Vince DeGeorge

? - Steven Perez

[paul wall] i got the intenet goin nutz [/ paul wall] - Cee Bee

Yeah CNN pundits are saying that it shows generation gap, that people are going to remember that, etc. - anna

McCain referred to Obama during the debate as "That one" - Vince DeGeorge

Ah. - Steven Perez

+10 Vince - steplow is Steve

Me too. - Tad - the Fresh Maker

It doesn't look like Obama is going to answer it. Also he said "scrimpin." Bring back the G's. - Erica Baker

yeah, wtf, he needs to answer the question! - Peter "that one" Ghosh

++++ - /(bb|[^b]{2})/ (Kamath)

wish they'd answer it :( - Steve Isaacs

Very classic job interview question. It's rarely about what your answer is, but about how you answer it - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

my head hurts a little - Pete Delucchi

was it the "we got to muddle through" bit? ;) - Marko "Bon" Bon

I think for the first time, he had some hesitation and lost his train of thought, he seemed to tangent. - cmiper

not so good /w foreign policy - MikeAmundsen

I would rather have someone who slows down and thinks on foreign policy than what we've had the last eight years. Plus, foreign policy depends more on the people the candidate surrounds himself with. We've seen the two choices these two guys make there. That's why McCain is still not hitting home runs with his better answers. - Robert Scoble

I know he wants to say it... - anna

HE SAID IT! YOU CALLED IT! - Mathew Ballard

here it is.... - anna

cha-ching!! - Bonita Garrabrant

BINGO. - Shawn Farner

DOH! - Steven Perez

HE SAID IT!!! yay. drink. - anna

bingo! - Seth "Seth" Gottlieb via twhirl

You got it... - Vince DeGeorge

1 minute later....he said it. good call anna! - Carlos Ayala

nice call! - Martin Buhr

NICE call! - Mark VandenBerg

He said it. - ☺ Cecily ☺

I think he just did - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

It's past his bedtime - Caffeinated Sue

It's not just you. - AJ Kohn

he's running out of steam - Cee Bee

Jinx, buy me a Coke! - Vince DeGeorge

no it's because they're becoming less coherent - Marko "Bon" Bon

The.Entire.BOTTLE. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

LOL!! - JodyUnwired

I think would have to drive to the liquor store and by a bottle of whatever and come back home and swig the entire bottle - Joel Mavericktinez

it never stops - Michelle Martinez

There is not enough booze. - Steven Perez

I haven't even been drinking tonight, but yeah. . . if he does, i am reaching for the nearest bottle of hard liquor and downing it - Peter "that one" Ghosh

Drive to the liquor store and drink it all. - Vince DeGeorge

Oh wow. That's a tough one. I have a bottle of champagne somewhere, and it'll be a celebration of a total flop... - anna

If that happens Palin will suddenly lead the ticket. - Nothing Knew

"G Word?" - Martin Buhr

"gook". It was in the news earlier. - Steven Perez

McCain said he only used it and will continue to use it when speaking about the people who held him captive, but doesn't mean it any other way...think about that for a minute. ;-) - cmiper

not yet. - Steven Perez

I think they've realized that Maverick is now backfiring on them - xero

yeah, what gives? - Pete Delucchi

disagree - Mark VandenBerg

agree - MikeAmundsen

Agreed. - Steven Perez

agree - Nothing Knew

Agree. - Alex "Pew Pew Pew" Scoble

Agree. - Vince DeGeorge

Agree. - xero

agree - particularly for children - Katy Southern

agree - anna

Agree - Carlos Ayala

agree - healthcare and education are a right and vital for our national security - Peter "that one" Ghosh

agree!! - m.0

agree! - Marko "Bon" Bon

yes - Neil Bernhart

Agree - not having Universal Healthcare is morally bankrupt. - Tad - the Fresh Maker

Agree. And I'm thrilled to hear Obama say it. - Eric

Cracking down on cheating insurance companies FTW. - Shawn Farner

agree - Pete Delucchi

Agree - David Monroe via twhirl

Agree, with limitations. No unnecessary procedures, nose jobs, etc. - Rochelle

I agree in that you cannot have a healthy economy without a healthy workforce. Period. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

