Sun 24 Feb 2008 – 11.28
In this episode, Scott talks with Kristen Fischer about life after college. Kristen is a New Jersey-based freelance writer and author of the upcoming book “Ramen Noodles, Rent, and Resumes: An After-College Guide to Life”. Join Scott and Kristen for a chat about classes, debt, freelancing, working, making friends, paying rent, living with parents, and maybe going to grad school.
Drexel University – a career-oriented school
Stockton College – a school in the woods
FreelanceSwitch – website and podcast featuring Kristen
Jobcast I and JCII from Summer 2006
Creatively Self-Employed, Kristen’s first book
Merlin Mann on MacBreak Weekly
The Cost of Living, with Lindsay Campbell
Grad school: beast, blessing or burden? A post on SpeakUp
“The After-College”, similar to the “Quarter-life Crisis”
TPS Reports
Facebook
NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month (November)
Garden State, the movie
FreelanceRadio, with Kristen
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posted by Scott in podcasts.
Sat 23 Feb 2008 – 19.14
Let’s be honest, you’re not the healthiest eater. But switching to a diet of lettuce and Crystal Light isn’t for everyone. From ZenHabits comes a sensible list of 12 ways to eat better and feel better. Here’s a sample:
7. Nuts instead of chips. If you normally snack on chips, try unsalted peanuts or raw almonds.
A pretty good plan since the calories in nuts are split between carbs, fats, and proteins as opposed to potato chips which are almost all fat calories. As an amateur nutritionist I say go for one step at a time. I reckon if you can knock down 8-10 you’ll be fine … at least until your 30th birthday! Have a look.
posted by Scott in health & fitness.
College Students Demand Organic, and Stuff
Wed 20 Feb 2008 – 7.35
Advertisers and marketers love watching college students because in spite of having no money, their spending habits are an indicator of how the next generation thinks as consumers.
In this article from AdAge, we see that more and more college students are demanding better food, often from local and organic sources. Unfortunately, the lines are still somewhat blurred as they don’t often know the true definition of organic, local, seasonal, etc.
Worth a read. Via Brand Noise
posted by Scott in education,health & fitness.
Caffeine Content, by the Numbers
Mon 11 Feb 2008 – 11.55
We’ve covered this before, but in case you haven’t bookmarked a similar page, here is a list of various drinks and their caffeine contents:
As you may guess, a Starbucks regular brew (grande) tips the caff-scale at 320mg. Ouch.
via LVHRD
posted by Scott in coffee,health & fitness.
Office Flings Help Productivity
Fri 08 Feb 2008 – 13.08
Oh, that old golden bear-trap of the office romance.
Bro, she’s way out of your league.
Nowadays, we spend more and more time at work, so it seems only natural that we begin to develop romantic relationships with co-workers. Of course, this is usually discouraged, if not banned outright. Why? Potential drama, I suppose.
However, research shows that it might actually be useful. An article from the Sun tells how “the thrill of a fling ‘raised energy levels and led to better professional capacity’.”
Makes sense. I know if I could see my sweetie during the day I’d generally be in a better mood. The trouble is in arranging the romance in the first place — if you try-but-fail to court a co-worker, it could set off a serious chain of events disrupting the delicate social ecosystem of your workplace (i.e., if you ‘choose’ one of the girls, you’ve automatically blown it with the remainders. It’s called the Law of Exclusion).
You could always just wait for the christmas party, get drunk, and then if things don’t go well, blame the alcohol. No chance that could ever backfire.
posted by Scott in careers,relationships.