Episode 29: Informality of Job Searching, Comcast, and Cuil

Astute listeners may notice that there is no Episode 28. There is somewhere - accessible - but we decided we were going to do the good communist thing and control the message. It was a bomb last week with technical difficulties, etc. So… there is no official Episode 28.

Welcome to Episode 29, though. Geoff and I kicked off the discussion talking about job searches and a story originally posted in the Wall Street Journal. The story talked about how many college grads are playing it a little loose in their job searches, using shorthand, etc. I wrote about it on Technosailor. You can also read what Jen Nedeau, who was quoted in the story, had to say on her blog.

We moved into the New York Times story discussing Comcast and their Twitter personality, Frank Eliason (aka @comcastcares). Geoff is a bit skittish of this new found new media presence being a lasting (and changing) effort within the Comcast organization. Does good customer service on one hand actually speak to a cultural change across the board?

Finally, we discussed the new Cuil (pronounced “cool”) search engine that members of the traditional media branded as a Google-killer. Bloggers drank the kool-aid too. However, Jeremy Tanner called in to discuss the FAIL aspect of this engine. I think we all agree here.

Enjoy!

Episode 29 - MP3