It is not a right nor a privilege it is a necessity. - Not Not Geoff Schultz

If it means no more having to get approval from HMOs then yes, I agree. - Jennifer Marie Sandbank

yeah, no hair transplants - Neil Bernhart

the long answer from Obama will make a believer out of some people, if I do say so. - Marko "Bon" Bon

Disagree. Does everyone get a $2 million (e.g. 25-100 person years) treatment? As a society, we don't have the health care workers to support that for everyone. Forget the money, think about the actual nurses/doctors/drug inventors (say $25,000-100,000 equals one person-year). Do we want 25% of our workforce in healthcare? If yes, more people need to join the healthcare industry. (something like the everyone deserves organic food and/or $100 dinners question...) - Mitchell Tsai

@Mitchell: 1) right to care does not equal right to everything; 2) we have enough population to do the work. every 'first-world' country provides some level of basic care for their citizens. there is no reason for us to *not* do that. - MikeAmundsen

Everyone has a right to have easy access to good healthcare. How you pay for it is a different question. That other question is the important one though. Should the government help those that can't pay due to no fault of their own? - xero

Mitchell: I think that, if you switch the health care focus from repair to prevention, you may see those numbers come down. Right now, we focus much of our energy on fixing our health *after* something has gone wrong. Prevention is a good deal cheaper and eliminates problems before they have a chance to become too large to handle. - Steven Perez

disagree. I'm not interested in being forced to pay for someone else's health care. It's expensive enough as it is for my own. Those that believe that the costs will be lower when it is managed by government, get your heads out of the sand. - Mattb4rd

IMO, health care requires some clear thinking on three aspects: 1) access to care; 2) quality of care; 3) cost of care. very hard to have 100% with full access to top quality care at any price. so we need to start to prioritize. - MikeAmundsen

One of the healthcare VCs at a Stanford conference mentioned that 95% of funding goes to cures rather than (A) prevention (C) aftercare. He would personally prefer that 60% is spent on prevention, and 40% on cure/aftercare. @MikeAmundsen your access/quality/cost is more focused. Who cares if everyone is "covered/not-covered"? How long does person X have to wait to see a doctor if they have (a) flu (b) broken leg (c) cancer? - Mitchell Tsai

Steven: Running the numbers is very helpful for things like "teacher pay" and "healthcare". It's easy to say "pay the teachers more", but who pays for the tax increase? Currently 300 million people in US x $7,486/yr = $2.2 trillion/yr http://medicalnewstoday.com/ar.... This estimate is $12,782/person by 2016. What does that mean? US $40,000/person income. So in 2016, someone else will spend 32% of their time (117 days/year) providing you with healthcare. - Mitchell Tsai

@Mattb4rd: if you have health insurance, you're paying for someone else's health care. if you pay local taxes, you pay for someone else's fire protection, policing, libraries, etc. do you think all programs run by the 'private sector' are always cheaper/more efficient/more effective than programs run by government agencies? - MikeAmundsen

Agree. Sick people can't pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. - Ruchira S. Datta

This was the question that made this debate a slam dunk win for Obama. McCain totally failed to connect with voters on that one and sounded totally out of touch with how health care affects real people. Obama's story about his mother's death from cancer resonated very strongly and his plan came across as much better. - Jason Carreira

I say responsibility, but Im proud of Obama for coming out and saying right. - Amber Horner

Agree. If you saw the POV program on the uninsured that was on PBS last week (I must find the link), you would cry, and then you'd get really angry and scared. Anyone in this country can be dropped from their healthcare plan for a "pre-existing condition" at any time. I know, it's happened to me, and you can go bankrupt paying medical bills. Fiscally, it costs us much more to treat uninsured people in emergency rooms than pay for preventative care by insuring them. Health industry veterans will tell you. - Cathryn Hrudicka

