I saw a Diggnation South Park spoof on Rasterbator using an online South Park creation tool, very cool. I thought I would have a play with it over lunch but needed a subject. I decided to pick on Cameron Reilly and Richard Giles in the G’Day World persona’s. The result:- Not the best but heyContinue reading “South Park does G’Day World”
Author Archives: Michael Specht
The new recruiting.com
I have been debating in my head do or don’t I post about the new recruiting.com. If I post will I just add to the hype and if I don’t will I regret not getting my thoughts out. I also am a bit bitter about the whole thing as I had grand plans to doContinue reading “The new recruiting.com”
The news still gets through
The Thai military have executed a very streamlined, and it seems peaceful coup, while the Thai PM is in the US speaking to the UN. While the military have taken control of television and radio you can still get some news online from independent sources through blogs via Technorati searches, and photos from Flickr, but strangelyContinue reading “The news still gets through”
2nd Podcast
The second BJs Show is up, this time I think the levels are a bit better. The show is a little longer as BJ starts to get into the swing of things. Some of the topics covered:- What kids are doing in the playground – “off ground tiggy” A few jokes Another book review InterestingContinue reading “2nd Podcast”
Do you know where your candidates are?
Carve Consulting client Cerco had a problem, where are our available candidates? Cerco are a provider of IT consultants and needed to be able to fulfill client requests very quickly. So what did Carve Consulting do? They created a mashup of their candidate database with Google Maps! Registered clients can have CV’s delivered in one-click,Continue reading “Do you know where your candidates are?”
The long tail of job ads
Jorge posts a follow up on my post about online job ads continuing to rise. I really like his summary:- My takeaways from this limping rant:Large is not a problem per-seNiche is not a panacea per-seDatabase Quality drives a sustainable revenue/business modelSite functionality and Price are two tools to mould publisher behaviorSite Functionality and content – bothContinue reading “The long tail of job ads”
In case you have not heard
Microsoft has released the Zune. Lots of talk on the Internet opinion, reviews and picture check out Engadget for a good run down. Now back to my day.
TPN Dinner
Last night I was able to get out to the TPN Dinner here in Melbourne, the Upcoming details are here. Cameron was in full swing, maybe one too many coffees in the day, Father Bob made a brief appearance, Martin from the Travel Show, Of course Rich Giles was there, along with Kate, Miriam, Matt, Tony,Continue reading “TPN Dinner”
How not to recruit Jeremy Zawodny, or anyone else for that matter
Jeremy Zawodny, Yahoo geek and blogger received an email from a recruiter inviting him to apply for jobs to work for their company. The email had the exact opposite effect. Where should I begin with this? You “sourced” my resume? Is that lame recruiter speak for “I was punching buzzwords into Google when I ranContinue reading “How not to recruit Jeremy Zawodny, or anyone else for that matter”
A podcast with my son
I have been listening to podcasts since early November 2004, the first Australian Podcast I found was G’Day World. Yesterday while driving home I was listening to Accident Hash 175 with my son and CC Chapman made a comment such as “anyone can get into podcasting”. My son looked at me a said “Can they? Continue reading “A podcast with my son”
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