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2/17: Jobcast on cover letters, we won an award and a prize, Buck McKeon, scholarship update, Alice Marie, #186
Student Financial Aid News + Hey, we won an award! Best College Financial Aid Podcast from MoneySmartz.com + Hey, we won a prize! $200 free upgrade on PRWeb for our press release + Private giving reaches record totals - $25.6 billion in 2005 + Avoid what offends you - from InsideHigherEd.com + Tuition increase to change perceived image at MU Ohio + Caused enrollment to drop + Buck McKeon succeeds John Boehner as head of House Committee on Education and the Workforce + Quick, let's hit Open Secrets! Nelnet, Sallie Mae, CFS, BofA, Bank One
Scholarship Update + American Fire Sprinkler Association Program Scholarship Contest + Four $5,000 scholarships + Requires fire safety exam + Deadline April 12, 2006 + Detailed page at StudentScholarshipSearch.com
JobCast: The Cover Letter + Sales tool + Gets you in the door - or not + Jedi mind trick + WIIFM + Confidence is key - and arrogance is not + Pick two facts and back them up with data + Do your homework + Worst cover letters: see resume, attached, applying for job + Wacky job post + Plain text letters - don't put a cover letter as an attachment! + Remember to actually include your resume + Private Student Loans at AlternativeStudentLoan.com
Podsafe Music + Alice Marie, Madeleine + Support Indie Artists, Buy the Podsafe Album for only $9.90! + Via the Podsafe Music Network + Stop by our MySpace page!
Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email me at financialaidpodcast {at} gmail {dot} com or visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com
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2/23: PLUS and Alternative Loans, Mortgage refugees, PHEAA, Intel scholarships, Jobcast about salary, Natives of the New Dawn, #189
Student Financial Aid News + Now on StreetIQ + Nice feedback from Eric Hansen at Syracuse + Overly aggressive student loan marketing - mortgage refugees + Be wary! + Note on PLUS loans, FAFSA, and school certification + http://www.parentplusloan.com> + http://www.alternativestudentloan.com + Our press release is out but you heard it all here first + Brazos GLB court ruling - your personal information does not have to be really secure + Quick note from PHEAA - more money for grants!
Scholarship Update + Intel Science Talent Search Scholarship Contest + Deadline is November 16 + Present your research to win a scholarship of up to $100,000 + Detailed page at StudentScholarshipSearch.com
Jobcast: Okay, what do you pay? + Start with basic research - what is the range of the position? + Monster, Salary.com, Google is your friend + An outrageous request will get you canned immediately + Playing the "you pick a number first" game creates a feeling of unease + Figure out your personal finances + Determine your range of what you believe is acceptable + Suggest a range or ballpark + Make the bottom of the suggested range the middle of your target + Difference between real cash and total compensation + Benefits packages are often assessed at $5K - $10K + Be sure you're talking about the same numbers! + Remember to do some due diligence research about the company + A nice salary but a miserable workplace probably isn't worth it!
Podsafe Music + Natives of the New Dawn, Good Day + Support Indie Artists, Buy the Podsafe Album for only $9.90! + Via the Podsafe Music Network + Stop by our MySpace page!
Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email me at financialaidpodcast {at} gmail {dot} com or visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com
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Being Honest about what your Product CAN'T do goes a long way to building credibility And helps you to find your customers
Ask Leo! is Leo Notenbooms weekly podcast, as heard on the Chris Pirillo Show. Each week I cover news, commentary and answers to some of the many questions I get at Ask Leo!.This week, I discuss a new effort to publicize spyware and its creators.Listen to the show: MP3
I first ran across GotVoice when Download Squad linked to it back in December. I signed up that day and continue to sing the praises of the most useful free add-on to hit the phone market in ages. I hate cell phone voicemail. If I see I missed a call from someone, I return the call, because the hassle of listening to messages takes more time than getting up to speed by simply making a callback. GotVoice intervenes in the process, checks your voicemail and forwards an MP3 to your inbox, keeping your voice mailbox clean and making message playback convenient. In this interview, Chris talks with Curt Blake and Martin Dunsmuir, the President and CEO of GotVoice, about their service, how it works, why its free and how it saved his voicemail life too.Hear GotVoice in MP3 FormatHear GotVoice in Windows Media Format
We all know how much Chris loves the default Luna theme from Windows XP, so when he found out he was talking to one of the former members of that design team he started sharpening the verbal barbs in anticipation. Chuck Cummins proved to be up for the task and a great dialog developed about philosophies behind a number of design decisions made both historically and as part of the upcoming Windows Vista release. From the Gadgets desktop widget collection to interface appearance decisions, Chris and Chuck maintain an engaging dialog about the surface level stuff well all be staring at for several years following the release of Windows Vista.Hear Chuck Cummins in MP3 FormatHear Chuck Cummins in Windows Media Format
Ask Leo! is Leo Notenbooms weekly podcast, as heard on the Chris Pirillo Show. Each week I cover news, commentary and answers to some of the many questions I get at Ask Leo!.Hamachi - Connecting machine-to-machine simply and securely, across the net.Listen to the show: MP3
