Daily Twitter Notes

Sometimes the day does not allow a blog post let alone write about things on my mind or I hear about like economic, political, local news (sports too).

With Twitter, you at least get some of the flavor, a flash moment during the day, of what I am thinking about. You can follow during the day or see the digest below.

Here are the highlights of my recent Twitter activity. If you want to see the full version click MN Headhunter on Twitter

MN Headhunter on Twitter | July 3, 2008 - June 30, 2008 (last one first, links added):

July 3, 2008

• Warehouse District: freaky quiet in my corner of downtown. I swear I heard a pin drop.
• "Recruiter On A Stick" Upper right corner, HA, it's me from my blog on MN Recruiters event. Forgot about that one
• PPT presentations: where does one find graphics and pics to use?
• Wonder if famous Twitter users will ever have online drama like A-Rod with Madonna and A-Rod's wife with Lenny Kravitz
• Is anyone as lame as me and working through the weekend? Other than "ooh aah" and a few hours with friends who are in town, laptop and me.
• Unemployment numbers: down 62,000. Consensus was 57,000. Both previous months revised further down. Unemployment rate stays at 5.5%

July 2, 2008

• So beautiful outside (and I am so tired from 3 nights of 4 hours of sleep) that I fell asleep outside in the chair while eating dinner
• PublicRadioCamp to be held at MPR in St. Paul July 12th.
• Stock Market closes in what is now officially a Bear Market. GM under $10 a share for first time since 1954. Bankruptcy rumors have started
• UnitedHealth Group: They blame job cuts on prescription and premium costs but not the $900 million options backdating settlement. PR at work
• UnitedHealth Group links: UNH: 4,000 job cuts, $895M lawsuit payout and UnitedHealth cuts outlook, sheds 4,000 jobs and UnitedHealth Ends Options Suits, Cuts 4,000 Jobs
• MN job cuts: UnitedHealth Group rumors come true with 4,000 or 5%. I originally heard a number a little larger. Why not announced last week?
• @RobertFischer recruiters should not drop industry keywords unless they actually know them. Because tech folk can hear it a mile away
• Minnesota Recruiters and RecruitingBlogs.com get mention in Inc.com article via quote from MN Recruiter @txaggie94 Turn Social Networks into Your Recruiter
• I feel like I only slept 4 hours again. Oh wait, this is not a dream. Reality sucks.
• Looked into cloning me, unreliable and very expensive. Late nights are starting to be a real drain. Researching alternatives

July 1, 2008

• We broke the chat room on RecruitingBlogs.com because of too many people. What a cool problem to have.
• @TalentSynch I am reminded of how cool my friends are. I am a lucky dude.
• Yes today is my birthday. The secret is out, I have been outed everywhere I turn. Thank you for the Tweets, email, and voice messages.
• @PowerBaby You can tell her you are safe anyway. I do not babysit until the little ones are out of the poopy diaper stage. 08:11 AM July 01, 2008 from web in reply to PowerBaby
• @PowerBaby yelling does not count nor does playing with electrical outlets
• Went to Lund's early this AM. Cashier who I usally see right before they close says, "What are you doing here at this hour?" I said "hungry"

June 30, 2008

• A surprise visit from friends and their kids. I like being Uncle Paul. Had thumb wars. Tickle fight. And played with the bugs.
• thank you @marenhogan for de-declaring tomorrow my birthday after already outing tomorrow as my birthday
• I have my first Recruiter 101 gig starting tomorrow morning with an IT consulting firm. An intro meeting with a series of sessions to follow
• National Corvette Day: June 26th, H. Res. 970 was introduced by 55 Reps and passed. OMG. WTF. What other letters am I missing?
• MSNBC: Congress has made today "National Corvette Day". No, they do not have better things to be working on. This is why politicians SUCK
• Microsoft to stop selling its XP operating system to retailers and computer makers this week.
• Announced local job cuts: With the quarter ending today I have seen fewer than expected. Maybe others were quiet.