionnelle.
    – Des espaces de vie
    – Des éco-quartiers
    – Un centre d’animation type Palais des congrès
    – Le déménagement de l’école d’art

    Bien qu’a ce jour, aucune image n’est disponible sur ce à quoi ressemblerait ce quartier réaménagé, le débat commence à s’installer et de nombreuses informations devraient se dévoilés tout au long de l’année.

    Rappelons que ce quartier est la vitrine touristique de la ville. Négligée par l’ancienne municipalité et accusant un retard sérieux en matière de développement urbanistique, cette nouvelle montre que Calais veux désormais s’orienter vers un urbanisme moderne en mettant en priorité la qualité et le cadre de vie, l’écologie ainsi qu’un urbanisme réfléchi.

  • Kelly doesn’t rule out a Destiny’s Child reunion

    Although all three Destiny’s Child bandmates have gone their separate ways, Beyonce is in LA with hubby Jay-Z working on a new album, Michelle Williams is in London reprising the roll of Roxie Hart in Chicago and Kelly Rowland is in Miami finishing her album, Kelly told OK! that a reunion isn’t completely out of the picture!

    ‘We’re all supporting each other from a distance,’ Kelly told OK! at the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure 2010 at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. ‘It’s not a Destiny’s Child space right now but who knows? Maybe.’

  • The grand sunshine

  • After the Storm

    Downtown Sacramento, as seen from West Sacramento, taken as the clouds parted after a winter storm. To be honest, this reminds me of a Wayne Thiebaud painting.

  • G-Fi puts GPS on your first gen iPhone or iPod touch, at quite a cost

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    I love my iPhone, but I have to say that there is one little thing wrong with it: it’s a first generation. That means that I can’t quite play all of the games, or record video, or do all of the cool GPS things you kids can do nowadays. It’s not a really bad thing — I can still do a good 99% of the things that a 3GS can do, and I get plenty of usage out of mine anyway — but it is kind of a pain waiting for my Google maps to update over Edge, or not having turn-by-turn directions when I want them.

    Fortunately, there are already ways to get GPS going on my 1st gen, and here’s another one. The G-Fi is a little box that will add GPS to your first generation iPhone or iPod touch. Unfortunately, this one is probably a little too hardcore for me — it creates a mobile wireless point that will spin out GPS locations to any number of devices in the area, up to 200 total. The catch: it requires a specific app called Navmii, selling in the App Store now for $33. That’s in addition to the little box itself, which is $100.

    Unfortunately, while this might work for a large number of roaming devices, it’s way more than I need. A single unit add-on like the Magellan kit works with any app that uses GPS and will probably cost less, too. But if this one floats your boat (maybe you have a fleet of bounty hunters rocking 1st gen iPhones who need GPS to track down crooks together?), you can pick it up right now.

    TUAWG-Fi puts GPS on your first gen iPhone or iPod touch, at quite a cost originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Calacanis Announces 2nd Open Angel Forum Event In Boulder

    Hot on the heels of the inaugural Open Angel Forum in Los Angeles this Thursday, event organizer and notable investor Jason Calacanis has announced a second event will be held in Boulder next month. Announcing the event on his weekly live video podcast This Week in Startups, Calacanis says he has booked Foundry Group’s Brad Feld, and TechStars founder David Cohen, though he plans to have at least a dozen more angels attend.

    The Open Angel Forum – which Calacanis considers a “jihad” rebuking VC firms with “pay-to-pitch” practices – provides entrepreneurs with the opportunity for free and open access to angel investors.

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    “It’s low-class, inappropriate and predatory for a rich person to ask an entrepreneur to PAY THEM for 15 minutes of their time,” Calacanis wrote on his blog last fall.

    But for Calacanis, his blogs, Tweets and overall outrage over the subject was not enough – so he created Open Angel Forum. Announced in December, the forum held its inaugural event this past Thursday in Los Angeles, placing 5 lucky companies in front of 18 investors – all at no cost to the entrepreneurs.