Maxthon is the one browser that keeps me from using Firefox. - Chris Pirillo, 5 January 2006.Thats not really the first time Chris made that proclaimation, hes been raving about Maxthon since as far back as 2002, when it was still known as MyIE2. At CES 2006, Chris got a chance to meet the both Jeff, the original developer and founder of Maxthon, and Netanel Jacobsson, Senior VP for Maxthon. As part of this conversation about Maxthon, Chris talks about many of his favorite features, why Maxthon does browsing better than either Firefox or IE and why Maxthon is already a better IE7 than IE7. Youll hear about a few new Maxthon features from Net and hear a prediction from Chris about the future of browsing on Windows.Hear Netanel Jacobsson in MP3 FormatHear Netanel Jacobsson in Windows Media Format
When theres a public event involving Xbox 360, you can bet Major Nelson will be on hand. The Major helped man the Xbox portion of the Microsoft booth, offering expertise on Xbox Live in addition to demoing some of the cool gaming offerings. We didnt get a chance to pit the Major against Chris in an Ali vs. Frasier bout, but he did offer a few tidbits on the state of the state for Xbox 360, expanding on the details about a new manufacturing partner in the console space (announced during the Bill Gates keynote) and some of the details involved in making a game demo live in the Xbox Live marketplace during the keynote event. In my estimation, the big news from CES 2006 is an external HD-DVD player for Xbox 360 announced during the keynote, which means the Xbox team keeps up with the Joneses over at Sony in providing an HD playback experience while also hedging bets that Blu-Ray could still claim the HD shiny disk market.Hear Major Nelson in MP3 FormatHear Major Nelson in Windows Media Format
The evolution of digital pictures keeps getting easier in terms of sharing photos online, but transmitting them efficiently to friends and family can still be a little tricky. While you could use an online photo printing service, another alternative is to install a digital frame in each family members house and blast out pictures as they are taken. Thats exactly what Ceiva does with a stylish photo frames capable of displaying digital images in a variety of sizes up to 1024x768 on a screen about the size of an 8x10. The company also provides a service to manage your photos online, making it possible to share images out to digital frames located in households around the country. If youre looking for a gift for that uncle who has everything, Ceiva frames might be just the thing. Listen in for some of the coming developments and some insight from Chris on what makes digital frames cool.Hear Ceiva in MP3 FormatHear Ceiva in Windows Media Format
When you get two of the pickiest Windows users on the planet sharing a microphone, youre bound to have an interesting conversation develop. Steve Bass of PC World fame joins Chris to debate the discovery of Maxthon back in its MyIE2 days. They swap stories about favorite Windows apps with a healthy dose of good-natured one-upmanship with one or the other of them always having a slightly better utility too solve your computing problem. A discussion of Windows Vista based on the public builds seen so far provides the launch point for a conversation that keeps changing directions. As the conversation demostrates, Steve and Chris are among the most vocal of PC enthusiasts constantly pressuring the Windows software community to create a better experience for everyone.Hear Steve Bass in MP3 FormatHear Steve Bass in Windows Media Format
Ask Leo! is Leo Notenbooms weekly podcast, as heard on the Chris Pirillo Show. Each week I cover news, commentary and answers to some of the many questions I get at Ask Leo!.Was Microsofts WMF Exploit response fast enough?Listen to the show: MP3
Im notorious for taking hours of video footage and leaving the contents to rot on tape. Editing is often too much work in my already busy schedule. I think it would be great to capture the moment on tape, so I can review it later, but realistically, my time is far too limited to actually spend the time processing everything I record. One of the few apps optimized for people who hate video editing (or simply dont have time) is muvee. The app examines your video footage and creates a highlight reel of sorts, grabbing scenes from your raw footage, adding effects and styles, sequencing music and outputting a finished product that looks and sounds too good to be true. Chris is also a huge fan of muvee for many of the same reasons. He stopped by the muvee booth at Showstoppers during CES 2006 for a conversation about recent improvements to muvee.Hear Tania Chew in MP3 FormatHear Tania Chew in Windows Media Format
While the debate over best browser for Windows is still hotly debated among both Firefox fanatics and Opera enthusiasts, there is little doubt that Opera reigns supreme in the world of portable browsing. With a lightweight client for cell phones, smart phones, PDAs and just about anything you can put in your palm, Opera aims to make the portable browsing experience the best it can be. At the CES 2006 Showstoppers, Chris talked with Scott Hendrick, Executive VP of Home Media for Opera, about whats new in the portable browsing world, how Opera works as a portable solution and what we can expect from portable browsing in the future. As for which desktop browser is better, you can download Opera and Firefox and decide for yourself. Personally, Im sticking with Maxthon.Hear Scott Hedrick in MP3 FormatHear Scott Hedrick in Windows Media Format
There seems to be no end to the creative and malicious ways people will come up with to screw up other peoples computers or attempt to ruin lives by formulating trickery designed to relieve the unsuspecting of their personal information. Fortunately, there are companies trying to stop these malicious attacks. ZoneAlarm is among the more respected companies in the home computing security industry. Best known for their firewall applications, the company recently ventured into new territory of providing more active protection against other kinds of malicious attacks. In talking with a company representative at CES 2006, we learned about their new active protection system that fends off things like the Sony rootkit in addition to protecting against more malign port scans. Listen in on this conversation with ZoneAlarm about some of their methodologies in providing protection from an assortment of attacks.Hear Zone Alarm in MP3 FormatHear Zone Alarm in Windows Media Format