Homer SImpson can get a job! - anna

It's clean! Literally burns away the dirt! - Kelly Fox

Sorry, I'm not a McCain supporter, but I do believe in nuclear. - Chris White

I don't think I like that idea. At all. - Jaemi Kehoe

The waste the reactors create won't hurt the environment at all.... - Abby Martin

It's NOT "green" - ※Fu※

Where we're going... we don't NEED roads. - Vince DeGeorge

Nuclear power works right now and it's dirt cheap compared to most other sources. Nuclear power kicks ass. But we need solar and wind too. - Tad - the Fresh Maker

as long as it is not nucular - Seth "Seth" Gottlieb via twhirl

It's all good until you need a place to store the waste. - Steven Perez

Is dumb. - Not Not Geoff Schultz

Nukes aren't cheap. In fact, that's my biggest argument with it. - Chris Baskind

Read up on it. France gets 80% of it's energy from nuclear. Yes, the same socialist France that Republicans constantly lambast. - Chris White

Big up France! I live there. - Alexander Carlill

At this point nukes are silly either go Wind/Tidal/Geothermal/Solar or wait till Fusion in 40 years. - Not Not Geoff Schultz

Éléctricité de France is owned by the government. Apples and oranges. - Chris Baskind

Chris: EDF has been a private company since the mid-90s actually. - Alexander Carlill

So that is McCain's "Green Plan" Drill and build Nuclear? - orionstarr

Yes - Mattb4rd

And talk about alternatives; gotta talk about them - Michael W. May via twhirl

So how is drilling and nuclear safe and green? - orionstarr

Tom = Deny! - Carlos Ayala

Access....DENIED! - cmiper

Tom! Don't be a hater! - Vince DeGeorge

Obama was ready to take folding chair to that statement. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Obama will get his rebuttal in! - Mathew Ballard

Thanks, FM. Anyone else? - Mona N.

http://revision3.com/content/e... - embee

cnn and msnbc also offer streaming. - Faboo Mama

I like Current TV's Twitter integration. it's weird and cool at the same time. - Anthony K. Valley © via fftogo

Love this - Clay Newton

http://www.hulu.com/spotlight/... - Andrew Burd

Love it, you maverick! - Mike Reynolds

Hulu will be streaming it. http://www.hulu.com/spotlight/... - Alex Vernon

omg. what a blast from the past that picture is... any idea if that original page is still on the interwebz? - tracy apps

No clue. Someone emailed it to me haha - Mona N.

hahaha .. wow.. mccain's expression is priceless. I hope Hulu's audio/video quality and camera placement is decent. *hopes* - Brandon

Look at Palin HAHA - Mona N.

WHOA BLAST FROM THE PIZZZZAST. - Andrew Badera

i like current.tv's twitter thing a lot - Marshall Kirkpatrick

eeeek Twitter! - shudder - - Mona N.

http://myspace.com/mydebates or http://cnn.com/video/live/live... - Majento™ via fftogo

http://www.hulu.com - Vince DeGeorge

I'm going to try the hulu stream tonight. - Matt Musgrave

So the verdict is in. Hulu ftw? - Mona N.

I'm doing the Current-Twitter thing, then off to CSPAN if it bothers me too much. - Sean Quinn via twhirl

omg, he looks like joe from blue's clues! - Bec

He hoped being a member of the fraternity would make all this bullshit worth it. - Monique

Pissing Like A Lady: You're Doing It Wrong - Outsanity

"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" - Anna Haro

Huey realized that he was missing the big sale at Filene's. He had to find the perfect wedding dress. - JMSmiles

'Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me.' - Akiva Moskovitz

Fuck this; I'm doing me. - Monique

Akiva = WIN - John Worthington

A true lady always knows when to leave. - Kaia is done being sick.