    Among the investors was Matt Coffin, Ron Conway and entrepreneur turned venture capitalist Mark Suster who finds the “pay-to-pitch” practice “insane”.

    “Many would-be entrepreneurs feel that they don’t have enough access to investors and that the opportunity to present to a group will help them short circuit the fund raising process,” Suster wrote yesterday on his blog Both Sides of the Table.

    In a time where “lean startups” are a growing trend, free and open events like Calacanis’ are exactly what the venture capital industry needs to find the truly innovative entrepreneurs and get the right money in the right hands.

    “We don’t need competition,” writes Suster. “We need more overall organizations like Jason’s to helping young entrepreneurs more easily reach angel investors with no payola.”

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  • ReadWriteWeb Events Guide, 16 January 2010

    January is half over but there’s still plenty of events to catch. In the next two weeks, London, San Francisco and Amsterdam will be home to a variety of tech-related seminars and conferences. Keep up to date with ReadWriteWeb’s weekly events guide by downloading the entire calendar in iCal format or importing it into your Google Calendar. You can also import individual events using the link beside each entry.

    Know of an event taking place that should appear here? Let us know in the comments below or contact us.

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    20 January 2010: London

    New Digital Revenue Streams Seminar

    events_madgex_0210.gifMadgex and Abacus e-Media are hosting a free seminar that will offer advice and case studies from media organisations that have successfully created a direct impact on profit margins. The event is supported by the Association of Online Publishers (AOP) and Haymarket-owned Brand Republic, and will feature speakers, including David Archer, CEO of Scottish Television.

    The breakfast seminar takes place at the Council Chambers, Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London from 8.30-11 a.m. (registration and breakfast from 8.15 a.m.). To register, book here or email [email protected].

    26 January 2010: San Francisco, California

    Catalyst Conference

    Vator.tv, a leading platform for entrepreneurs and innovators to broadcast themselves, and provider of news and information through VatorNews, and Girls in Tech, a social network enterprise focused on education and empowerment of influential women in technology, are seeking five women-led startups across any stage to present at the Catalyst Conference on January 26, 2010 at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. To be one of the five, join the Catalyst competition today and win the chance to present.

    27 – 28 January 2010: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Enterprise Social 2.0: Rip or ROI?

    This senior executive event will bring together decision makers from the Top Fortune companies to discuss innovative strategies on how to maximise business performance through social media engagement. The event will include keynote speeches, best-practice presentations as well as interactive discussion sessions.

    The summit will provide excellent opportunities for you to hear international experts discuss best practices on how to drive business performance using Web 2.0 and social media. Key issues to be discussed include:

    • How to integrate social media programs successfully into business strategies?
    • Building business momentum, visibility and market growth through social media
    • Measuring success and influence using metrics and analytics: what are the tools and techniques
    • Integrating viral marketing and social media into traditional marketing mix
    • Developing and activating audiences using social media channels such as Twitter, Facebook, blogs

    1 – 5, February 2010: New York City, Berlin, London, San Francisco, Toronto, São Paulo

    Social Media Week

    The second annual Social Media Week conference will explore the profound impact that social media has on culture, business communications and society at large.

    The conference is designed as a series of localized events, which city partners are responsible for organizing. Programs will span a variety of formats, ranging from talks and panel discussions, to interactive workshops, seminars and networking events. Registration will open in January 2010 and the majority of events will be free thanks to the global sponsors and event partners.

    You can find more information at http://socialmediaweekny.com.

    4 February 2010: San Francisco, California

    Vator Splash

    Vator.tv, a leading platform for innovators and entrepreneurs to broadcast themselves, is holding its inaugural Vator Splash event on February 4, 2010 at the Cafe du Nord in San Francisco. Catch onstage presenters: Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, Smule CEO Jeff Smith, August Capital VC Howard Hartenbaum and Google Ventures VC Bill Maris. Ten promising startups will also get to present onstage. Enter the Vator Splash competition if you want to present.

    ReadWriteWeb readers get a 25% discount on their tickets using the code VatorReadWriteWeb.

