On behalf of my eyeballs, thanks to Cambridge for finally passing the smoking ban in all workplaces, including restaurants and bars. It doesn’t go into effect until October but at least it’s happening this year. Last night Michael and I went to the Rising Tide Concert Series debut at the Paradise in Boston to see Annette Farrington perform. It was wonderful not having to deal with smoke inside the club. I am sure that this smoking ban will definately help inspire me to get out to see live music more often.
From the monthly archives:
June 2003
Nokia 6800 available in the U.S. … but where?
The Nokia 6800 is apparently available in the U.S. with service from Cingular; but I haven’t found a zip code via the website that actually says it’s available in that area. I tried a few Boston area zipcodes and none of them seemed to have the phone. It appears to be a great phone to type on thanks to the flip-out keyboard. I’ve got web and email access on my Sanyo 4900 but I rarely use it to send messages or emails since typing on it is similiar to Chinese water torture. The camera headset attachment looks rather cool, too. I hope Nokia offers a super snazzy phone like this that works with SprintPCS someday.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m contracting at another division (not the phone people) at Nokia. Seems like I need to find someone who works for the phone group so I can see one of the 6800’s in action.
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I’m not hiring (Tips for job seekers)
Every couple weeks I get at least one random email from someone who would like me to hire them for an event planning job. They started landing in my inbox about a year ago. Originally they would come in through sooz.com but they’ve started to come my way through my not-quite-launched-but-someday-soon-event-planner-for-hire website at susankaup.com. The site says that it is launching in March. Yup, it’s June. I don’t really mind getting the emails. Some of them provide good tidbits for cover letter ideas. But I’ve been thinking about compiling a list of tips and linking to it on my freelance website.
Tip #1 is: Do not send attachments to someone you do not know soliciting work without so much as a note in the body of the email.
Tip #2: Read the website. Find out if it’s really a company or a freelancer. Do not send a freelancer an email with the line “I would really like to work for your company.” Unless of course you want to work part-time out of my apartment and you enjoy mopping floors and doing dishes.
If you have any tips to share, drop them in comments or send me an email.
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Boston Blogs gathering at Caveau Monday June 9
Shannon Okey and her Boston Blogs.com project are hosting a social gathering at 7pm on (this coming) Monday, June 9th at Caveau at 7pm. The shindig takes place after the first day of the ClickZ Weblog Business Strategies conference. See ya there!
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