In this tough economy, how many of us have considered turning to the web as a source of work?  If you have the skillset of a professional but can’t find work in the traditional markets, why not consider leveraging some of your skills you’ve acquired over the years as a provider on Elance?  And, if you are really ambitious but don’t have the skills, why not learn a skill and make money while you do it?

I know how to ace interview questions like the back of my hand and can whip out a snappy “Knock ‘Em Dead” resume in about 3 hours.  I see some of those services being offered up for $300 or more.  And it doesn’t take much for me to pick up a business proposals book from Barnes and Noble and offer up my services writing proposals as well after a little brushing up on the basics.

We all spend time on our blogs, why not also spend some time being paid to provide writing services for others?  It might be even more lucrative than earning a few dollars on Adsense while blogging…

What is so great is that you’ll notice they’ve been featured by two television stations - one national (CTV) and one local (City TV) and have only done 11 episodes!  Also note that, while not really professionally produced, the videos are fun and informative.

Here is the takeaway:

1. you can do videos easily with a digital camera
2. you don’t need to make them fancy
3. you do have to post regularly
4. make them fun and short and you will probably be surprised at the results!
5. OH, Kendra Todd (of Apprentice fame) is in one!!

More videos over at ThinkTom.com.  By the way, I went to grad school with Kerrie.

Two reasons why this is a problem:

1) They may phish me at some point by responding to my Tweets, for example, and then asking for info I would only provide to people I trust.

2) They may be legitimized by being followers or being followed by others not wise to their scheming.  So, when someone else sees that these scammers are friends with someone they know, that third person may be fooled into befriending the scammer.

This whole development reminds me of the AOL chatrooms and instant message clients from the last century where random scammers would overrun the services and try to defraud you.  It drove me, and perhaps others, into services that were more secure.

Twitter needs to nip this in the bud before it gets out of control.

98,304,000 pixels of resolution

At the University of Utah, Prof. Juliana Freire is working on DeepPeep, an ambitious effort to index every public database. Now, check out the screen–Mac OS X 30 inches * 6 across * 4 down = 720 square inches and 98,304,000 pixels of resolution.

Link to article.

NY Post Stimulus Bill/Obama Cartoon Parody