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I had stopped going to threadless.com because I am definitely weak to their genius business model. Every couple of weeks or so, they release new designs for a limited release which definitely creates demand. I know if I see a shirt I like, I need to buy it soon or it can be gone.

Today is the last day of their $12 sale and I ended up buying 9 shirts! Here are some I bought:

What are some that you have bought?

I have to say it sucks that one of my favorite websites, muxtape is down and is now receiving pressure from the RIAA for letting users upload songs to share with people. This site was one of my favorite sites to listen to at work. I keep a list next to my computer and I jot down songs I hear that I want to purchase. Now it is harder to discover new music and artists will suffer as well as I won’t be buying their music.

Sucks.

I was on facebook today looking around at friend’s profiles and I saw this ad posted by someone who is looking for a job. I have seen ads by companies hiring people but I have never seen an ad by someone looking for a job. Talk about thinking outside of the box!

I wonder how effective this is. When you post a Facebook Ad you get to choose your target audience which is really nice as it helps you narrow down the type of person you want your ad to see. The first filter is by location. If you live in Australia and don’t want to relocate, you can ensure that the only people who see your ad live in Australia. You can also filter by age. You may want to target managers age 30 or above, but the chance of that manager seeing your ad is slim. You would have a better chance of a potential peer seeing your ad and then telling their manager about you. The third and probably best option is to filter by keywords. You can add keywords for the type of position you are looking for and also potential fields you may want to work in such as defense. As much as I wanted to click on the dude’s link I didn’t because I know he would have to pay for that click.

I haven’t done anything nearly as creative as this when looking for a job. What kinds of things have you done or heard of being done that was somewhat out of the ordinary?

I completely forgot to call Vonage back yesterday after my original early morning phone call. I got wrapped up in work or something…blah blah blah. Today I remembered to call, after 9am of course, and was on hold for 45 minutes and finally had to hang up so I could go to a meeting.

Round 2 - Vonage

I have no idea who will be victorious in this battle. Stay tuned!

I’ll be interested to see the results of this survey. If you make websites, take the survey.