Comments for Mike Reining's Weblog http://mikereining.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:46:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Databases .. what would we do without them? by mdholden http://mikereining.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/databases-what-would-we-do-withouth-them/#comment-9 mdholden Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:46:22 +0000 http://mikereining.wordpress.com/?p=195#comment-9 I use Myspace and Facebook daily for personal things. It's really awesome to be able to keep in touch with old friends and family. They have really improved how you can query their databases to locate specific people or a group of people. Another interesting use of the Myspace and Facebook database is for recruiting or promoting.You can list jobs for people to view, but you can also do a search to using queries to cue in on certain age groups, interest groups and geographic groups. There have been many studies, including one I conducted last semester, that show that recruiters have great success using these social networking, database based, sites for recruiting and promoting their organizations. It's nice to read what an "IT guy" has to say about this. This week was a bad week for our "IT guy" at work! I use Myspace and Facebook daily for personal things. It’s really awesome to be able to keep in touch with old friends and family. They have really improved how you can query their databases to locate specific people or a group of people.

Another interesting use of the Myspace and Facebook database is for recruiting or promoting.You can list jobs for people to view, but you can also do a search to using queries to cue in on certain age groups, interest groups and geographic groups. There have been many studies, including one I conducted last semester, that show that recruiters have great success using these social networking, database based, sites for recruiting and promoting their organizations.

It’s nice to read what an “IT guy” has to say about this. This week was a bad week for our “IT guy” at work!

]]> Comment on Databases .. what would we do without them? by Leigh Ann http://mikereining.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/databases-what-would-we-do-withouth-them/#comment-8 Leigh Ann Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:07:45 +0000 http://mikereining.wordpress.com/?p=195#comment-8 I also use Facebook on a regular basis. As I live around eight-hundred miles away from where I grew up, Facebook (which I have only joined over the last year) has become pretty much the only way I am able to keep up with people I knew when I was younger. I have found the site is fairly user friendly, although it was somewhat of an adjustment going from their earlier interface to their recent change. However, it's easy to see why they changed the look of the website-- with the set-up the way it is now, the ads displayed on the side of each page refresh far more often. I also use Facebook on a regular basis. As I live around eight-hundred miles away from where I grew up, Facebook (which I have only joined over the last year) has become pretty much the only way I am able to keep up with people I knew when I was younger.

I have found the site is fairly user friendly, although it was somewhat of an adjustment going from their earlier interface to their recent change. However, it’s easy to see why they changed the look of the website– with the set-up the way it is now, the ads displayed on the side of each page refresh far more often.

]]> Comment on Databases .. what would we do without them? by alrosa http://mikereining.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/databases-what-would-we-do-withouth-them/#comment-7 alrosa Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:46:00 +0000 http://mikereining.wordpress.com/?p=195#comment-7 I use facebok almost daily, thank god I'm not addicted like many of my friends. I think it's great for keeping in contact with old friends that I haven't seen or talked to in a long time. Life takes us all on curious and sometimes confusing paths and I think it's awesome that there is a database setup that let's us keep in touch with people that shared something in a point in my life. The best part of it is, it's very user friendly. You don't have to be a IT tech in order to navigate it, everything is there with just within a click of a mouse. I use facebok almost daily, thank god I’m not addicted like many of my friends. I think it’s great for keeping in contact with old friends that I haven’t seen or talked to in a long time. Life takes us all on curious and sometimes confusing paths and I think it’s awesome that there is a database setup that let’s us keep in touch with people that shared something in a point in my life. The best part of it is, it’s very user friendly. You don’t have to be a IT tech in order to navigate it, everything is there with just within a click of a mouse.

]]> Comment on My Family by tchrwannab2 http://mikereining.wordpress.com/my-family/#comment-2 tchrwannab2 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:49:07 +0000 http://mikereining.wordpress.com/?page_id=56#comment-2 Mike, you have two beautiful little girls! How do you like Richmond compared to Charlotte, North Carolina? I've been to Charlotte a few times before and it's nice down there. I have lived in Richmond my entire life though. Mike, you have two beautiful little girls!

How do you like Richmond compared to Charlotte, North Carolina? I’ve been to Charlotte a few times before and it’s nice down there. I have lived in Richmond my entire life though.

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