    8 February 2010: Tampa, Florida

    Social Fresh Tampa

    This is the social media conference that comes to you. Social Fresh is a one-day, case-study-rich conference targeted for marketers. Social Fresh Tampa will have 30+ speakers, including Chris Barger of GM, Maggie Fox of Social Media Group and John Andrews of Collective Bias (formerly of Walmart).

    ReadWriteWeb readers get a 15% discount with the code “RWW15″.

    10 February 2010: New York City

    Online Community Unconference East

    events_unconf_0210.jpgThe Online Community Unconference East is a gathering of online community professionals – managers, developers, business people, tool providers, investors – to discuss experience and strategies in the development and growth of online communities. As we have found with our past events, the best source of information on all of these challenges is other knowledgeable practitioners. The event runs from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Digital Sandbox.

    11 February 2010: New York City

    NYC Venture Capital and Angel Showcase

    FundingPost is hosting a VC showcase where 20-plus VC funds and angel groups will be exhibiting their firms during a great cocktail party setting. Each fund will have their own table setup for the sole purpose of meeting great new companies.

    Additionally, there will be an optional pitching workshop from 2:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. The cost to participate in the workshop will be $400. This workshop includes the $125 ticket to the event, and a 1/4 page listing in the Venture Guide Magazine. This event is sponsored by Credit Suisse, and takes place at One Madison Avenue, from 6-9:15 p.m.

    18 February 2010: Silicon Valley, California

    Future of Funding

    Active limited partners, top rated venture capitalists, and successful entrepreneurs are invited to Silicon Valley on February 18, 2010 to discuss the Future of Funding. The venture capital bubble has burst, and change is coming. Now is the time to have a constructive dialog about the future with all of the stakeholders at the table.

    Don’t miss the opportunity to partake in this exclusive event hosted by TheFunded. Please visit www.futureoffunding.com to see speaker and event details.

    ReadWriteWeb readers use the code “RWW” and get 10% off.

    15 – 16 March 2010: London, England

    2nd Annual Social Networking World Forum — London

    The 2nd Annual Social Networking World Forum takes place at the Olympia Conference Centre in London. The two-day event features four dedicated conference streams:

    1. Social Networking World Forum
    2. Enterprise social media
    3. Social TV World Forum
    4. Mobile Social Networking Forum

    The event features key speakers from global brands, organizations, social networking publishers and developers, pioneering social media leaders, top agencies, content producers, and more.

    • Full workshop program within exhibition area
    • Evening networking reception
    • Pre-show online meeting planner for delegates
    • Free pass for exhibition only

    7 – 9 April 2010: Sydney, Australia

    ConnectNow

    events_connectnow_0110.jpgConnectNow brings together international specialists and thought leaders in social media, emerging technologies and their intersection with business. Learn how the realtime web, location based services, augmented reality, ubiquitous computing and personalised services are changing marketing and communications. Understand the importance of trust in relationship marketing and what is “social currency”. For more info email [email protected].

    11 May 2010: San Francisco, California

    FinovateSpring

    events_finspring_0510.jpgFinovateSpring 2010 will again showcase the most cutting-edge financial and banking technology innovations to Silicon Valley and the world. With Finovate’s signature mix of short, fast-paced onstage demos (no slides are allowed) from handpicked companies and intimate networking time with their executives, this conference packs a ton of unique value into a single day.

    Come see the cutting edge of banking and financial technology and network with hundreds of the leading financial executives, venture capitalists, press, industry analysts, bloggers and fintech entrepreneurs. Early bird registration rates are available.

    5 October 2010: New York City

    FinovateFall

    events_finfall_1010.jpgFinovateFall will return to Manhattan on Tuesday, October 5 to showcase dozens of the biggest and most innovative new ideas in financial and banking technology from established leaders and hot young companies. The Fall event is the original and largest Finovate and features a single day packed with our special blend of short, fast-paced onstage demos (no slides are allowed) and intimate networking time with top executives from the innovative demoing companies.

    FinovateFall is a unique chance to see the future of finance and banking before your competition and find the edge you need in today’s market. Early bird registration rates are available.

