adobe photoshop plug in filters Cheap Software Downloads for Mac & Win consumer reports on adobe flash adobe photoshop cs keygen serial Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 MAC adobe photoshop 8.0 cs trial crack downloading adobe photoshop cs2 Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended adobe photoshop elements 3.0 for windows record adobe flash videos free Adobe After Effects CS4 MAC disable adobe flash player 2 adobe premiere pro review Adobe After Effects CS4 creating cartoons with adobe illustrator adobe photoshop cs2 9.0.2 crack Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard adobe photoshop 7 0 adobe indesign macromedia microsoft training training Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection for Mac adobe photoshop 4 0 updates adobe photoshop cs3 extended april install Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection adobe photoshop elements 4.0 reviews adobe photoshop elements version 2.0 updates Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium adobe flash player coponets adobe photoshop al v2.0 Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Standard arc radius in adobe illustrator free download adobe photoshop software Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 learning management systems using adobe flash adobe illustrator cs for dummies Adobe Fireworks CS4 serial number adobe photoshop elements 4.0 adobe illustrator automated web drawings Adobe Flash CS4 Professional adobe photoshop lightroom evaluation

Tag Archive for 'twitter'

does david archuleta need an assistant?

David Archuleta, the singer who came in second place on the eighth season of American Idol, has had more success than the majority of AI castoffs. However, his busy schedule means he is having some trouble keeping up with obligations. Last week, he was set to do a phone interview with a radio station in Chicago, but he forgot about it and then Tweeted an apology. That led one of the posters on the fansite Fans of David to suggest that the singer needs a personal assistant. Despite what people think from the title of this blog, I’m not opposed to people having assistants if they need them - as long as they treat said assistants respectfully, of course. As the FOD poster said:

Could this perhaps be (yet another) sign that David may benefit from a personal assistant?  You know…one of those super-proficient professionally-trained staff who knows what he wants and needs before he does?  Someone who has him scheduled smoothly down to the second?  Why yes, I believe that now is the time.

If you decide not to hire an assistant, David, might I suggest setting up some Google Alerts? They’ve saved my ass many a time.

demi moore hires assistant

Back in January, microblogging addict Demi Moore took to her Twitter account to announce that she was looking for an assistant. It seems like the process took awhile, but Moore announced over the weekend that she’d hired a new assistant, Lisa. And, as anyone who works for Demi Moore probably should be, Lisa’s on Twitter too. You may now commence your e-stalking.

talking to your friends about unemployment

Being unemployed has many upsides - free money from the government, sleeping late, People’s Court reruns - but it has major downsides as well. When you’re broke and hitting a brick wall with your job search, the last thing you want to do is rehash all the humiliation. However, you are most likely not an island. Your friends love you. So here’s a guide for talking to them about your unemployment:

  • If someone offers to help, let them. Your friends are your friends because they like you. And when someone says they want to help, they usually mean it. However, they may have no idea how to help. So if there’s something specific they can do - proofreading your resume, giving you some contact info for that job recruiter they worked with last summer, just being there when you need to vent - say what it is, and let them do it.
  • Be straightforward about your finances. If you’re too broke to keep going out to fancy restaurants, you need to be upfront about it. Don’t sound like you’re blaming your friend, though - instead of simply declining invites or waiting until the bill comes to fight over whose half comes out to more, maybe suggest cheaper alternatives or recommend another activity that you would both enjoy but costs less, such as a free day at a museum or cooking dinner at your place while you watch American Idol.

Continue reading ‘talking to your friends about unemployment’

can you find a job via twitter?

If you’re unemployed, it seems far more fun to sit around all day constantly updating Twitter than scouring the job ads yet again. Well, Mashable (the folks behind Twitter) wants you to be able to do both at once. Check out their tips for using microblogging as a way to find a job:

  • Write about your job search. Some people who follow you may not know you personally and therefore might not know that you’re looking for work. Updating your followers about your job search might encourage someone to send you a link or connect you to a person they know, and every little bit counts.
  • Include a link to your bio/resume/LinkedIn page on your Twitter profile.
  • Don’t post anything you wouldn’t want a job recruiter or potential boss to see. If you’re applying for a job, most employers know they have to Google you. Remember that if they find your Twitter, they’re going to go through it, so you might want to reconsider liveblogging your bikini wax or using Twitter to talk shit about your ex.
  • Use a picture of yourself as your avatar. That way people will know it’s your actual Twitter.
  • Consider getting a second account. If you simply can’t resist using Twitter to update people about your sex life or how much you love Rock of Love, maybe you should get a second friends-only account that requires people who want to follow you to ask permission.

should you use twitter at work?

