Month: May 2015

Must Own Social Media Stocks

Here are a few “must own” Social Media stock that are a good bet to increase the worth of a portfolio for years to come…

  1. FACEBOOK (FB)
  2. LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD)
  3. GigaMedia Limited (GIGM)

Facebook is the obvious pick but they are even more of a force in the world than they were one year ago.  Facebook has made significant investments in a wide range of technologies and will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come.

LinkedIn is the “online destination for professionals” and is focuised on professional networking.  Unlike many social media firms LinkedIn has no problem showing a profit quater after quater and online professional networking will only grow larger in the next 2 to 5 years.

GigaMedia is a online leader in entertainment software and services… games will ALWAYS be fun.

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Fry Cook or Local News Anchor – A Heated Career Debate

Would you rather be a fry cook or a local news anchor? At first glance the latter probably seems like the best choice right? All the glamour, fame and excitement of reporting scandals involving neighbors you knew were sketchy the moment all the stray cats started gathering on their front lawn really puts a spin on things. These are the makings of a good job, or are they? You might be surprised to know that the fry cooks of the world could be enjoying their professions a lot more than you think.

Right off the bat, you don’t need a higher education. This means no study loans to pay back, seeing as news anchors typically have to be educated in journalism, it’s a mountain news anchors have to scale before even dreaming about appearing on television. As for the fry cook, chances are when they walk into a fast-food kitchen with a high school diploma they are over-qualified. Just to be clear, even though the qualification requirements are relatively low it doesn’t say anything about the person working there. Some of the most successful people in the world were fry cooks at some point.

Then there is the element of stable shifts. It’s much easier building a happy personal life with a job that has a set schedule. Stability isn’t something you get as a news anchor. In fact, you have to be covering stories all day long. Whether it’s 3 o’clock on a Sunday morning or during the 6 o’clock soap operas, you have to be available. If you are 5 minutes late then you’re out of the game. This brings us neatly to 2 of the biggest reasons why fry cooks have it better, namely stress and responsibility.

Let’s face it, how much stress does cooking fries really entail? To be completely honest, it can be so relaxing that it feels very mundane. You don’t have to deal with all kinds of irritating people when working in a kitchen and you don’t run the risk of getting your head blown off while taking the next order. News anchors have been killed, arrested and held hostage by terrorists. How many fry cooks died at work that you know of?

Just look at Sponge Bob Squarepants for example. He spends the whole day flipping burgers and he’s the happiest creature under the sea. A fry cook doesn’t have to be paranoid that several other people desperately want the same job or that clients are going to pay special attention to their physical features as they wait for their food to be made. When you look at the bigger picture, fry cooks are much better off and will probably live longer.

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On What Planet Would Bloggers Be Considered Journalists?

Thanks to the ground-breaking technological advancement and the evolution of social media, nowadays anyone can write, publish or share content online. Decades ago, such a privilege was a reserve of established journalists and media houses. Blogging is the new way of reaching a bigger and a more diversified audience. Unlike print media, which is restricted to a given geographical locality, a circulating viral blog can be read by millions of people around the globe within a span of a few minutes. But one may ask; is blogging the new form of journalism? Are bloggers as credible or experienced as journalists? Is there even a difference nowadays between a blogger and a journalist?

The angle of objectivity

To some extent, a blogger can be considered a journalist as far as the definition of ‘journalism’ goes. which is the dissemination of news to the society. Both a blogger and a journalist may inform, entertain and enlighten the online community, but from very different angles. The success of a blog or any other online platform so to speak, hinges on its popularity. This means that the primary focus of any successful blogger out there, whenever publishing any online content, is how many rounds a given article will make in the internet. In short, the content to be published is crafted in such a way so as to appear more appealing or even attractive to a wider audience.

On the other hand, the primary focus of a journalist is to publish accurate, well researched, informative content to the world. Note that it does not mean that a blogger cannot be trusted with the truth, it only means that with the blogger, ‘truth’ is a relative word.

To sum up the debate whether bloggers are journalists or not, it’s safer to conclude that each of them have different roles to play. Whereas a journalist is supposed to be impartial and brutal in their writing, sometimes we require the more opiniated approach of a blogger in order to grasp some concepts better. Take for example two articles written on how to improve relationships, one by a blogger and another one by a professional journalist. You will find the blogger’s write-up friendlier or more helpful than the journalist’s.

Both journalism and blogging require very different types of skill sets and writing styles. And so a blogger may not be considered a journalist but he is in no way less important, as far information is concerned.

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Some Ol’ Funny And Famous Journalism Quotes

Below are the top 3 quotes about Journalism (hand picked by HectaMedia)

  1. “The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”- Thomas Jefferson
  2. “Better a good journalist than a poor assassin.” – Jean-Paul Sartre
  3. “By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”- Oscar Wilde

Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States and dies on July 4, 1826.  Jean-Paul Sartre was born on the first day of Summer in 1905 and was a world famous philosopher, playwright and novelist from France.  Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde aka Oscar Wilde was born on 10/16/1854 and was known for clever playwrights and poetry.

A Funny Quote about Journalism?

  • “An editor is one who separates the wheat from the chaff and prints the chaff.” – Adlai Stevenson

Adlai Stevenson IV attended boarding school in New England and is son to former Senator Adlai Stevenson III.

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Bloomingdale’s Easy Return Services Review

Shopping online is a brilliant way to find exactly what you want for the lowest price. However, sometimes items don’t meet your expectations, get damaged in shipping, or maybe you just plain changed your mind. You shouldn’t be punished for wanting to return an item. Some sites simply refuse returns while others give lengthy and confusing directions to return their goods. It’s enough for many people to give up and simply live with their buyer’s remorse.

Needless to say, returning a product on some sites can be nothing short of a nightmare. Luckily, Bloomingdales.com offers easy returns that are FREE. That’s right, easy and free returns on items that you no longer want or didn’t measure up. After all, nothing is worse than having to pay return shipping on an item that you aren’t even keeping.

As with almost everything, there are a few exceptions (sorry!). The free return offer is not valid on any order placed prior to February 4, 2013 and excludes gift cards and large products such as furniture, mattresses, mirrors, lamps, and wall art. The order must also be within the United States and cannot be adjusted to previous purchases.

There are three very simple steps to returning your item to Bloomingdales.com. The first step is to log into your account and print your confirmation page and shipping label. Once you’ve printed your label and page you can move on to the second easy step.

Simply put your confirmation page into the packaging, close it, and stick your freshly printed label onto the package. Once that’s done the last and final step is to drop the item off at your local UPS drop off location.

Done! It really is that simple!

You can rest easy when purchasing items from Bloomingdales.com knowing that if a return is required you can return it easily and without paying the penalty of return shipping.

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