    Download this entire events calendar in iCal format.

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  • What do you think a 7.0 earthquake would do to your city?

    Suppose a 7.0 earthquake happened in your city? How extensive would the damage be? Would it knock down a lot of the taller buildings? Just the old ones?
    So what do you think? 😐

  • Flicker On

    The lights of Downtown Sacramento starting to reveal themselves as the sun sets behind the cloud cover.

  • San Pedro de Macorìs sigue su crecimiento, ahora de forma vertical.

    San Pedro de Macorìs sigue su crecimiento, ahora de forma vertical y en manos del sector privado.

    Por Francis Anìbal.


    Edificio Luchy I

    SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS. El crecimiento de esta ciudad, que tradicionalmente ha sido de manera horizontal, llegando a màs de 70 barrios en toda su geografìa, ahora se hace de manera vertical, es decir, hacia arriba.

    Ello asì por las nuevas edificaciones que se levantan aquì en manos del sector privado, las que consisten en grandes condominios.


    Edificio Jamal

    Actualmente, màs de 5 edificios se levantan en esta ciudad, algunos de ellos para viviendas y otros para operar en ellos plazas comerciales.
    Algunos de ellos tienen financiamientos disponibles a travès de la Asociaciòn La Nacional de Ahorros y Prèstamos.

    Recienetemente fue levantado en esta ciudad el condominio Luchy 1, situado en la calle Duvergè y muy cerca de èl se levanta actualmente el condominio Jamal, el que constituye un moderno residencial para la vivienda.


    Saran II

    En la misma àrea, en la calle Valentìn Rodrìguez, cerca del Colegio Cristo Rey, se levanta otro condominio de nombre Sarah Dos, con las mismas caracterìsticas.

    Otro gran condominio està siendo construido en la General Cabral esquina Marìa Antonia Quìrico, en el barrio Placer Bonito de esta ciudad.

    En tanto que en la calle Sergio Augusto Beras, pròximo al liceo Josè Joaquìn Pèrez, se levanta otro gran edificio para viviendas.

    Como se puede ver, la ciudad ha continuado su crecimiento hacia arriba, luego de largos años de manera horizontal, el que ha sido bastante traumàtico, debido a la desorganizaciòn en que se ha desarrollado.


    Edificio Sergio A Beras

    Ese desarrollo vertical se desarrolla en manos del sector privado y no asì en el sector pùblico, en donde la polìtica de construcciòn ha sido bastante lenta en esta ciudad.

  • Hilarious and Sick Facebook Groups

    I have started this thread to discuss the diffrent groups on facebook, in the past month I would say the amount of groups on facebook has risen dramaticaly. And I have seen a fair few that have really really made me laugh even though there a little bit sick. The two are ‘I am not madeleine mccann’ which I think got removed a bit obvious why. But the funniest was ‘When I was your age we didnt have Paedophiles, we had to buy our own sweets’. Whats the funniest other people have seen?

  • Пинск Беларусь май 2009

    Выкладываю здесь фото сделанные моей женой ( по ее просьбе) в мае прошлого года в Пинске. Это один из старейших городов Беларуси

    Река Пина.

    Костел Кароля Бромеуша

    Детский парк

    Францисканский монастырь в центре города

  • Bosnian/Herzegovian moderator!?

    Otvaram ovaj topic u svrhu da nas se sto vise potpise da hocemo svog moderatora i da kad skupimo sto veci broj potpisnika, molbu uputimo adminu ovog foruma JAN-u.
    Sve sto trebate da napisete u vasem postu je +1.
    Svi drugi koji i nisu BiH clanovi mogu da se potpisu. Molim da ovaj topic zadrzimo bez ikakve diskusije znaci samo da upisemo +1.

    We the Bosnian and Herzegovian members of skyscrapercity.com would like to have our own moderator who could act quicker and who could rearrange our subforum. The needs for a moderator are huge, because our subforum is becoming larger and large every single day with new members daily, almost every other country on Euroscapers have their moderator and we feel a bit segregated because of the lack of our own moderator.