No little fence can restrain Cowboy Billy. He's a maverick. - Jack Carlson

Paul still talks about the way he got to spend 15 mintues alone with his hero Toby Keith. "It was magical"... - John Worthington

"What?" - Monique

Giving birth the hard way - Outsanity

So which one of you bastards got my prom photos? - John Worthington

"The things I do to make my daughter happy/I hope these tickets are worth this..." - Grant Bierman

Okay, I did it. Now where's my Klondike Bar? - Monique

Whaddya mean this is not the line for "Let's Make a Deal?" - Cecilia Pineda Feret

"Cruised into a bar on the shore..." - John Worthington

Welcome to New Jersey - Outsanity

"I am woman!" - Monique

New version of Cinderella gone horribly wrong - 12:01 a.m. - Vince DeGeorge

Pee Wee Herman got a stern talking to from the suits at CBS when he revealed his original concept for "Cowboy Curtis". - Jason Toney

"Dude, where's your lighter? I got a wicked fart coming" - Outsanity

"And she'll take what you give her, as long as it's free. Yeah, she steals like a thief..." - John Worthington

What do you mean my shoes don't match my hat?? - Lindsay Donaghe

these new la perla undies are roughing up my suspect - Cee Bee

"I told ALL y'all already, put the fucking cameras DOWN" - Nathan Rein

'Do you think I look sexy?, no? I'm going to beat you donw' - clarke thomas via twhirl

PEW! PEW! PEW! *wink* - John Worthington

ok john won with that last one. - Monique

F A I L...just F A I L... - JA Castillo

Yup, I agree with Monique...it's all you John. :) - Anna Haro

"Doncha wish your girlfriend was rawrrr like me? Doncha!" - zoblue (Zulema)

"And here's the move that clinched that Coyote Ugly job for me." - Donna Mugavero

lol. got the ugly part down. - Cee Bee

oh boy. - Melissa

Great advice, Robert - not only for someone submitting a resume, but also for hiring managers and what to look for to find the "cream of the crop." - Vince DeGeorge

Allen: early for what? Recession advice? :-) - Robert Scoble

Insightful article + great comments. But seriously, the pay needs to be $15-$20 or else you won't interest the career type - only the mass-mailing, money desperate grad student :¬P - CannonGod

Resume is dead. Got my new job without it :) - sean percival

Resumes do indeed suck for telling your story, but until HR people change how they go about getting people to submit for jobs, that's what we are stuck with. - Alex "Pew Pew Pew" Scoble

i never go for a job where i need a resume, or an application form. if it is not person to person, i don't want to work there. - Gregory Lent

I'm curious. Why is applying for a job that you are overqualified for an automatic ding against you? What if you are someone who wants to get out of your current career and start a new one that you happen to be overqualified for at the moment? Also, in Scoble's post, he said he wants someone who won't settle for a $10-$12/hr job and looks ahead in his/her career. So how does someone who's overqualified in experience not fit that description? - Cheryl Jones

Cheryl, because it'll show when you work there. Overqualified people make it clear that they are overqualified for the position they're in, and it comes out in salary negotiations, task delegation, and dealing with superiors. - Mark Trapp

FYI overqualified will not usually hold up in court if someone decides to sue. At least, that's what they taught us in HR class. - You Betcha Glen Campbell

Glen: sue for what? If "overqualified" was code for racism/sexism during job selection? - Mark Trapp

for not selecting the most qualified applicant. - You Betcha Glen Campbell

Let me get off the iPhone and expand. If you post a job listing certain qualifications, and you bypass someone who meets all the qualifications but is "overqualified" for someone who doesn't quite meet everything, then that person may have a case for employment discrimination. We are encouraged to write our job descriptions very carefully to be sure that we find the right people. An "overqualified" person may very well be looking for a simpler, easier job to handle until he or she retires, and it may even.. - You Betcha Glen Campbell

...be on the advice of a doctor. You put yourself and your company at risk by rejecting them as "overqualified" without considering them. You're safer if you can find some legitimate way to disqualify them. - You Betcha Glen Campbell

I commented on the post. Impossible is Nothing - Christopher Harley

...except an adidas slogan. - Shawn Farner

Love this post Robert. This plus Seth Godin's post Why Bother Having a Resume? http://sethgodin.typepad.com/s... are keepers. - Hutch Carpenter

