I know the website hasn’t been updated in a while but expect a huge overhaul in the coming days and some new content for you to enjoy! The website will go more “portfolio” based and link out to my various projects, so stay tuned!!!

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The economy is supposedly bouncing back but searching for jobs still doesn’t get any easier.

Depending on what you’re even looking for, the search can be a tough one. The web may still be booming and creating new jobs, but sifting through it all is still a long process and by the end of it, you might as well consider yourself a Job Search Analyst. In helping others out there search of a job of their own, I’ll compile what techniques I’ve been using to find myself a job. Hopefully you’ll learn something and find yourself a job!

Finding a place to find jobs

Finding a job is hard. Finding a place to find jobs can actually be just as difficult. The best tool I’ve found to find places to find a job (mouthful) is XMarks.com. This website is based off a plug in that aggregates people’s bookmarking habits to create a searchable database of sites around topics. Putting in the right phrase will show you a list of the best sites in that field based on the bookmarking and tagging habits of others.

So when looking for a place to actually find job listings, here’s some ideas:
http://www.xmarks.com/topic/job_boards
http://www.xmarks.com/topic/job_search_engines

Also keep in mind that every topic also has a great list of “related topics” under the search bar to give you other ideas to search for.

Tips on making your search easier

Sure, you can spend every day opening up your bookmarks and searching for jobs you want. Like the title of this post states, searching for jobs online is a much longer process than it seems. In helping to create productivity as well as sanity, there’s a great feature most job boards have, that you must use: saved searches.

Websites like Monster.com and Indeed.com allow you to not only set up saved searches, but they can also e-mail you fresh searches every day. Setting these up will decrease the amount of time you spend hunting to leave more time for writing great cover letters and jazzing up your resume (which we will discuss in the next section). Since the search may be long, you can expect that every morning, you’ll have a fresh batch of e-mails to tear through with plenty of job listings set up with your specific criteria.

Make sure to change up the listings or make your search term the root word. So instead of having saved searches for “blogging,” “blogger” and “blogs” you can just set up a search for the word “blog” and catch as many listings as you can.

Cover letters and resumes

The sad truth is, there are a lot of extremely expensive resume writing services out there. Thankfully, websites like JobFox will evaluate your resume for free when you post it on their job board. Within a few days, they will send you a few tips to clean it up before trying to convince you to pay for a professionally written one. While I would personally like a really great resume written for me, I can’t exactly spend money while I’m trying to find ways to make more of it.

Thankfully, you can go back to XMarks and find a few sites of your own, many of which will offer free advice. Compile a few notes and make your best judgments to really spice up both your cover letter and resume. The most basic tip I can give is be simple, be honest, use “action words,” not “passive words,” and make sure your cover letter is well thought out since that will be a stronger force than a standard resume. Any chance you have to make an impression before an interview is a good idea, so make sure you make a great first impression with your cover letter.

More on cover letters:
http://www.xmarks.com/topic/cover_letter

More on resumes:
http://www.xmarks.com/topic/resume

Keep on pushing on

It’ll be a long journey but if you put a lot of effort out there, there’s no way that some great opportunity will not come back to you. The best thing to do is be committed, be honest and try hard. Any good hiring manager will be able to spot determination and a good skill set. Make sure you put your best foot forward in the search. It’ll be long and it’ll be boring. Do well and your good work will eventually pay off.

I’ll let you know when I land a new job myself. So keep it strong and be sure to share this post with friends.

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The show needs funds to get started! Head over to my Kickstarter page to donate, support and make this project real!

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The Subway Series Game Reviews detail some of the best games to play during rides on the New York City subway system.

What better game to introduce my new series of game reviews about games to play while on mass transit than a game that actually has to deal with mass transit?

What Crazy Taxi did for the Dreamcast and taxi driving, Fare City does for the iPhone/iPod and taxi dispatch. Finkly Interactive took a clever approach to using the features of the iPhone/iPod Touch to make a game that wouldn’t look or play better elsewhere.

