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Guest Mitchell Friedman gives us the 411 on jobs
Mitchell Friedman, director of MBA Career Services at USF, helps students connect their interests to potential jobs. With the market in (possible) shambles, Mitchell lends a helping hand to our 3 hosts (and vast array of listeners) into what this market means for current students.
Some key takeaways
- Employers are still hiring
- Spend extra time on your job search...don't let a fear-based search overtake a proactive search
- Student who start early at USF last year, more often than not, found 1 or more opportunities that suited them
- Alternate energy is growing quite well
- Government sectors in Finance, Retirement, and Financial Regulation have opportunities
-Network on FB and LinkedIn...but beware! Employers love it if you can back-up your claims of being "in the know" in the social networking realm, but they can also see that beer bong your doing in your pictures!
If you've got any questions for Mitchell, feel free to add a comment after this article, or twitter us at #newgentech
Christian, Danny and Joyce
Posted at 08:35PM Nov 05, 2008 by Christian Mudgett in Blogging | Comments[0]
celebrities tell us what not voting means
Tomorrow is the big day friends! Many of us here in California are on pins and needles regarding all the critical propositions on the ballot. Whatever you do, please vote.
See ya at the polls!
ps. Sarah Silverman cracks me up.
Posted at 03:06PM Nov 03, 2008 by Joyce Solano in Blogging | Comments[0]
New Gen Tech show: Jobs and the Application Process, A New Market
Web 2.0 and the social media aspect of our everyday lives has made our application process much different than, say, 10 years ago would have played
out. We discuss the road map that we have taken over the last year or two. Christian got a job right our of undergrad, and speaks on the transparency that Facebook offered for him and his then future employer. Danny, the ever cunning photographer, offers up his story of photojournalism and the such (tip: always wear your camera around your neck during your interviews for a photography job) and describes how not going to big name college may not be the end of the world (he still landed a great job). Joyce, the blogger aficionado, talks about getting hired for one thing, only to have her role changed - and how it all ended up swell in the end anyways.
What were these people up to over the past week since we last heard from them? Christian attended the Batoka launch
Danny watched the Batoka launch live over the internet through uStream, a digital streaming service that Sun uses. uStream is really neat - so check it out...or better yet listen to us talk about it!
Be sure to tune in every OTHER Monday for the next show...Next week: Business and Career Development guru Mitchell Friedman, from the University of San Francisco comes on and talks about the hiring process in the volatile job market.
Tune in live Mon Nov 3rd at 10am PST live...send us some questions you want to ask, or give us a call live at (347) 996-5116 and ask away!
Posted at 10:30AM Oct 22, 2008 by Christian Mudgett in Blogging | Comments[0]
Recap of New Gen Tech Show
In tough times, Millenials will survive...and we'll show you how
***SHOW RECAP!! 10/6/08***
Joyce discusses her fav gadgets that she would use in case the End Times were near. In roundtable fashion, we all consider the effectiveness of high-powered green lasers and Toughbooks.
Also, Joyce walks us through her new tools for the week, the Obama iPhone app.
This nifty app allows you to immediately send any one of your friends ANYTHING Obama, all the while targeting them by specific demo (a la swing states). Pretty nifty stuff if you ask us.
Finally, MyPicks Election 2008 is highlighted as Sun's very own Zembly, Facebook / Myspace app creators, help the young and eager take to the streets and create their very own "campaign." From district supervisor all the way to President, MyPicks Election 2008 gets everyone in on the action.
Posted at 04:46PM Oct 07, 2008 by Christian Mudgett in Blogging | Comments[0]
Recap of New Gen Tech Show
Keeping Tabs - Unconventional Ways that Allow us to Keep in Touch with Reality
*Christian Mudgett (host), Danny Holland (co-host) and Joyce Solano (gadget gal) have a meeting of the minds to discuss----well read below to find out!
***SHOW RECAP!! 9/29/08***
Our second show was again indeed a success! We discuss the Android phone, which is Google's Open Source answer to the iPhone. Check it here
We haven't decided yet if its really a step ahead, at least as of NOW, but Christian and Joyce are pretty confident that once some more basement developers get their hands on the free SDK this phone will rock your socks.
We were really trying to focus on ways that us Millenials keep up with the latest news that concerns us. Old media is ok sometimes, but check this one out: Forbes on Palestra Palestra.net - owned by a Mr Rupert Murdoch unfortunately :( - is like CNN's iReports meet College TV. Its actually pretty cool, with over 120 student news reporters to cover everything from tech to politics. Watch for yourself
Twitter, the West Coast phenom, has been discussed at length...so instead of beating an dead horse we find out what CEO's actually use the service. Check it!
MR JONATHAN SCHWARTZ uses it....boooya
Danny Holland also chats up his latest fetish, a noise canceling ear-piece, does it work??? Listen to find out!
Posted at 01:10PM Oct 03, 2008 by Joyce Solano in Blogging | Comments[0]
Introducing New Gen Tech on BlogTalkradio !
