RSS feeds

In class right now, we are all working on our RSS feeds. It's definitely a cool feature and it's a bonus to have 50 extra credit points towards our final grades.

Currently, I have a MyYahoo! page set up with RSS feeds from Yahoo! News, Reuters: Top Stories and AP's top headlines.

Additionally, I added fun things like comics, TV listings and entertainments news. Another awesome feature are the weather reports for places where I visit or have family like Annandale, Va., Orlando, Fl., New York, N.y., Ocean City, Md. and Sialkot, Pakistan. I'm also going to add Dublin, Ireland and Dubai where my cousins live.

The weather is beautiful today! My RSS feed says 72 degrees Farenheit! Yeah :)

I'm excited to learn more about RSS feeds and will hopefully add it to my blog or personal Web site on the Mason server.

Mason's Job Fair

Today I was able to attend Mason's Job Fair. I've never been to one at school here but it was an exciting experience. There were employers from different corporations including national and local businesses. Some organizations were focused on Fairfax County based on the location for their headquarters. From a guest speaker in another COMM course, I learned that many parts of the county are often overlooked when it comes to the economy. There are hotspots for business in Tyson's Corner, Reston and Fairfax but little areas like Merrifield and Vienna deserve some attention as well. The foundations for the Internet actually began in the McLean area.

For an AVT major, it's difficult because we could work almost anywhere that needs promotional materials with logo branding. Most of the job opportunities were for accounting and business majors. I was considering some of the construction groups because they had architectural applications. It's something I would be interested in because I could apply design elements.

I love free stuff too. A common product given out were stress balls and pens. Interesting.