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Why I Love My Job - Aqua. — These are not search results here from Aqua, but they could be… A beautiful example of what Search 3.0 visualizations could be! Thanks, Hany! Source: LiveJournal Labs... [Tags: aqua, job, visualizations]

BBC ‘treated me worse than Jonathan Ross’, says Ed Stourton — The BBC presenter Ed Stourton, “sacked” last week from his job on the flagship radio programme Today, has accused the corporation of double standards for allegedly treating him in a worse manner than Jonathan Ross.... [Tags: bbc, bbc presenter, job, jonathan, jonathan ross]

Weekend Video: Michael Wolff On Burn Rates, Newser, Oh, And Rupert Murdoch — After a session at our recent Future of Business Media conference, our EVP and co-editor Staci D. Kramer sat down with Michael Wolff, founder of Newser and author of the new Rupert Murdoch book The Man Who Owns The News. They chatted a bit about burn rates (an era ago it was a "point of pride"), how companies feel about them now ("a little sheepish,") and even about the rumored $18 million rate for Tina Brown's Daily Beast (it's "preposterous"). Learn more—especially on the Newser model and spending countless hours with Murdoch (the book hadn't yet been released)—in the full... [Tags: beast, burn rates, business media, co editor, countless hours]

Goodbye, And Thanks For All The E-mail — By Patrick Appel Andrew is due back tomorrow. As always, I've had a fabulous time guest-blogging for him. Chris is right that the Dish's catbird seat makes one feel like a kitten running on a slide, but it's a great gig and I thank Andrew for trusting me with the reins. Blogging this week wouldn't have been nearly as enjoyable without readers' e-mails and tips. Many thanks to everyone who wrote in. Even greater thanks to Chris, who managed to do a remarkable amount of posting while also working his regular job at the Hotline and battling a cold. Lastly... [Tags: blogging, catbird seat, dish, e mail, fabulous time]

Silicon Valley Tweetup: Jobs Are Available In Comments — Just got back from the Silicon Valley Tweetup (135 said they would come, 226 people saved it), last time this year, Tweetups were just about a dozen people or less, but the growth of the service has really demonstrated it’s popularity, I estimate 150-200 folks there. Unlike blogs, microblogs can have a greater rate of adoption as the barriers to entry –and mobile devices –make it easier and less committal than others. Some of my friends who came desired a more intimate setting split off to private dinners, and that’s fine too, the event is relatively organic, and we certainly... [Tags: adoption, audience, barriers to entry, committal, economy]

My-Wage.com - A Tool For Analyzing How Much You Earn — Some questionsIs this service provided free of charge?Why it might be a killerIt is a useful tool that can provide everybody with much needed information as regards career decisions. In their own words“The MY-WAGE.COM site analyzes the salaries of the users and the determinant factors concerning those salaries through clear diagrams and short textual assessment. The user will have access filtering at will the disposable data base on the basis of distinct factors (e.g. male/female, age, education, industrial branch, work-experience, etc.).”What it doesDo you feel you are being underpaid? Are you led to believe that your skills are not being... [Tags: academic record, age education, career decisions, data base, determinant]

The search for a good Obama mimic — If there's one thing this country needs — other than a cosmic bailout — it's a decent Obama impersonator. Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen, a 42-year-old comedian of white and Asian heritage, just doesn't cut it, at least according to the President-elect, who said of Armisen during the presidential campaign, "Compared to Tina Fey and what she's doing with Governor Palin, my imitator isn't doing as great of a job..."... [Tags: asian heritage, bailout, comedian, governor palin, imitator]

10 Ways to Spy on Your Competitors — Don’t look now, but your competition is up to things. What sort of things? That’s hard to say. It could be innocuous stuff you don’t have to worry about, but maybe they’re quietly launching a new product or service that is so awesome it will ruin your business! Or, perhaps they’re suffering through a bout of bad press that you should really be taking advantage of. The biggest problem is not that your competition is up to something, but that you don’t know about it. Thankfully, there’s this thing called the Internet, and by utilizing it you can keep track... [Tags: blogs, changes over time, job, keyword ads, launching a new product]

Whether Twitter, Blogs Or Mainstream Media... Breaking News Can Get Facts Wrong — There was a silly debate soon after the awful tragedy of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last month, where people started questioning whether or not Twitter was a legitimate news source. There were many reports from people on the scene via Twitter, and it was a fascinating (if somewhat depressing) "real-time" way of keeping up on some of what was happening. But some criticized the reliance on Twitter-as-journalism by complaining that it wasn't journalism because Twitter reports got facts wrong. That sounds good, but if that's the actual standard, then, well, pretty much nothing is journalism. As Slate is reporting,... [Tags: blogs, breaking news, job, journalism, mainstream media]