Hey guys! We are New Gen Tech: Host Christian Mudgett, co-host Danny Holland and me as the weekend gadget wrap-up girl Joyce Solano. We are 3 next generation 'movers and shakers' who are trying to crack the code around the convergence of tech and pop culture and its effect on our Millenial lives. Pop culture, for us, is really the aesthetic aspect of "cool and relevant" tech. We find the harmony between tech form and function and show how it relates to our constantly evolving lives..
***SHOW RECAP!! 9/25/08***
To actually prove how awesome you are and show what great purchasing smug'ness you have, :), follow http://delicious-monster.com/ to organize your life into everything iTunes-esque with Delicious Library 2. Give it a try with the free trial version to see if you like it. Our dear co-host Danny Holland uses Delicious Library 2 to woo potential ladies over. He ritualistically goes to Borders, scans books in Mandarin and Russian into the program, and proceeds to take his laptop to the closest dive-bar. There, he shows off his penchant for foreign novels to win the gals at the bar...tell us if you are doing anything cool with the app.
After the ill fated run of the Microsoft Jerry Seinfeld ads:
Microsoft steps into another realm with the "I'm a PC" ads, see it here.
In short, great turnaround Bill! All Seinfeld aside, we can't ignore the ultimate irony in the fact that the Microsoft ads were actually made on a Mac (http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/09/19/microsofts-im-a-pc-ads-created-on-macs/) Does this tickle your funny bone as much as ours?
Joyce Solano, our every-gitty weekend wrap-up girl, takes us through a tour of TechCrunch 50, where 52 actual companies launched and competed for a cool 50K.
Your comments, questions, gripes, and kvetches are always welcomed. Oh, and don't forget to listen to our latest episode of New Gen Tech on BlogTalkradio!
Posted at 10:19AM Sep 26, 2008 by Joyce Solano in Blogging | Comments[0]
Announcing... history in the making
Changing focus to the Finance world today since we are witnessing the largest mortgage shakeout in global history. Every economics, finance and business major in the foreseeable future will be reading about this in every newly printed textbook. From the fall of Bear Stearns and subsequent take over by JP Morgan, then the Freddie and Fannie bail out, followed by Bank of America buying Merril Lynch and now the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the insolvency of AIG. Wow that sentence is making me spin. Is Washington Mutual next? Wachovia? Thoughts? There are 9000 banks in the America, how many will be left in the next 3 to 5 years? There are talks of runs on banks which means people get worried and pull their money out, creating a larger liquidity crisis. I hope we don't see that so don't panic people. The FDIC insures up to $100,000 of your bank funds so if you have big accounts, it is best to diversify at this point.
Check out the stock market plunges of the some of our largest financial institutions:
Posted at 02:51PM Sep 15, 2008 by Joyce Solano in Blogging | Comments[0]
Google's Chrome beta available today
We will be hearing a lot about the new Google web browser being released in beta today to run on windows. Google aims to compete with Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox and deliver a faster more powerful tool for the multimedia needs of today's web users. I can't test it yet because I'm a mac user so tell me what you guys think of it.
For a lot of details about the features or Chrome, check out Google's presentation on it.
Posted at 09:34AM Sep 02, 2008 by Joyce Solano in Blogging | Comments[3]
Android Market vs iPhone Apps store
News of the new Android market that was announced by Google today is traveling fast. This market will allow developers of apps for the new Android-powered devices to publish their offerings for the public to download. Users will also get an opportunity to rate and review the apps. This service will directly compete with the iPhone apps store. This undoubtedly will create buzz with developers but questions remain around security. Google has not announced details of a screening process to prevent tainted code from being published. Stay tuned for more developments in the next few months.
Posted at 11:21AM Aug 29, 2008 by Joyce Solano in Blogging | Comments[0]
And you don't even have to be inebriated: Crowdsourcing
I mean, yeah, you could definitely play some loud music while you're at it. Perhaps you could make it happen while you're being groped by a bunch of strangers - I haven't tried it. I won't judge.
But subtract the concert audience, add a digital audience, mix in your blog & your cause:
It's quite simple.
Crowdsourcing is, literally, the outsourcing of a crowd - in this case, your loyal readers. You ask for help with something; make a petition on your blog; Twitter your wish out into the deep blue of the Intrawebz, and see what curious/generous patrons spit back at you.
- Maybe you need help with a monster project required for an interview you're trying to land, like Joanna Geary....
- Maybe you're the classic college student trying to pay tuition - eager to learn but unbearably broke (join the CLUB) - and you're looking for kind souls to donate just $3, like Brendan (So far, he's collected $5,677.87 more than I've ever gotten from strangers)...
- Maybe you're a contagiously-energetic Marketing Manager looking for a few good intern candidates (or, in this case, a tech superstar whose name rhymes with Shmick Shmenny, with a clever opensource brain and an awesome network)...
Regardless, I think that crowdsourcing pretty much defines the best forward-facing ideals of our time: Being resourceful, digging into and connecting with your community, and helping out another human being.
Philanthropy (or petty begging) for Generation Y.
Posted at 04:50PM Jul 22, 2008 by Bernadette Anat in Blogging | Comments[0]
All the cool kids blog.
EVERYBODY BLOGS.
Don't argue with me on this.
