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@MTV Why NYC for Your @MTVTJ (Twitter Jockey)? Why not SoCal?

June 14, 2010 by · Leave a Comment

I received this tweet on my Palm Pre from @twitter, and got a little excited, til I read the article.

twitter: Forget the VJ: @MTV is looking for a Twitter Jockey http://bit.ly/9IbBRW

Great idea, but the fact that they want this person to reside in NYC, and work in-house, shows me this company is not quite ready for change. At least, not the “Online” Social Media kind of change.

I’d much rather work from my fantastic location in SoCal. I could just as easily report/tweet from sunny SoCal. From our fantastic beaches – Newport, Laguna, Huntington, Santa Monica, Venice, Malibu…should I go on?

I’m only a mile and a half from one of these beaches. Why would I want to pack it all up for a six figure income in NYC?? Especially with the 2010 U.S. Open of Surfing WPS All-Star Event happening in Huntington Beach in a month?? Hello! I could be the on-site MTV-TJ and tweet away, while snapping photos and uploading them with my Pre. I could do this for just about every local event.

Don’t get me wrong, NYC is gorgeous. But I moved out of the east coast (after 20+ years there), and back to SoCal for the weather, something NYC can’t beat.

If MTV is still stuck on having their TJ reside in NYC, maybe they’d be willing to hire two (full or part-time) – one East Coast, one West Coast?

Employer Benefits – Cost Savings:

  • higher productivity
  • reduced physical plant costs (parking, office space)
  • eliminate travel expenses to the west coast (I’m already here)
  • reducing carbon footprint (read article below)

Just a thought.

~ OC ~
(Your MTVTJ)

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Asus eee PC 1005ha Seashell Netbook & Accessory purchase

September 6, 2009 by · Leave a Comment

I’ve been researching mobile technology on and off for a while now – from laptops to netbooks, and smartphones to MIDs.  It’s always difficult for me to decide on a product. I find as soon as you do, something better comes out the next day. So this has been a long process, and sadly started 6+ years ago. I’ve been on a desktop and smartphone only for most of the time.

During my trip to the east coast for the Thanksgiving holiday, last year, I was allowed to use my sister-in-laws 14″ Dell laptop. I fell in love with it. When I returned I started looking at Dell for my purchase, but found the complaints disheartening. I lost interest and forgot about my search.

I can’t remember what reignited my search, but I know I read somewhere about the Asus eee PC 1005ha Seashell. It seemed to be the best, fastest, and has the longest battery life (up to 10.5 hours). I researched for another few months, and saved one to my Amazon cart.

I compared pricing on TigerDirect, Newegg, Costco, Target, Frys, etc. Amazon.com beat them all. I was also able to purchase the following items below:

Netbook – $366.61: Asus eee PC 1005ha Seashell
2GB RAM – $29.46: Crucial 2GB 677Mhz Memory
Targus 10.2 Intersection Netbook Case – $28.52: Targus 10.2 Intersection Netbook Case
Cooling Pad – $29.99: Logitech Notebook Cooling Pad (N100)
Ultra Mini Hub – $10.25: Belkin USB 2.0 4-Port Ultra Mini Hub F5U407
eee Community: http://eeepc.asus.com/global/eeecommunity.html?n=3
Software: http://win.eeedownload.asus.com/

Getting it all for under $500.00 – priceless!

I love my little netbook!

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