It looks like along with the upgrade to iTunes 10 came better reporting on just what the heck your iPhone is doing when it’s syncing. Now when syncing you’re clued in as to what step of the process the sync is in providing light at the end of the tunnel for those prolonged syncs.
Thanks Apple.
On Friday I attended my first Creative Mornings, a monthly thought-provoking networking event at rotating locations throughout New York City, brought to you by Swiss Miss.
The event begins at 8:30am with 30 minutes of networking and enjoying the free breakfast provided. At 9:00am the event’s selected speaker gives about a 20-minute discussion followed by a 20-minute Q&A session. To wrap everything up there’s about 20 more minutes of mulling about with those in attendance.
This month’s event was held at Galapagos Art Space in the New York Digital District. The speaker on hand was Rachel Sussman who just gave a talk at TED Global and was on hand to talk about her current project, to identify, find, and photograph the oldest living things in the world. Rachel gave a great overview of the items she’s been photographing and then took a series of questions to wrap things up. Breakfast was sponsored by the main Creative Mornings sponsor MailChimp and the month’s co-sponsor Edition29.
After a great weekend on Martha’s Vineyard, my girlfriend and I were returning to Manhattan via the Seastreak New York. We were traveling through the Block Island Sound at the time of the accident. Waves were rolling into Oak Bluffs harbor when we first departed and there were decent swells in the Block Island Sound.
The fast ferry catamaran started bounding over a few swells as the waves seemingly harmlessly washed onto the deck of the bow. Eventually we hit a swell just right as a wave came over the bow, dislodged two life jacket bins, several bicycles, and blew out one of the front windows of the first floor. One half-inch thick window shattered yielding screams and a wave of water into the interior of the boat.
Better late than never, the New York Digital District (NYDD) has publicly launched its initiative to bring Google Fiber to the DUMBO area of Brooklyn, NY. Check out the video testimonials of the people of DUMBO in their push to be awarded Google’s Fiber. The deadline is March 26!
Over 60 digital agencies – many competing on a professional level – have vested their interest and unified to establish the New York Digital District (NYDD) to promote this dynamic area’s ability to satisfy a vast array of technology and web-based needs for brands and companies. The beacon of the NYDD will attract talent, clients, and recognition of the area’s present accomplishment and future potential.
Previously I wrote about controlling your image on the web. Doing so is important, but even more so in times of unemployment. Controlling your web image includes purchasing your own domain and setting up a website in order to control the first search result for your name. Part of building that website includes making your resume available for download by employers.
Box.net is the best way, that I’ve found, to share your resume on the web. Box.net is a personal online file repository which provides access to your uploaded files any where you have web access. Box.net also allows users to share their documents with others.
Once you upload your resume (as a Word doc, PDF, etc), you can copy and paste the file’s unique URL (link) for sharing. Once you paste this link on the web, in an email, or in an instant message the recipient will be presented with the option to preview the document in their browser or download the file to their computer.
The file download is where the true usefulness of sharing your resume through Box.net comes in. Once someone downloads your resume, you’ll receive an email notification telling you so including the name of the file that was downloaded. Not only are you getting your resume out, but you know when it’s downloaded each and every time. It’s like real-time Google Analytics for your files complete with notifications.
Box.net is great for other purposes as well such as remote access to files, sending files to friends or co-workers, and collaborating on files with other Box.net users. I use Box.net for these purposes but love the download notification feature and its value in resume sharing the most.
What web application do you prefer for file sharing and more specifically resume sharing? Share in the comments below.