It feels great to be loved!

I celebrated my 20th birthday weekend, and man what a great time I had. I really don't liking making a big deal out of my birthday, but my friends decided that they had to do something, so we had breakfast together on Friday.
My Roommate and neighbor invited a lot of close friends and we caught up while eating egg casserole and french toast. Starting off your day by sharing a meal with friends really sets things off right.
Sharing long telephone calls with friends that maybe you haven't heard from in awhile, and conversations with those you see everyday; whatever it may be talking with those people usually leaves me in a good mood.
The affect that my friends have on me makes me want to do the same to them, as well as find new people that I can make feel this way. This year I have tried to focus on the quality rather than the quantity of friendship, and I have found that it is much more satisfying. I have really developed some great friendships this year.
So I will continue to peruse existing and new friendships because there are few thing that are better than community in this world.
Booyakasha

Cover Letters?

The Idea of cover letters is new to me because I have not yet entered the business world. Before the mention on cover letters I thought that a resume followed by an interview, and maybe a follow up interview was all that it took to get hired. I've realized that you can let the interviewer know more about you in the cover letter, like example of success stories in the past.

I thought that the ideas on how to write a good cover letter were pretty helpful. I agreed with pretty much everything in the tutorials. Using a checklist on the cover letter is a very good Idea. Using this gives you the opportunity not to leave anything out. Writing a "post script " also stood out to me. I wouldn't have thought to do this in a cover letter but if if make you stand out more to the employer, then thats good stuff. I believe that the possible employer would read the P.S. first.

online interviews

Interviews Online could possible work for some jobs, but I don't see it working for most jobs.
This might be a good idea for some jobs that are for tech poisons. For most jobs Normal face to face interviews will never go away. I think that it is important to meet face to face to really get a good view of the person.
Face to face interaction is very important for interviews. Both the interviewers and the person seeking the job get a good idea of each other when they meet face to face. With most jobs personal face to face contact happens everyday, so it is only natural that interviews should be conducted face to face rather than online.
This might eventually catch on but i think it is somewhat ridiculous.

persuasion; selling ketchup popsicles to ladies in gloves

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letters from a Birmingham Jail" is a very moving letter and uses extraordinary persuasion to voice his opinions on the way the situation things where in should be handled. He is very respectful, but he doesn't compromise what he truly feels needs to be done. MLK uses quotes from T.S. Elliot to draw credibility and provide points that would otherwise be only his own.
MLK used information that he knew and understood to back his opinions and support his material.
A company that I would really like to work in the Marketing department for would be Patagonia. Patagonia is a company that Makes outdoor clothing with the environment in mind. The way they persuade the public that they have a clean brand of clothing really impresses me. Whether what they claim is true or not they way they market their products is great. Patagonia persuades its customers to buy products even though they might be a little more expensive. The methods the company uses include highlighting the environmental good the company has done , as well as pushing its research in recycling clothing to improve resource responsibility.
In some ways MLK and Patagonia are similar they both take information they know about and highlight it and try to and persuade people to believe in what they are about. Mostly they are different though because Selling cloths and persuading people about a social movement are two very different things.

In ten years

It's hard to say where I'll be ten years from now. I hope whatever it is I'll be happy.

Hopefully I'll have graduated from Clemson University in 4 or 4 and a half years possibly go on to grad school in business or marketing.

I know after college and before work I'd like to do some mission work abroad. Right now I think that I'll be in south America for a couple years, but I'm not positive, but with my language skills it looks like something south of the border.

I'd like to have a wife and maybe a couple years of marriage out of the way. By this time in my life I hope I have traveled a good bit. Maybe my wife and I will be living in Seattle or Northern California. I'd like to have kids eventually so maybe a kid or two on the way, but I wouldn't mind waiting a little longer before having children. I really want to live a little before our lives are all about another life.

I would be nice to have a job that didn't tie me down to a certain part of the country/ long hours. I'd like to do something where I traveled with my wife, and could be creative. I don't really want my job to define me. I know it's natural for older men to talk about what they do for a living, but I don't know if that will ever interest me. So a goal for a job would be something that pays well enough to live comfortably and something that interests me enough to not to hate waking up in the morning.

In ten years I hope that I am happy and doing what ever I find fulfilling.

Digital Ethnoligy

Web 2.0

Digital ethnology is a very appropriate title to this video. Ethnology is the combination of technology and the word ethos which refers to people. The internet is made and updated by people. Anyone who is entering the work place would benefit greatly from being familiar with the web and how its works and changes. Rethinking everything is something that we have do every so often to keep up with the changes.
I’ve never really thought about how the internet worked. The Code and language on the internet is very fascinating.
Information to anything you could imagine is online. Truth, lies, things for sale, games and even potential girl friends are just examples of things you can find.
The purpose of the internet is to make things easier for people, and to continue to make things easier in the future. It’s always changing and growing/ getting better.

introduction

My name is Rob, and my last name is not Destiny. Robie Destiny is my SL name and I really liked it. I’m a sophomore marketing major from Greer, South Carolina.

I like doing most things outside such as mountain biking, kayaking, both snow and water skiing, and a recent favorite snowball fighting. I really like going to concerts and seeing live music. I recently have become a big fan of Asheville, North Carolina because of the music scene.

I really love being here at Clemson. I have made some wonderful friends and have learned a lot about myself in the process.

See you in second life.

Rob