If you're not blogging to some degree, you're either painfully outdated, don't have the proper resources, or you're one of those backwards-unique jerks who parades with their "I'm rebelling against everything mainstream, now give me mainstream-quality attention for it" flags. (I hate you guys. Go home.)
C'mon, when there's 1.2 million blogs being birthed per week - yes. Blogging is the new deoderant.
So it's no surprise that 58 of the Fortune 500 companies, clamoring to keep up with America's growing obsession with self-expression through technology, have all taken to their keyboards and got to bloggin'.
& When I see companies blogging, I see a company hoping to speak in Gen-Y-ese.
Ya can't hate 'em for it. They try, and some, I think, succeed.
Take Nuts about Southwest, Southwest's lighthearted, multi-tasking blog. They've got a Flickr feature, video blogging, Red Belly Radio (I know, right), and if you're a little old school, a headline-churning news feed. They've caught on to the young peoples' nature of scrolling up and down and around a page like a bat outta hell, and they offer plenty to play with.
Or take Dr. Laundry, Clorox's service blog. Dr. Laundry cares about your tighty whities - he says so right on his blog. You ask, Dr. Laundry diagnoses. Sure, there's a truckload of product placement, but can you tell me a better way of removing tomato sauce from my new white blouse better than Dr. Laundry?
Thank you.
There are still some blogs that drive me crazy with their uselessness, that are so outdated and boring and "What's the POINT?!" that its almost comedically ironic (cough McDonalds), but a consumer-oriented company blog seems to be the weapon of choice in showing customers,
"Hey. We're up to date, progressive, and seriously concerned about your thoughts.
Now friend us on Facebook."
Posted at 04:56PM Jul 18, 2008 by Bernadette Anat in Blogging | Comments[1]
I'm telling my mommy-avatar
I'll be honest - I never knew much about/paid much attention to/was always kinda scared of virtual worlds for teens. To me, it represented the endproduct that I was always terrified technology would leave us with:
Actual, fleshy social interaction REPLACED by angle-y, pixelated virtual interaction.
Ew.
But I can no longer deny that it has caught on - I can name approximately 5 million different teen-targeted Virtual World programs, like ExitReality, There, Habbo, SecondLife for Teens (I shudder everytime I find a new one)...
HOWEVER.
The internet utopia we hoped to create through these worlds is getting just as sketchy as real life.
For just as in your most scarring 2nd-grade memories...
Bullies click among us. 
According to this article by the LA Times, kids in virtual worlds frequently get scammed by ...other freakin' kids. This includes:
- Virtual money theft - A promises B another an avatar makeover or more money/points in exchange for their password. A breaks promise & makes off with loot. B is pissed.
- Sneaky keyboard codes that allow other players to use your (hard earned!) virtual possessions
- Verbal harassment through private messages and virtual chatrooms
Sites take huge measure to try to ensure safety - I remember playing some Disney-related VW game, and they only let you type certain kid-friendly phrases - but cyberteasing and harassment isn't as easy to trace as playground antics. It's the internet. Most things are swallowed in anonymity.
This says two major things to me:
1). That, just like most manmade things, the internet is finally adopting human error. That which is made by man will have the flaws of man - Intrawebz, you are NO longer an exception, &
2). That the gift/curse freedom of the internet no longer means freeplay.
Are we gonna start teaching our kids how to develop tough skins both in the real and virtual worlds?
Are virtual worlds gonna start coming with virtual self-help pdfs?!
WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!
Posted at 05:14PM Jul 11, 2008 by Bernadette Anat in Blogging | Comments[0]
Super Interns, Asseeeeeeeeemmble!
Now tell me: What better faces represent the Gen-Y side of Sun than the Gen-Y-ers themselves?
Joyce & I put together a little Animoto, giving you a sneak peek at intern life here at Sun. We've got the brightest, the funniest, the most innovative interns around...
And quite friggin' good lookin', might we add.
We've got our cameras on us at all times - stay tuned for more of the youngest faces of Sun!
Posted at 03:30PM Jul 08, 2008 by Bernadette Anat in Blogging | Comments[2]
Extreme blending by Joyce Solano
I would like celebrate my return to civilization this week since I'm getting my iphone back (3G upgrade after a premature retirement of my Gen 1 version). Yes, I will be at my local Apple or perhaps the less crowded AT&T store by 8am Friday July 11th with credit card in hand.
To get us all excited, I thought we could witness some extreme blending of my favorite little device.
Posted at 02:52PM Jul 08, 2008 by Bernadette Anat in Blogging | Comments[0]
Oh, Sun got jokes now
Funny computer-company bashing did not start with that whole PC-Mac thing.
Check out these videos a fellow intern showed me during a, uh, "break" at the office...
Sun filmed super-high-quality and super hilarious video clips portraying a bumbling Dell IT dude's car-salesman-like cover-ups for whack servers and such (with Sun emerging victorious, of course).
There are about 4 mini-episodes altogether, and I'm taken aback to say...
Sun made me laugh.
Methinks we need to go this route in order to catch the ears of those fun-lovin' young folk, eh?
Posted at 04:50PM Jul 02, 2008 by Bernadette Anat in Blogging | Comments[0]
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