I'm looking for someone I can bring on as an intern. The video should cover what I'm looking for so I'll just outline everything here.

Criteria:
• College Student
• Must own a laptop
• Proficient in administrative things such as email, scheduling, transcription, etc...
• Comfortable in Photoshop/Illustrator
• Interest in video production
• Reliable and Professional
• Involved in social media, and interested in emerging media

The internship is unpaid, but I can give college credit, so a college student is preferred. This is a great opportunity to rub some elbows and learn some great stuff along the way.

If this sounds like you, please drop me a line you can either email me (click here), or you can click email me on the right column of my site.

Please include:
• Resumé
• Any links that might be helpful
• Cover Video

I'm looking forward to hearing from you and I can't wait to make this an awesome experience for you!

I'm at the 140 Characters Conference in NYC, and I'm finding my mind wandering. Maybe I'm a little twisted for taking this positive energy and channeling it in such a negative way, and I'd hate to turn this into a rant post, but that might be what goes down. Here's my major ish with the community these days. It's a persistent problem we've been facing since day one:

Using a tool does not make you a master craftsman.

Yes, we get it. It's 2009. The game is changing. But, learning the rules doesn't make you the MVP, it makes you eligible for entry. A few years back when Twitter was emerging, and the planes were shifting, it was much simpler to use new products to our advantage. So few people knew of them so, naturally, those of us who were aware were seen as visionaries. Just as if a caveman suddenly discovered how to create fire, he suddenly became the alpha male. But what happens when the rest of the cavemen begin to learn the same ability?

Firefights are ugly, and they get even worse when it's not just a one on one, but an all out free-for-all. Thankfully, we've not yet escalated quite so far just yet. My main point that I'm trying to drive is that you need to stop focusing on yourself and how great you think you are. You're doing yourself a disservice. Realize that even if you've heard the same talk 3 times, you might get something out of it the 4th time around. You can never learn too much. Now, I'm not saying pay and attend every conference that comes to town, but don't walk up like you own the place, and complain that you can't get anything out of it, especially if you were lucky enough to be given a free ride into the event.

Cause you know what? There are people sitting in that room hearing the same thing for the umpteenth time, but they're listening anyway, and THAT is why they win.