The play field’s monochrome backgrounds really make the other imagery pop. Players tap on a taxi and then literally draw its path across the play field to direct it to a waiting customer and then to their destination. Once your taxi is set on a waiting passenger, the taxi then assumes their color. When you set the path to the destination point, your taxi’s path is also that color which is extremely helpful when managing multiple taxis.

If you’re playing this game on the train for the first time, it’s best to try Rookie Mode first. It’s the same as Classic mode but it’s geared towards beginners. If you happen to know the length of your trip, you can always try Time Trial Mode to get your Fare City fix with time to spare so you can make sure you end your game time before you reach your stop!

Along with the game’s increasing difficulty levels and variable speed settings, it’s hard to get bored with Fare City. In the event that you master the first level, the latest update to the game features a new map with an environmental hazard! Now gamers have to worry about more than just slamming their taxis into each other. Every so often, an outdoor train will come barreling down the right side of the screen splitting the level in half. Good thing you can always make your taxis drive off one side of the screen and appear on the other side!

With built in Open Feint features and the promise of new maps, Fare City will always be a great to play on those long borough to borough rides on the subway. I just wouldn’t suggest playing this in an actually taxi though!

Fare City is published by Digital Chocolate and you can try the free version or get the full experience right away.

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Jeremy Geddes creates striking images of cosmonauts floating through urban spaces.

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One of my favorite artist’s, James White, posted a link to this great post over at A Time To Get detailing some amazing vintage Porsche posters.

This is exactly what I’ve would’ve been doing if I did graphic design back in the 50s and 60s.

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Fans of District 9′s look and feel, will love this short film by director Trevor Cawood.

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Before the age of mp3s, podcasts and streaming radio, we all used to make mix CDs.

A good mix was a sign of the times. The soundtrack to a personal experience. How many times have you found a blank CD in your room or your car, popped it in and instantly relived some great memories? Uploading mix CDs will be a new thing I’ll be trying on the site. While I’ll still be uploading mix sets and live DJ sets, I want to bring back an old past-time. This mix is meant to be downloaded, burned on a CD and enjoyed.

While I’m most known for DJing electro and dance music, my first love in music was rock. I wanted to put together a good compilation of some of my favorite tracks. All of these are great markers for good experiences I’ve had over the years. From classics, new stuff and maybe even some tracks you’ve never heard before, I want this CD to be downloaded, enjoyed and listened to along side activities that are destined to be good memories.

DOWNLOAD- I Love Rock n’ Roll Mix CD Vol. 01

And remember, this is a FREE download, but you can head over to the Support Page to leave some love. Your help will provide funds for future projects, more downloads and motivation to keep going. Thanks and enjoy!

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Okay, I admit it: I have a lot of pet peeves when it comes to my digital life. The biggest problem is the disorganization of all my digital media. I sort and resort my Twitter lists. Fuss around with what blogs go in what folder in Google Reader and let’s not get started with how I organize bookmarks. (I don’t. I have so many to sort through!)

The thing that gets me the most frustrated is a disorganized and poorly tagged iTunes collection. For most people, it’s not a big deal, but when you DJ for a living, it’s vital to have a well organized MP3 collection. Thankfully, we have software like TuneUp to save people like me.

Whether you get your digital music legally or illegally, organization can be a problem. ID tags are always an issue. Sometimes files you download are tagged wrong and even if you buy your music, iTunes can sometimes magically ruin your ID tags. TuneUp will fix it. It’ll make it all better. It won’t kiss your boo boos though.

TuneUp claims to fix your music “automagically” and they do not lie. It truly is automagical. While I wasn’t surprised it fixed MP3s I had of current music, I was actually quite shocked and impressed that it properly tagged all my video game music. I’m a huge video game music enthusiast and it’s extremely hard to find good quality video game music outside of spending a large sum on import CDs. (Which I do most of the time and it gets pricey. Even then, you have to manually tag those MP3s after you rip them!) It literally cured years of pent up MP3 disorganization aggression in minutes. I would pay for TuneUp again merely for clearing up my video game music collection.

Get TuneUp and stop being mad at your MP3s. It’s not their fault they don’t know their own names.

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