This is the class blog for the Northeastern class, Creating for the Convergence of Media 2.0

Sunday, February 04, 2007

Let's talk about sex in space

I’ve made some superficial changes to my blog’s CSS, but nothing fancy yet. The initial shock of being violently thrust into the world of blogs and blogging has worn off and I’m feeling considerably less hostile towards my new cyber prison (though no less cynical, it seems). During a routine scouring of useless information, I stumbled across this link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14002908/ I believe you will all find this extremely irrelevant.

I’ve spent some time getting cozy with LinkedIn, a social networking site geared towards ambitious professionals. Users can simultaneously search for business connections, long-lost classmates, and ask questions of specialists in any given field. I was surprised at the quality of search results in the job listings. Unlike more popular job search tools like Monster.com, LinkedIn seemed to display nothing but quality, specialized jobs that perfectly matched my skill sets. There was no need for me to weed through the results to find the jobs that suited me.

I was somewhat amused at LinkedIn’s incorporation of GoogleAds in the right nav menu. Evidentally, the fact that I listed my current occupation as a bike messenger prompted Google to spit out ads for courier services and dispatch software developers. Even though they blatently missed the mark with this, ya can’t blame them for trying!

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