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I’m often inclined to pour scorn over things like this, but I’m genuinely impressed by the application process for Carsonified’s job vacancy. If nothing else, the digital industry is an absolute meritocracy – what better way to highlight the fact? We follow the same philosophy here: if you can demonstrate your ability to do the job, and have average-or-better personal hygiene, your qualifications, criminal record, height, shoe size etc. are immaterial.
Lively, currently in beta, is Google’s answer to Second Life. The downloadable application allows you to create rooms, decorate them to your liking, then make and invite friends over. Of course, you’re far better off actually doing these things in real life, but if you have poor personal hygiene and/or no friends you’re sure to find it very rewarding.
LinkedIn, the white-collar, grown up Facebook, is now apparently worth more than a billion dollars.
Microsoft is urging developers to tag websites in preparation for the release of IE 8.
According to a post made on an MSDN blog, a public beta of IE 8 will be available in the third quarter of 2008 and it threatens to “render content in its most standards-compliant way by default”. As this is the first time Microsoft has stooped to such murky depths, we are warned that this will play havoc with content written for IE 7. The advice: to implement a specially created meta tag instructing IE 8 to render the content as if it were IE 7.
This is all a lot of fun, I’m sure you’ll agree, and it does seem to offer a pretty straight-forward solution for achieving backwards compatibility. However, given that the two rendering engines are so markedly different, the most excitement will surely be reserved for the future hours spent hacking IE 8 content to display correctly in IE 7. I, for one, can’t wait for that.
As expected, the auction giant has turned the feedback system on it’s head. eBay sellers are no longer permitted to leave negative or neutral feedback.
I’d completely forgotten that this change was imminent – I was reminded by this alarming prompt after logging into my eBay account:
Dave Ebay, founder of the auction beastgorilla, was recently quoted as saying:
“Bollocks to sellers. Damn them all to hell! They can suck a faecal cigar from my ass!”
Well, there you have it.
New Business Manager required.
New Business Development Exec – London, UK
Include – http://www.include-digital.com
Include is a digital design agency based in London. Our clients include Universal, EMI and The Sunday Times.
We have an immediate requirement for a Business Development Manager / Web Sales Executive to join the team in our London office.
Reporting to the Managing Director, your main responsibility will be to establish relationships with new clients and bring revenue into the business. Whether you’re an experienced sales professional with a proven track record in business development, or an ambitious account manager with experience of working proactively with existing clients, we want to hear from you!
You will be responsible for the generation of new business opportunities selling a full portfolio of web / online / advertising services. Other key duties will include: planning a targeted sales campaign; identifying new sales targets; lead generation; liaising with clients (and potential clients) discussing their products, services and advertising requirements; cold calling and prospecting.
In return you should be able to demonstrate:
To apply:
Please send your CV to nbm108@include-digital.com.
For more information on Include, please visit http://www.include-digital.com.
ABSOLUTELY NO AGENCIES! NONE! NOT ONE! YES, THAT MEANS YOU, CHUMP!
The new version of Director is available for pre-order. A few years ago I’d have been ever-so-slightly excited at the prospect of a new version of what was once my favourite application, but really, who the hell in their right mind would burn $1,000 on this pointless application?
The CD-Rom is dead, the Shockwave plug-in is redundant, and, unbelievably, there’s still no Intel Mac version available.
Oh well… it was good while it lasted.
Junior Web Developer – London, UK
Include – http://www.include-digital.com
Include is a digital design agency based in London. Our clients include Universal, EMI and The Sunday Times.
We have an immediate requirement for a Junior Web Developer to join the team in our London office. Previous commercial experience is preferred but not a requirement; enthusiasm and the desire to learn is.
The position would ideally suit an ambitious individual who is looking for an entry point into the industry. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to progress within the agency.
Responsibilities include:
* HTML and CSS authoring, with an awareness of W3C guidelines.
* Updating existing websites and HTML emails.
* On occasion, answering the telephone, making tea, and generally mucking in.
Experience of the following is desirable:
* Designing digital media – primarily websites, HTML emails and online advertising.
* Photoshop, ImageReady or Fireworks.
* Flash/Actionscript.
* PHP/MySQL.
The post requires:
* Good verbal and written communication skills.
The position offers a starting salary of £18,000 plus 20 days’ holiday. The successful candidate will be given ample opportunity to develop skills in-house, with external training provided where required.
To apply:
Please send your CV to jwdjan08@include-digital.com, including any relevant URLs or portfolio material.
For more information on Include, please visit http://www.include-digital.com.
ABSOLUTELY NO AGENCIES! THEY SMELL OF POO AND KIDNAP CHILDREN! FRED WEST WAS A RECRUITMENT AGENT AND HE CAUSED NO END OF BARNEY RUBBLE!
Search behemoth Google has announced a new tool to rival Wikipedia. Currently known as “knol” (it stand for a unit of knowledge, apparently), its object is “to encourage people who know a particular subject to write an authoritative article about it.” This sounds very much like Wikipedia, although some would argue that you need no nothing about a subject to be a Wikipedia contributor (despite credible evidence that suggest otherwise).
Google has yet to announce when the general public will get to experience “knol”, but you can find out more and see a screenshot of the prototype here.
