Adomatica – Now with WordPress

I’ve decided it was time for a change.

Blogger/Blogspot served me well for the last four years, but it was time for a change.

Working within a free WordPress blog for now, but coming soon is an entirely update blog.

Thanks for reading…..stay tuned.

Calendars.com Celebrates Every Day in May

That’s right, the Calendars.com team is celebrating something every day during the month of May. We, along with folks from our parent company Calendar Club, danced the chicken dance this morning.

Here’s what we’ve done so far:

May 1st – Happy May Day!

May 2nd – Happy Baby Day!

May 3rd is Lumpy Rug Day!

May 4th is International Respect for Chickens Day

May 5th is Cinco De Mayo!

May 6th is National Nurses Day

May 7th is Bird Day!

Happy No Socks Day! (May 8th)

Happy Mother’s Day!

Clean Up Your Room Day (May 10th)

May 11th is Chair Day = New Chairs For The Office!

Happy National Receptionists Day – May 12th

Frog Jumping Day – May 13th

It’s not all fun and games at Calenders.com, but you can see more fun and learn a few things by visiting our blog The Daily Grid.

Bang a Gong…Get It On

As you may or may not know, Bazaarvoice bangs a gong to celebrate achievements. Promotions, new hires, accomplishments, and new client signings (Client is typically not present) all get their own gong banging. Here’s a cool story about a recent gonging:

Calendars.com Reaches Out to Bazaarvoice

Ultimate Typing Championship

Want and Found

Austin, TX – “a local web endeavor – wantANDfound.com. It’s a free, local business listing service that allows the local retail and service industry to post sales or discounted items. We’re hoping the end result will be an efficient, thriving local business community where businesses are making the most of their advertising spend, while consumers get an aggregated list of discounted products/services in tough economic times.”

Source = Anonymous Tip Form

SEM for SMB Conference – Today in Austin

I’m heading to the inaugural SEM for SMB conference here is Austin, Texas this morning. This two day event is supposed to be different then the sale-pitch-heavy conference that many of us are tired of attending. Fingers crossed that Chris Justice and his team at Sparksight will pull it off.

Following the Rules

It’s hard for some people to follow the rules:

High Def Austin Event June 5th 2008

“Media professionals are sharpening their production capabilities and moving to high definition. Sony, TM Television and Sparksight are excited to provide a unique forum to eliminate the mystery of high definition and educate the production community with strategies to move to a completely tapeless workflow.”

High Definition Austin
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Austin, TX

Hoover’s buys e-mail tech firm

From Austin Business Journal website: “Hoover’s Inc. acquired e-mail technology of a Visible Path Corp. of Foster City, Calif. The technology will be used in Hoover’s Connect, a program that works similar to LinkedIn Corp. by connecting users to potential clients through e-mail address books. Details of how Visible Path staff will be merged with Austin-based Hoover’s are still being discussed, says spokeswoman Lisa Glass. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and the purchase will not impact employment. Hoover Connect has been in a testing phase for a year. The program became available as a paid service Wednesday.”

Wednesday’s Work Whereabouts

Let’s make a deal.

My end of the deal: Each Wednesday I’ll post a few online marketing, advertising, creative jobs.

Your end of the deal:
Job seekers: If you apply to one of my posted jobs, please tell them you heard about the job at Adomatica.com.
Job Posters: If you have any openings you would like for me to post, please send them my way. Also, If someone applies for a job and tells you they heard about it at Adomatica.com, pleae let me know.

Seems like a fair deal, right?

Here are today’s postings:
Creative Services Manager / Director – Academic Superstore – Austin, TX
Advertising Sales Manager – LinkedIn