Mashable: Latest 4 News Updates - including “HOW TO: Land a Job at Twitter” |
- HOW TO: Land a Job at Twitter
- Don’t Depend on iPhone Clock’s Alarm Tomorrow [UPDATED]
- 95+ Predictions for the Web in 2011
- 40 New Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
- Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]
| Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:45 PM PST      Microblogging service Twitter is on a hiring spree, having raised $100 million in September 2009 and another $200 million earlier this month. Between that period, Twitter roughly tripled its employee base to more than 300 and disclosed plans to “have a small number of people on the ground in Europe in 2011,” a spokesperson said recently. We’ve received inquiries from a number of you about how to land a job at the San Francisco-based startup and what it’s like to work there. We’ve compiled your most frequently asked questions here, including information about what kinds of jobs are available at Twitter, what the company culture is like, as well as a few tips about getting hired. If you have interviewed for a position or worked at Twitter, we’d love to hear about your experiences and advice in the comments below. What Kinds of Jobs Are Available at Twitter?There are many different departments at Twitter, thus many different kinds of positions and skill sets are needed for each. Twitter is currently filling out its business development and sales, engineering, finance, HR, legal, mobile, operations, product management, support and user experience and design teams. Other (seemingly non-hiring) departments include executive (management) and communications. What Is It Like to Work There?Twitter is very vocal about the quality of its corporate culture — and so are its employees. If you’ve ever followed a new Twitter employee during his or her first day on the job, he or she likely finished that day by tweeting that it was the “best first day of work ever,” or something similar. And if you’ve ever asked an employee what they like best about working at Twitter, they’ll likely tell you about how most employees stick around on Friday evenings to spend time with their colleagues, listening to the company’s leaders talk about ideas developed in the past week over drinks and snacks. Others have observed that it’s a “creatively stimulating,” place to work, filled with lots of natural light, whiteboards and meeting spaces. Employees are “buzzing with ideas” and “constantly brainstorming.” Because Twitter is rapidly expanding, parts of the office are frequently under construction — one recent visitor noted that although the space is well-designed, Twitter already needs more of it. An added bonus: breakfast and lunch are free. Any Advice on Getting Hired?As Twitter Director of Communications Matt Graves explains, “There’s no one set of skills or experience we’re looking for — it really depends on the position. But we do look for certain traits: hard workers, smart thinkers and respectful team players. Having a great sense of humor is a (big) plus; I’ve never worked with so many funny people in my life.” Don’t forget to include your @username on your resume. “Seems obvious, but people forget!” he says. For more information, check out Working at Twitter, and follow @jointheflock on Twitter. Those interested in university recruiting and other campus-related topics can direct inquiries to @TwitterU. Social Media Job ListingsEvery week we put out a list of social media and web job opportunities. While we post a huge range of job listings, we’ve selected some of the top social media opportunities from the past two weeks to get you started. Happy hunting!
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| Don’t Depend on iPhone Clock’s Alarm Tomorrow [UPDATED] Posted: 01 Jan 2011 02:56 PM PST   Many of us like to use the iPhone as an alarm clock, but if you’re thinking about setting a one-off alarm to wake you up Sunday morning (January 2, 2011), don’t do it. Twitter was abuzz with complaints and comments about the iPhone bug that failed to wake up those who depended on it Saturday morning, so we wanted to be sure you knew about the problem so you wouldn’t make the same mistake when setting your alarm. UPDATE: There’s a workaround: If you still want to use the iPhone clock as an alarm for tomorrow, set a recurring alarm and it’ll work normally, Apple told Engadget (see quote below). The good news? You won’t need to fiddle with this forever, because the iPhone bug will somehow right itself Monday, as soon as the calendar changes over to January 3, 2011. Even so, this was a rude awakening for New Year’s Day. Come on Apple, fix this bug. Meanwhile, might I suggest an alternative alarm clock for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch? It’s Best Alarm Clock, a trusty $.99 app that wasn’t affected by this bug. It lets you choose to wake up to a variety of sounds, iPod music, or my favorite, a single vibration. While I could do without most of its garish colors and sound effects accompanying each tap of an icon, it has other virtues, such as helpfully displaying a current weather report. I especially like the way you can program different wake-up times for each day of the week, great for those of us with flexible schedules: Don’t like that one? Here are five other worthy choices. UPDATE: Engadget got the following response from Apple:
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| 95+ Predictions for the Web in 2011 Posted: 01 Jan 2011 12:48 PM PST   2010 was a busy year for social media and the web. It began (more or less) with the launch of the Apple’s genre-defining iPad tablet and culminated with the ascent of Facebook as the web’s most visited site. In between we had the fall of Palm, the rise of Android, the surprise of Groupon and the success of the Facebook movie. There was more, too, from fun new gadgets to embarrassing downtime (at a startup not called Twitter). If all that was packed into the final year of the last decade, what’s coming our way as the calendar flips to the next? For the past two weeks, editors and contributing writers at Mashable have been gazing into our crystal balls to try to discern what’s coming in the next year. Below is a roundup of all of our predictions posts for 2011, covering over 90 topical predictions for what’s in store for the web and social media in the coming year.
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| 40 New Social Media Resources You May Have Missed Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:13 AM PST   Happy new year! Oh, sorry, was that too loud? We all may be nursing festive hangovers from spilling too much bubbly, food, or maybe we’re just winding down from the end of the (overlong) holiday season. Whatever the cause, tuck into your favorite reading chair with your favorite digital device and scroll through our list of social media tools and resources from the past week or so. Contained below are some tech and media predictions for the new year and even a few apps to help you stay on track with your perennially frustrating New Year’s resolutions. So rest up, whatever the reason, and have a wonderful New Year. Looking for even more social media resources? This guide appears every weekend, and you can check out all the lists-gone-by here any time. Image courtesy of Dawghouse Design Studio Social Media
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| Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART] Posted: 01 Jan 2011 09:19 AM PST   If you’re not sure which topic hit the top of the trends in late December, you deserve to be permanently unfollowed. Yes, Virginia, Christmas ranked number one for the second week in a row as tweeters wished each other the merriest on the day of. Beyond the holiday, international sports continued to dominate. The AFF Suzuki Cup, held in Indonesia and Vietnam, captured the attention of Twitter for the remainder of the week, and the soccer tournament scored the number two spot. And the death of Motown legend Teena Marie at the tragically young age of 54 spurred memories of her life and music in the Twitterverse. The sad news propelled the singer’s name to the number three spot. For the full list of top trends, check out the chart below, compiled by our friends at What The Trend. Because this is a topical list, hashtag memes and games have been omitted from the chart. You can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section, and read more about this past week's trends on What The Trend. Top Twitter Trends This Week: 12/25 – 12/31
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