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Dirty Mythbusting Jobs Versus Nature With Bizarre Foods in The Wild

October 16, 2010 by Steven Savage

I love Mythbusters. That's a tame statement actually, but human vocabulary is limited. Let's just say now and then when I fire up Netflix, the people I live with dread I'm going to watch some episode for the 3rd or 4th time. Seriously though, how can you not watch a hot water tank take off like a rocket again and again?

In fact, I love shows like Mythbusters, though they're my prime love. I love these oddball reality-esque shows that look at weird jobs, foods, areas, history, and more. You know the formula – get the right host with a good personality, a subject, turn them loose, and film the fascinating results. From blowing up toilets to eating tuna eyeballs, these shows are addictive to people like me.

Resume Worthy Roundup for September 2010

October 9, 2010 by Steven Savage

What companies should you geeks be looking at? Here's our list for September 2010!

ActFio – Raised $16 million and is in the vital area of data management, including backup.
AOL – They're buying up companies as some kind of plan and have shown a lot of ambition. They're in danger of becoming a Fan To Pro Crush Object at this rate . . .
Citras – $10 million and they do cloud storage.
Crunchyroll – They're making technology for online manga. Plus, they're Crunchyroll.
DeNA – This highly aggressive company is expanding into the US. We lost track of how many articles we posted on them. They bought Gameview, just for one instance.
Gameloft – They're selling tons of games via the app store.
Kno – Because it's obvious they've got a lot going on.
Motorola Mobile – They got spun off with $3.5 billion dollars from their parent company. That money is not going to spend itself, people.
Laser Light – 3D movies may not be doing as hot as thought, but this company that helps make it possible raised $13 million.
Netflix – Beyond ruling everything and being installed on everything, they've branched into Canada.
NetShelter – They just got $15 million to spend, and have a definite business focus – blog advertising.
Newsweek – They're hiring. Nuff' said.
Quantenna – Solid business in mobile/wi-fi chipsets, and $21 million in venture capital.
PopCap Games – As they're expanding into Korea.
RedHat – Besides being cool, earnings were up 20% in Q2.
Samsung – They've got new tablets and more coming and seem very savvy.
Say Media – A heady mix of VideoEgg and Six Apart? Intriguing possibilities there.
Skype – As they expanded conference options.
Solve Media – Because they're finding an ad-driven way to replace annoying CAPTCHAs.
Voxy – An interesting language education service. If they get some VC, then definitely wing them a resume.

– Steven Savage

Fannish Skills On the Job Search – Roundup

October 4, 2010 by Steven Savage

You have skills you use in fandom that you can use on your career – but can also use on your job search! A quick roundup of our articles on the subject!

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– Steven Savage