I am really close to losing patience with people who are surprised when their computer behaviors get monitored at work. At this point, people should be aware that it is well within an employer’s rights to make sure employees aren’t downloading porn or doing anything illegal. This means that they can also catalogue and read your IM conversations or your emails.

Now, there are a whole slew of panicky articles with the basic headline “OMG did you know your boss can read your twitter?!” Yes, folks, if you Twitter from work there’s a possibility that your company will read what you write. Just like if you blog, use Facebook, post on MySpace, etc. So make sure that if you’re blogging about the inner workings of your corporation, change names, or don’t be totally shocked when you get called in for a meeting with HR. Just as you can get fired for blogging (see: Dooce), you can also get fired for Twittering. So be careful.

mad men and women on twitter

Whoever is working in web marketing over at AMC needs a raise. I’m loving the amount of Mad Men characters who have “official” Twitter accounts. Here’s a list of some of them, if you’re interested in following: @don_draper, @peggyolson, @ken_cosgrove, @bettydraper, @sal_romano, @_petecampbell, and @paulkinsey. [If you're a non-Twitterer but want to check out one of their pages, the rule for how to get the address is you take whatever comes after the "@" and put it after www.twitter.com. Thus, the STA twitter is @saveassistants, or www.twitter.com/saveassistants.] It’s a very clever way to keep people engaged and interested in the show while it’s on hiatus, and it’s like manna for those of us who are addicted to the show and need something to tide us over until new episodes premiere.

Of course, there’s also @joan_holloway if you want to follow the exploits of Sterling Cooper’s office manager with the mostest. She fields questions from friends/followers, and she answered one that I’d been wondering about myself - what exactly is that necklace Joan’s (left) always wearing at work? She responded, “It’s a pen necklace. I have orders to sign for and things to jot down all day, so it comes in handy.”

I swear, if it wasn’t for the internet I would never know anything.

demi moore is looking for an assistant

Those of you who follow STA on Twitter may have already heard this, but Demi Moore is hiring an assistant. And how did I know that? Because she announced it via her Twitter feed, of course. (FYI, her username is “Mrs. Kutcher.)

Thanks to STA reader Anna in Raleigh for the heads-up.

follow sta on twitter

Those of you on Twitter can now follow STA. We’re @saveassistants.

britney’s assistant is a-twitter

Everybody - well, except STA - has a Twitter. And now it seems that celebrities are moving away from using their MySpace for press to using their Twitter to ‘communicate’ with their fans. And one of the celebrities with Twitter is Ms. Britney “Comeback” Spears herself. InformationWeek notes that, unlike most celebrities, Britney is very upfront about the fact that she isn’t the one writing the vast majority of her posts (”tweets”). According to them,

She has a Social Media Director named Lauren Kozak who pilots the Twitter account, as well as Britney’s Web site, her Facebook and MySpace accounts, her Circus VIP Ning Community, and her “very successful” YouTube campaign, according to Jesse Stay, writing on the blog louisgray.com. Kozak writes Britney’s tweets, with input from the star herself, Britney’s personal assistant, and the rest of Britney’s entourage.

I guess that means Bret(t) isn’t too busy chaperoning Britney on dates to microblog.

so much for ‘i want sandy’

When the “virtual personal assistant” computer program I Want Sandy debuted last year, I derided it for a) not providing anything that a savvy web-user couldn’t set up themselves by using Google Calendar Alerts and b) using a cliche “Girl Friday/’50s Secretary” logo [pictured] that was not only sexist but pretty cheesy, as if they were aiming for “cutesy retro” but wound up with “annoying stereotype.” [CNNMoney describes the program as "a kind of virtual assistant; you send “her” emails with specific instructions or keywords, such as birthdays to remember or appointments you need to keep, and she emails you or text-messages you at a time of your choosing to help you remember."]

Well, I Want Sandy has just become the latest victim of the economic recession. However, don’t cry for Sandy. Values of n, the company that developed the program, was recently acquired by everyone’s favorite microblogging platform, Twitter. Does this mean Twitter is developing a program of its own that will provide the same services Sandy did, only without lame “hot secretary” tropes? We can only hope.