I am slowly getting the hang of Twitter – very slowly, but then I am not much of a social animal full stop. Whether it is instant messaging, Facebook or any of the social media sites, I find it very different to face to face socializing.
When people start talking about re-Tweet ranks and Twitter ranks and the like, they lose me. If I understand things now, Google is ranking your Tweets based on a number of factors. Caroline Melberg has a post – Do You Know Your TweetRank – that explains some of these factors. The web is becoming more complicated everyday.
Technology Review also has a post that not only discusses Tweet Rank, it also goes a little into real time search. This seems to be the talk of the net at present. What you write now could be showing in search results five minutes after you publish – if you’re lucky anyway.
While everyone is Twittering, the economy seems to be building – at least it’s improving thanks to construction. Infrastructure programs are starting to leave their mark on employment with fewer jobs now being lost. I have always wanted to get behind the controls of a crane or an excavator. I don’t know why those two in particular. ATS caught my eye with a post – Increased Public Works Spending To Increase Demand For Graders – further reading reveals that it’s not just graders that are affected, it is almost all aspects of heavy equipment.
The earthquake in Haiti has been devastating and rescue services are stretched beyond imagination. There is little in the way of heavy equipment to begin with – what heavy equipment they do have is hardly capable of doing the job. Fuel is another big problem as well. Even if they had the heavy equipment and fuel, having sufficiently trained personnel to do the job is also a problem. This news story covers some of the logistical nightmares being encountered in Haiti. Food is also a problem with fresh and/or frozen food supplies having been wiped out. Going to a restaurant is certainly out of the question right now. Talking of restaurants.
The restaurant industry is also growing with the trade starting to employ more staff as people start to return to eating out. It becomes a chain reaction with restaurants looking to then upgrade so as to attract more of the growing business. Before buying in new restaurant furniture, grab a quote. Suppliers are also trying to get back on their feet so many of them are offering good prices. Read this if you don’t know How To Get A Restaurant Furniture Quote.
