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Newsof the Day 6/7/2010

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Plenty of iPhone news, print by email, and SoftBank is getting into American Social Media companies . . . it's your must-know geek news!


Economics/Geekonomics:
The Five Steps of a Bubble, a nice and readable look.

Anime and Manga:
Looks like Ankama and Tokyopop are teaming up. to do some German publishing.

Funimation keeps going, working on a film with BioWare based on Dragon Age: Origins. I knew there was enthusiasm for Dragon Age to be a multmedia propery, this fits. It also shows Funimation isn't in as dire stratis as some may fear.


Television:
Find out what it's like to work in the writer's room in TV – In an insightful mixed interveiw. Must read for anyone interested in media writing.

Seinfeld went off the air 12 years ago. It's Made $2.7 billion since then. Reruns/syndication are hugely profitable for some shows, and a good reminder making the right show can be an investment.

Mobile:
It's an iPhone roundup:

Social Media:
Yahoo is serously integrating with Facebook. They've got nothing to loose, and it's useful. Still I see this as another sign Yahoo is just kind of . . . there. Just trying to survive.

Zynga's next target is Japan. It just allied with SoftBank. RockYou got $10 million in investment from Softbank. Hmmm, it seems SoftBank is trying to cover as much ground as possible – so who might they ally with or invest in next? Check more on them here. They're even the only iPhone carrier in Japan . . .

Technology:
HP is working on printers with their own email address. So you print by sending an email – which makes it great for mobile devices. A nice idea, and one I can see having many uses beyond the mobile (try, sheer convenience).

Video Games:
The latest issue of the Review of General Psychology is all about gaming. Tasty, tasty research for techs, game programmers, marketers, and more.

QUESTION OF THE DAY:  Print by e-mail sounds like a great idea – so what are the potential problems?

-Steven Savage

The Power of How

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That dream career you have?  That perfect job?  That long-term plan?  Tell me how you're going to get there.  Give me as much detail as possible.  Explain the way the different parts of your master plan work to get to the results you want.

If you know how things will happen, if you know what you have to do, if you know how the pieces of your career come together, you can make them happen.  You know why things work and what is needed.  You know when you take detours – and what to do (or if to continue).

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Remember The Power Of Your Past

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In any job search, be it for a new employer or a client or customer you'll do work for, your past tells your story.  Your resume, company past, what have you, says what you are capable of, who trusts you, and what you've done.  If you communicate it right, people see what you're capable of – and if not, then working for them probably isn't going to be your concern.

To succeed in your career, you need to communicate the power of your past achievements, because they show you have a foundation for success.  You have to show competence, skill, and knowledge in the form of results.  When you show these things, and can discuss them in interviews and the like, then you convince people you're worth employing or providing services.

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