SOURCE: Technology Review A Bold Venture: Creating an 'Electronic Town Square' with Blogs Ellen Simon AP Technology Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- It's a journalist's job to ask questions, but they're usually aimed at outsiders. At the News & Record, a 93,000-daily circulation newspaper in Greensboro, reporters and editors are asking tough questions about the paper itself. The biggest questions: If the paper needs to change to survive, what changes should be made? What can...

Terry Schiavo's parents just asked for a stay from the Supreme Court.

This is a retort to what Frogboy said within an acticle about Terry Schiavo : In fact, why stop there? How about the people are incapable of feeding themselves without government subsidies? Billions are spent providing food to people who somehow have managed to screw up their lives to the point that they can't afford to pay for their own food. Should we stop providing them food? Granted that this quote was just to make a point but in reality, many here at Joe User would agree with th...

An XBOX shortage? Really? So does this mean people like the XBOX now? LOL It is moving upwards and onwards to the level of the Playstation? Did Halo2 create such an event where XBOX's become hard to get? One ponders and things of the future gaming system.... I other thoughts... --- I think games will find a new revenue stream and that will be on-line play and interaction. You buy a game, play it on the consol, but it gets a new life when you extend it to on-line. maybe even new lev...

Soooo the question is, when WILL there be a crackdown on blogging??? Sooner or later, especially with political blogs (like this one maybe??? Joe User down and out???)

I have learned a lot reading this particular article on AOL's Career Builder site. These are some of the things I need to focus on when revamping my resume: Pay close attention to the employer's or recruiter's instructions for submitting your resume on each posting. What format should the resume be in and should it be embedded in an email, e-mailed as an attachment, faxed or mailed? Do they want you to include a position code to help them identify the job you're applying for? Think t...

Working at home can be a wonderful treat for those who want to avoid travel or avoid going anywhere at all during the day. Also working at home could mean starting when you want to start and finishing (somewhat) when you want to finish. All of that looks very good to some people especially if you have children. I personally found a job on Craigslist and applied for it since it seemed worthy. It didn't seem like the typical work at home and earn billions of dollars ad. What they wanted basi...

This is where joeKnowledge comes in. You see, if your creating a knowledge base on topics about your career interests as well as a portfolio of work you had previously done (for those techies, artist and designers) you can show what you were doing during your down time. School, volenteer, or become a mentor. Do something during the down time. If you get unemployment, go to school or take a certificate course to stay up to date. Keep a journal like I mention previously. You will be glad ...

The Career Builder article has some ips on aking your resume sound better... well actually get read easier with the 30 seconds or less you have of the reader. For example, looking for important nouns and verbs can be helpful. It also means that you will have to change specific words in your basic resume for different jobs. You can use Industry-specific acronyms, degrees or certifications, and computer program proficiencies. Also remember, try to keep your resume scanner friendly... scan...

SOURCE: BetaNews.com Report: Internet Usage Flattening By David Worthington, BetaNews March 18, 2005, 9:56 PM Analysis of major Internet markets has revealed that the time netizens spend online at home has come close to hitting a plateau in many major markets. Nielsen//NetRatings, a syndicated rating system for Internet audience measurement, measured markets in Brazil, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States and found them to be maturing. In ...

SOURCE: BetaNews.com iPod Creates Mac Halo Effect By David Worthington, BetaNews March 18, 2005, 9:45 PM A report by Morgan Stanley analyst Rebecca Runkle has determined that Apple's iPod digital music player has inspired brand switching away from the PC to Macs. In her report... For more, click on the link provided...

SOURCE: CNET News.com Napster eyes movie downloads Published: January 24, 2005, 10:40 AM PST By Jo Best Special to CNET News.com Digital-music service Napster is considering remaking itself to offer movie downloads too. Speaking at the Midem music conference in Cannes this week, Napster CEO Chris Gorog said the company is considering offering movies alongside its current catalog of some 1 million music tracks. "We are currently considering moving into video, particularly ...

Anybody take a look at Google-X? I read about it on CNET news.com. Here is a link to the cached page on Google (because they took it down... it looked too much like MAC OS task bar??) By the way, does anyone know how to make a Object bar like tak bar on a webpage? The story said that they used DHTML and javascript (which I think is covered in DHTML) I would love to have that for my website.

Here are some no-no's for job searching on the low... I really like this one: Don't wear your interview suit to your biz casual office. Nothing sets off a red flag like wearing a suit to your dressed-down office. So how should you handle the wardrobe dilemma? For both men and women, suit bottoms (i.e. pants, skirts) are always passable for business casual.... And don't forget this one! Using your office email for job search applications: Be smart about e-mail. Play it safe, sa...

Your never to young (well, within reason) nor too old to make a career plan. You can always turn a current situation into smething you want. The question is, how long will it take. On that note it can range from 2 years to the rest of your life to finally reach that goal or complete a plan. Make sure you know the difference between a over all plan, and the different milestones to reach your potential goal. Once there, there is a decision to decide to figure out what is next. 1. Set your...