In a piece entitled “What Will The Metro Newspaper Look Like In 2020?,” Dave Morgan writes a pretty good piece on the future of the daily newspapers in large metro markets in 2020. (See yesterday’s post here and a similar Slate piece here). As one of the comments on Morgan’s post points out, it’s hard [...]
I regard it as a very good day for media consumption when one of my favorite web sites (Slate) writes a story about one of my favorite topics (the future of the newspaper industry). As is almost always the case, Slate’s analysis was dead on the mark. Jack Shafer’s piece, ‘Already Chewed News,’ is worth [...]
Following-up on my post from last Friday about Monster waiting 5 days to notify its users that 1.3 million records had been stolen, I found an excellent post by Jim Stroud on what Monster should have done in reaction to the security breach. Jim’s well-articulated response is actually a pretty good template for any [...]
Monster waited 5 days to disclose the massive security breach that resulted in the personal information on 1.3 million users being stolen. I couldn’t imagine a more perfect example of the regard Monster has of its users. What an absolute disgrace.
Tags: Horrendous Corporate Malfeasance, Disgraceful Customer Service, Online Security, Monster.com, Monster, [...]
Since I’m not a journalist (in case there was any doubt), and blogging isn’t my full-time occupation, and I try to balance the time I spend on this blog every day with all the other things I have to do, I don’t really mind when I miss a story I’d like to have posted on [...]
One look at Monster’s stock chart for the last 6 months and it’s obvious that some nice returns could have been generated by shorting MNST earlier this summer. Given what’s going on with the company, however, I’d make the case that it’s not too late to capitalize on Monster’s troubles.
A few years ago, I listened [...]
JobDig was featured in the August/September issue of Dynamic Graphics magazine. The article focuses on leveraging characters to build a strong, memorable brand, and our iconic dog is highlighted as a perfect example of how to execute such a strategy. I try fairly hard not to be overly self-serving in this blog (I’ll let all [...]
Speaking of media companies that give a higher priority to advertisers than their readers (see yesterday’s post), the Employment Guide is still running ads for work-at-home scams and bogus job opportunities. These sham companies, who thrive in part because of the blind-eye turned by second-rate publications that desperately need the advertising revenue, do nothing but [...]
I am still trying to recover from the nausea induced by the Star Tribune’s web site this weekend. Like placing ads on the front page of different sections of the paper or wrapping a 1/2 page ad over the sports section, the Star Tribune has somehow decided that it’s a good thing to have [...]
Taken from Men’s Health Magazine:
1) When were you exhilerated about your work?
2) What major mistake from your past do you not regret?
3) What’s your favorite movie?
4) What’s a misconception people have about you?
5) In 5 years, how will you justify having taken this job?
Tags: Great Interview Questions, Job Interviews, Preparing For Job Interviews, [...]