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Career Gear: Jetblue’s $599 “All-You-Can-Fly” Pass

August 12, 2009 – 3:29 pm

There hasn’t been much career gear worth writing about during the recession, but I’ve finally found something that sparks my interest–jetblue’s $599 “All-You-Can-Fly” Pass.
Jetblue announced today that it will offer those who purchase the pass the opportunity to take as many trips as they’d like to any of the 56 destinations to which [...]

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Career Gear: New Kindle DX

May 6, 2009 – 5:46 pm

The new Kindle DX is here! It’s an exciting, albeit unnecessary, update on the Kindle 2 (which took me more than 15 weeks to get). The new Kindle DX has a larger 9.7″ screen than the Kindle 2, perfect for reading newspapers, textbooks, maps and anything that you’d prefer to see, well, bigger. Amazon added [...]

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Career Gear: The TweetDeck, Your Job Search Dashboard

March 26, 2009 – 5:09 pm

A lot has been written about using online social networks, and Twitter in particular, to find your next job. I can’t attest to “Tweeting = New Job”, but I can’t argue with the fact that many people are turning to Twitter for job and business leads (Follow Careersthatdontsuck.com’s tweets at @changecareers). And, even if you [...]

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Career Gear Update: Free AT&T WiFi for iPhone Users

October 31, 2008 – 12:02 pm

AT&T is doing what Starbucks wouldn’t, offering us free WiFi at Starbucks and other locations that use their network (Previously, you had to have an AT&T Internet or LaptopConnect account or pay for a session). On Thursday, AT&T sent emails to all iPhone customers explaining how to access the free service. The company’s website says [...]

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Oprah Discovers the Kindle.

October 24, 2008 – 8:03 pm

Oprah’s discovered the Amazon Kindle! I know. I know. If you’re like me, you discovered this electronic book reader eons ago, back when it was supposed to be the “It” gift for Christmas 2007. Anyway, I don’t want to sound like one of those dismissive “early-adopters”, but I’ve been there and done the Kindle. But, [...]

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Everybody Else’s Guide to Green & Socially Responsible Careers Now in Paperback (and e-book)!

October 10, 2008 – 7:50 pm

Gas prices are down and oil companies are eager to hold on to their big profits. If you continue to hold back on your gas consumption, they’ll shift their focus to staking their claims in renewable energy production. This, and the passing of the Energy Improvement and Extension Act, means government and private [...]

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What’s 70% of $30M? Yours.

August 12, 2008 – 3:44 pm

If you had taken advantage of the App Store opportunity alert I posted (Read “The iPhone Opportunity”), you’d be holding a nice chunk of change right about now. The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple’s App Store earned $30M in revenue in its first month of operation.
For every dollar earned from the sale of an [...]