22 Nov 09 5 Reasons Why You Should Join Twitter

Twitter is hot, very hot. Everyone is embracing this 140-character phenomenon, but still there are some people who are not as excited about twitter as rest of us are. They do not see any point in joining twitter. I am writing this post for those who are living in the twitter-dark-age, and here I will show why one should join twitter.

Reason 1: To search what you need

Twitter is not just a micro-blogging platform, but it is a potent search engine as well. The keyword search tool of twitter is very powerful, and can fetch the result you are looking for in real time, for example, if you type #Movie 2010, Dallas in the twitter search, you will get all the results of recent tweets matching the word you entered. Check out advanced Twitter search or use the operators.

Reason 2: To filter the inflow of Information

Let’ face it. The amount of information produced on the Internet in one single day will require more than a lifetime to consume. You will have to born again 2 to 3 times to consume the information we produced in one day. This is what we call information overload, which confuses us big time and leave us paralyzed.

We need a filter, rather many filters, to make sense of the world around us. Twitter and tools based on its API help us filter the information without missing on the things we need to know.

Reason 3: To get breaking News

Reuters and Bloomberg are panting, and twitter is donning a proud smile of a winner who has achieved the goal faster. Breaking news reaches faster to twitter than it goes to any big media houses. Check out http://Twitter.com/breakingnews.

Reason 4: To know what others are thinking on a topic

Use # tag (keyword) feature of twitter to find out the opinions of people on a certain topic. See how people are reacting to the event or occurrence that matters to you.

Reason 5: Track a trend

Every day many trends and countless micro-trends come into and go out of existence. If you are an information junkie or a social scientist who wants to keep eye on what is happening in the world then nothing can help you as much as twitter will. Use #tag (keyword) to track what people are saying, doing, and talking about.

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10 Sep 09 Make The Most Of An Internship

An internship is an invaluable opportunity to learn and also network yourself, so once you get the opportunity, don’t make a mistake. The worst thing you could do is to forget just how important a chance this is to make a name for yourself. Not only are you there to volunteer your time to gain valuable career skills. But also an internship is about making friends within the industry, and if you prove to be very good at what you do, an internship could turn into a job offer. So the key is to take advantage of those chances, and here are a few tips to do just that.

First off, and I can’t stress this enough, dress the part. If you’re interning at a big time corporation, and you see the rest of the interns dressed anything but professionally, do not follow their example. Buttoned shirt and tie should be a no brainer for every day that you are there to intern. This way your appearance meets your attitude, creating a good impression that you are there to work and to learn. That’s what companies want.

Get to work before the boss. That way you can show that you are committed to the tasks at hand, as well as learning everything you can. A boss will put more into your internship if you show the initiative to take advantage of everything they have on offer.

Know the easy stuff, like making coffee, working a copier and fax, the simple office tasks in and out. There’s a certain amount of grunt work that interns are meant to do, and all of these fall into those categories. The faster you can work through them, the faster you can get down to the real aspects of your job.

Finally, do the best you can. Internships are really you volunteering your time, but don’t think that just because you aren’t being paid you shouldn’t work hard. Being a hard worker with a good attitude and willingness to get the job done will put you into the memory of your coworkers and boss. That can be invaluable when you’re looking to get a job somewhere down the line. Not to mention top performers in internship positions can even be offered full time positions from the companies they are interning with. Work hard and you just may get yourself a job.

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