    This is a petition from our members(any other member that is not Bosnian/Herzegovian is free to sign the petition with +1)!

  • Today is the first day of the rest of my life !

    I am 60 years old and disabled. I was diagnosed 4 years ago. My doc put me on Lantus with a Humulin kicker. All was going well. Last year he said I was doing so well he took me off Lantus and put me on Metformin. My BG has been so wacky since its unreal. To make matters worse…I have liver problems. I went to an oncologist and he says I have cirrhosis of the liver. I dont drink alcohol at all…ever. My BG stays in the 400-500 range during the day. Doc has me on metformin 4 times a day now. Unfortunately…medicare wont let me on Part B without a monthly 150.00 ‘penalty’ for not going on Part B 4 years ago ! ( I had decent insurance back then). NOW the insurance company has basicallty kicked me off and I cant afford the 200.00 office visit to my doctor ! I want to go back on Lantus…but cant without at least one visit to my doctor … grrrrrrrrrrrrr.:mad:

    I have been reading this forum for about 2 weeks now. I am learning a lot about diet, metformin, and everything else about diabetes. I have gotten on a ‘no white stuff" diet. I am watching my carbs. My wife is helping me with all this…bless her heart. As far as Lantus and needles…I hate needles! BUT with the super fine syringes and my wife volunteering to inject me…it was a breeze! I used to ‘pinch an inch’ on my stomach and she would ‘just do it". It was really painless. The Lantus worked well. The metformin doesnt. I will continue to read all I can…watch my diet…take my pills…and hope I can get back to my doctor very soon and get back on THE GOOD STUFF…thnxs

  • People on the Move in the Social Media Industry: Jan 16, 2010

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    From an industry perspective there were significantly more hires this month, than last. This is due to two pieces: 1) It’s traditional for new roles to be filled during the new year, 2) An uptick in the overall financial space and a continued focus on the social and open web.

    In an effort to recognize the changes in the social media space, I’ve started this post series (see archives) to both track and congratulate folks who get promoted, move, or accept new exciting positions. Please help me congratulate the following folks:

    • Chris Messina who’s been a leader in the open web and standards joins Google, where he’ll be focused on leading the open web initiatives. I’m certainly going to be following his work regardless of where he goes.
    • Joseph Smarr, via product team at Comcast’s Plaxo also joins Google, both of these gentleman have a focus on web standards and the ‘Openstack’ so it’ll be interesting to see how this unfold. I’ve been friends with Joseph for a few years now, and it’s great to see him continue to grow.
    • BL Ochman, a force of great positive energy who I’ve known for over 5 years, has joined Proof Digital Media – the new digital marketing arm of Burson-Marsteller. She’ll report to Proof CEO Jay Leveton, and have been given the opportunity to help guide the agency into the forefront of new media agency.
    • Johannes Neuer joins the The New York Public Library as the eCommunications Manager where he’ll expand and promote eCommunications and social media initiatives at The New York Public Library (both internally and externally).
    • Kati Driscoll lands at AAA Mid-Atlantic as a Social Media Community Specialist Working within existing and emerging AAA Mid-Atlantic communities to engage members, providing information and conversation to help them receive the full benefit of their membership and our community.
    • Karthik S joins Edelman as Head of Digital Strategy (India) Create and frame Edelman’s social media PR offerings in India, help clients integrate social media and digital communications within existing PR programs.
    • Greg Meyer joins Gist Customer Experience Manager where he’ll be providing VIP Support, Building a Customer “Power Tips” channel, and generally doing whatever necessary to make users successful.
    • Jennifer Polk has been promoted at Sears Holdings as the Director, BU Social Strategy Developing and leading community and social networking initiatives for SHC BUs, including building strategies and programs to help the BUs achieve greater customer engagement. She’ll be ensuring social programs align with BU business objectives and promoting partnership between Social Media, Online, Marketing and the BUs.
    • Robert Lommers has been promoted at Rabobank as the online media specialist focused on social media, online media, mobile, webcare, and social networking.
    • Joel Burslem is now with 1000watt Consulting as Associate of Social media marketing and strategy for the real estate industry.
    • Shara Karasic has been hired at Appolicious as the Director of Social Strategy developing community engagement and managing social strategy.
    • Judith A. Mod is at Social Gastronomy as a Principal where she’ll be focused on enabling organizations to leverage social media for marketing, customer relationships, operations, employee engagement, and partner management.
    • Matthew Rosenhaft also joins Social Gastronomy as a Principal where he’ll enable organizations to leverage social media for marketing, customer relationships, operations, employee engagement, and partner management.
    • April M. Williams is now with Cyberlife Tutors as the President of Coaching: focused on career and social media
    • Eileen O’Brien joins Siren Interactive as the Director, Search & Innovation at a social media lead for agency’ clients.
    • Paul Miser has been promoted at VML Senior Social Marketing Strategist where he’ll be creating dynamic Social and Mobile strategies for VML clients as they tie in with their digital and interactive strategies.
    • Kurt Abrahamson joins SocialMedia.com as the CEO, Leading the SocialMedia.com team to deliver our new social advertising platform for publishers.
    • Heather Strout joins the Farland Group as a Director of Community Services, there Heather will be helping companies discover ways to establish and sustain customer communities. She comes from a great family, her brother Aaron is a friend and constituent.
    • Ari Lightman has a teaching appointment at Carnegie Mellon University as an Adjunct Professor teaching a case study class on measurement and analysis of social media initiatives.