What's a resume? Oh yeah, I vaguely remember getting my first job out of undergrad with one of those things. - £ogical €xtremes

@Cheryl... right on! I always thought it would be fun to pick a company you liked, and try to go in totally entry-level with no documentation, and just see what could happen. - £ogical €xtremes

Robert: here were some of my observations on resumes a few months ago... http://www.stagetwoconsulting.... - Jeremy Toeman

Robert, good post. My experience is people should not apply for posted jobs for the very reason they will likely be lost in the crush of applicants. The more savvy strategy is to discover the outfits you would LOVE to join and then apply for the job that is not yet available. Do your homework and reach out to everyone from the CEO down. The key here is how you are treated as an outsider. Pushed off to HR. Not provided any response. These are indications they are not the company you want to work for. - Dave Martin

few things: as someone who desperately wants a career change, I appreciate the tips provided. Second have you considered a viritual admin assistant? One area of disagreement, the video. While the person might get high marks for creativity, they run the risk of being blond and the hiring manager having preconceived idea about blonds, what if the room they use is in their home and it is not neat, etc etc - bottomline I would be concerned that something could be used from the video that eliminates me People do judge a book by it's cover, sometimes without even realizing it. - Ruth Ferguson

Ruth: if someone is going to judge you based on your appearance, they're going to do it in the interview, as well. Showing judgement about where you film the video is fair game: you chose to shoot the video, why would you shoot it in a messy house? - Mark Trapp

Jeremy - that's a good post. - Hutch Carpenter

Mark, you are right about appearance. But perhaps if your resume is strong enough they once they finally meet you, it is possible you have a strong advantage that a glance at a video would preclude. Messy room was not a good example but I will give you that point. - Ruth Ferguson

Regarding overqualification: I'm not opposed to that, but you MUST point it out on a letter to me and explain why you are applying for a job that is so obviously "beneath" you. Remember, my producer used to be a software developer. He changed careers and has worked out very well. But you've gotta take on that objection head on in your cover letter or you'll get tossed. - Robert Scoble

Ruth: one thing that I'm looking for is a little risk taking behavior. Doing videos is risky, yes. But if you want to stand out of the crowd you've got to do something different. That requires taking a risk. On the other hand, I'd be very careful about taking a risk and I'd get lots of people's opinions about it. - Robert Scoble

Thanks for the comments regarding overqualification, everyone. I had always heard about this "faux pas" and wondered why an employer wouldn't like someone overqualified for a job. For example, I heard about someone on a discussion forum that the hubby reads who recently came into a lot of bad luck, lost his job, and couldn't get another because there were none in his field, and he was overqualified for other jobs, like retail work. I thought it was insane that he couldn't even apply for a job at McD's... - Cheryl Jones

...or a bookstore or something to make ends meet while he couldn't find anything in his "native" profession. That didn't make sense to me at all, and is kind of scary, considering how I'm in a volatile field (software engineering) and would like to know that I could at least have something else to fall back on in case the very worst case scenario happens and I'd have to take a job lower than what I'm supposedly qualified for. - Cheryl Jones

when I applied for a number of jobs last year I found a large number of people demanded word files instead of PDF's :S I also don't get the problem of a person being over qualified for something... surely it means they would do better than someone that needs plenty of training. After all, they applied for it so they are showing an interest in doing a job you see as "below" them! - alphaxion

I am in the process of tweaking my partners CV, I gave her some feedback, didn't go down well! This post is submitted from the naughty step! - Joe Dawson

Robert, I wrote a similar post back in March titled "Hiring in a 2.0 World" http://tinyurl.com/39dy8d - Aaron Strout

? so if you google a potential applicant, and land on their social network(which isn't biz based) do you downgrade them if they may be wild in the personal life? - clarke thomas

clarke: not necessarily! :-) - Robert Scoble

I used to use it. It's a good alt. browser to IE - Outsanity

Maxthon was awesome.. haven't used it recently, but I'm sure it's still great.. uses IE engine, but has a lot of great, built-in features, and is quick. I would use it over IE as well.. - Tim Hoeck