Gee Why

Suze Orman lists her 5 ways you know it’s time for a new job.

• Friday is your favorite day.
• You’re bored.
• Stress is your middle name.
• You’re underappreciated (and overworked)
• You Keep Saying, “If I Could Do It All Over, I Would Be a …”

She also offers this sage advice:

Take control of your job destiny and make the moves that will put you in a position to actually enjoy your work. Simply waiting for things to work out, or sticking with a bad situation — playing defense — is a breach of self-respect.

Very good advice all the way around. I’m glad the Tabasco Man gave me similar advice a while back.

BusinessWeek Online has a cover story about Disney acquiring Pixar and therefore making Steve Jobs the largest shareholder of Disney. This long article details Jobs’ efforts turning around Apple and Pixar and how he might be able to do the same at Disney.

Be sure to check out the two short accompanying slideshows, Redefining the CEO and The Revolution Will Be Podcast.

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Just read about the iTunes U service targeted at educational institutions. Schools can place educational material on-line on a customized iTunes site. Students can then access and download the information from anywhere at anytime.

Why couldn’t this be adopted for work purposes? I’ve already taken many on-line courses for work. Too bad these work courses couldn’t be consolidated and published via the iTunes U service. This would open the door to justify an iPod. 😉

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ESPN now has more content available through iTunes. X Games, SportsCentury clips, SportsCenter Ads (not working yet), and my favorite, And1 Streetball, have been added to the lineup.

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Happy Chinese New Year! We’re now officially in the Year of the Dog. To commemorate, here are some interesting dogs.

US Postal Service Dog Stamp. The latest from their on-going collection.

Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman. Yeah, so he’s cheesy, but he brings popularity to Hawaii.

Nike Year of the Dog AF1. The creative crew at Nike designed this Air Force 1 sneaker. The limited edition version has fake dog hair on the back. The normal version is more available but still hard to get.

Coco. Our family dog that had a massive hair cut.

CNN and CareerBuilder.com want to help your resume by providing 25 words that could actually do more harm than good. The underlying theme is to provide specific examples of your work and its impact rather than using these words to summarize your deeds.

So if you are an aggressive, efficient, motivated team player then maybe it’s time to relook your resume. I’ll keep this in mind while revising my resume.

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Bloggers out there, how about a custom tee shirt with a word cloud based on your (or any) blog? Snap Shirts scans your site and picks out words from your site and arranges them on a tee shirt. Cost is $18. Here’s a preview based on Pulpconnection.

Kinda cool.

Ate at the recently opened Romano’s Macaroni Grill in Ala Moana. Pretty good Italian food, big place, got crowded real fast but also very noisy. We tried the Pasta Milano and Sausage & Peppers Classico. I liked the big bowls.

Later in the day, we went back to Elements Hawaii to continue tech support. While there, we ran into possibly, the greatest legal mind ever who needed a Brazilian waxing massage to rejuvenate himself to best legally represent Club 939.

Pictures hosted on my iWeb site.

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