    How to connect with others (or get a job):
    Several people have been hired because of this blog post series, here’s how you can too:

    Submit an announcement
    If you know folks that are moving up in the social media industry, fill out this form.

    Seeking Social Media Professionals?
    If you’re seeking to connect with community advocates and community managers there are few resources

    This list, which started with just 8 names continues to grow as folks submit to it. List of Social Computing Strategists and Community Managers for Enterprise Corporations 2008 –Social Media Professionals.

    Job Resources in the Social Media and Web Industry

  • Web Strategy Jobs powered by Job o Matic (Post a job there and be seen by these blog readers, these affiliate fees pay for my hosting)
  • Read Write Web keeps announcements flowing at Jobwire, although is broader than just social media jobs
  • Facebook group for community manager group in Facebook
  • Jake McKee’s community portal for jobs
  • Chris Heuer’s Social Media Jobs
  • SimplyHired aggregates job listings, as does Indeed
  • ForumOne Jobs for Social Media and Community
  • Teresa has a few jobs, some around community
  • New Media hire has an extensive job database
  • Social Media Headhunter
  • Social media jobs
  • Jobs in social media
  • Altimeter Group’s list of social media consultants and agencies

    • Hiring? Leave a comment
    If you’re seeking candidates in the social media industry, many of them are within arms reach, feel free to leave a link to a job description (but not the whole job description, please)



  • Will a Chinese or Indian automaker scrap the traditional dealer model?

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    With the possible exception of a trip to the dentist, visiting a car dealership is the least pleasant activity in which we participate. Unless you walk in with mound of cash, you can be sure that using their cruel four square method, U.S. dealers have a quadrangled plan of attack to bend you over. But what if it wasn’t like that?

    China’s BYD (known colloquially as Build Your Dreams) will begin selling cars in the U.S. within the year. That much we know. But where are they going to sell them? Put a better way, how are they going to sell them? According to USA Today, the big fear among other automakers and U.S. dealers is the latter question.

    The possibility exists that incoming players like BYD or India’s Tata or Mahindra could sidestep the middle man and sell vehicles directly to customers. Obviously, this would be a rather large selling point to those of us who don’t enjoy the feeling of being cheated and fleeced during a round of three-card monte (i.e. the typical dealer experience). Another option might be selling the cars through big-box stores like Walmart or Costco. The shape of things to come is getting interesting, if nothing else.

    [Source: USA Today]

    Will a Chinese or Indian automaker scrap the traditional dealer model? originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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