Sony to Cut 8,000 Jobs — Sony is the latest company to announce job reductions to help save money...... [Tags: job, jobs, money, sony]

Backing Up An Entire Flickr Account [Windows] — While it’s true the Desktop Flickr Organizer for Linux can’t be beat as far as backing up your Flickr account is concerned, I was searching for a way to do the same in Windows and yes, I found a way. The app is called Downloadr. It is very basic but it does the job it’s supposed to do and furthermore doesn’t crash like flickredit does. The way to back up your entire Flickr account (meaning all photos including private ones) is to do this: In your preferred web browser, login to your Flickr account first. Launch Downloadr. Click Extras then... [Tags: crash, digital lifestyle, flickr, geek, job]

Inventory the easy way - Delicious Library — It took only 1 hour to import our DVD and CD library (169, 191 respectively) into Delicious Library, a great and easy to use Apple app. It makes the job of importing items by scaning the item’s barcode using the iSight camera then looking up the item in Amazon, pulling in tons of data on the item. I found it faster to use my camcorder connected via firewire because it did a better job focusing on the various barcode sizes. I’ve never noticed how small some of the barcodes are. Some of our music CDs are sooo old they... [Tags: amazon, apple, barcode, barcodes, camcorder]

Five Reasons to Join an Online Community — This is Radu Mitiu’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit - your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my own: You will always find something new. Just when you thought you knew everything about your hobby, someone posts something new. Online communities are a great source of information and can even help you be more productive. With such a large number of users... [Tags: active member, best case scenario, community diversity, giving feedback, great source]

Triplify.com - A Streamlined Search Engine — Some questionsHow could the interface be made more user-friendly? In their own words“Triple Simplify Engine - Search, Compare and Sort!”Why it might be a killerThose looking for an alternative to conventional search engines might find it appealing, as it does its job with distinction.What it doesTriplify is a new search engine that places all the emphasis on providing a quick and effective experience to its users. As the programmer itself puts it, his idea was to create an engine that displayed the top summarized results from Google, Yahoo and Live Search while enabling users to compare results in a smooth... [Tags: conventional search engines, distinction, engine search, fashion, google]

Science Reporting - the dead-tree press perspective — Deborah Howell, the WaPo Ombudsman (for a few more days), wrote her thoughts on science reporting in the Washington Post (and in general) - Making Sense of Science Reporting: The job of science reporters is to take complicated subjects and translate them for readers who are not scientifically sophisticated. Critics say that the news media oversimplify and aren't skeptical enough of financing by special interests. That led me to review papers that are to be published soon as part of a project sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on how the media cover science and technology, and... [Tags: academy of arts, academy of arts and sciences, american academy of arts and sciences, dozen experts, job]

NY Times: Grim Job Report Not Showing Full Picture — As bad as the headline numbers in Friday's employment report were, they still made the job market look better than it really is. The unemployment rate reached its highest point since 1993, and overall employment fell by more than a half million jobs. Yet that was just the beginning. Thanks to the vagaries of the way that the government's best-known jobs statistics are calculated, they have overlooked many workers who have been deeply affected by the current recession.... [Tags: employment report, job, jobs, ny times, recession]

Coming Week: Short on Cheer — A reeling job market, a recent recession call and a dampened shopping season will be on investors' minds next week.... [Tags: cheer, investors, job, recession, shopping]

Fixing The Economy: Obama Gets Specific — Long before November's job numbers were released, President-elect Barack Obama had been promising to revitalize the nation's economy. In Saturday's radio address, he laid out part of his plan, including the creation of millions of jobs through investments in national infrastructure.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: barack obama, e mail, economy, investments, job]

How Low Has The Economy Sunk? — In a stark sign the recession is getting worse, the Labor Department says the U.S. lost 533,000 jobs last month. That's a lot more than most analysts were expecting. It was the ugliest month in the job market since 1974. And it likely means we're heading into the worst recession in nearly 30 years.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us... [Tags: e mail, economy, job, jobs, labor department]

What Geeks Want for Christmas — This is ZweeK’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit - your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my own: The holiday we’ve all been waiting for is getting closer. As geeks who desire gadgets and gizmos, we all have something we want this Christmas. I have created a list that consists of the top things geeks would die for (or at least want).... [Tags: bloggers, christmas, computer engineering, computer technician, durability]