Recently I signed up for a site called TubeMogul.com and am currently in love with it. At first I just thought it was a service that uploaded a video to multiple sites but it does more than that. It also gives you analytics. So you are able to see stats for every site you uploaded it to. At the moment there are 12 sites you are able to launch your video to. More sites will be available soon. The sites TubeMogul uploads to currently are Youtube, Yahoo Video, Myspace TV, Metacafe, Google Video, Revver, DailyMotion, Blip, Veoh, Crackle, StupidVideos and Brightcove. There are plans to add even more sites such as Viddler which will make me even happier. I’ve used the service to upload 3 different videos and it went very smooth. Saves so much time.
With Christmas coming in 6 days the retail business is booming. Unfortunately the employees at these retail stores for the most part do not make much and work strenuous schedules.
I’ve been working in retail for a little over 2 years at Burlington Coat Factory. This is not a very long time compared to most. But for me anyways it has been 2 years to long. Basically what my job is at Burlington is assisting customers in the baby section. The main part of my job is selling baby furniture(cribs, dressers, changing tables) and things like strollers, car seats etc. I actually like doing this. A lot of times I will get couples who are having their 1st child and it is great to help them out and inform them on certain things.
So if I like selling baby stuff why do I want to get out of retail? Well the first thing that irritates me is the scheduling. You are working weekends, nights and on holidays. I can not imagine how people with children do this. During the christmas season you are getting out sometimes at midnight and then scheduled to work the next morning at 8am. If you follow my tweets you will see that I stink at waking up early.
The other thing that really irritates me is messy customers. People will come into the store and just trash it. You spend your entire shift just picking junk off the floor. So I’m no longer selling stuff to people. My main purpose is just picking up isle after isle of clothes. Retail is not for me and I need a change quick.
The guys over at The Richter Scales have put out a gem of a music video. It is sung to “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel. From the 1st couple seconds I knew I was going to enjoy this video just from the music. The lyrics are also pure genius. They even have a little Justin.tv thrown in to the video. Take a look! It is sure to become a classic. Also yes I am blogging about this music video.
