March 2010 in Links

I decided to drop my weekly links posts as they were simply taking over my blog! I still really like the idea though, so here is the month of March presented in links for you to explore. Hope you find something interesting.

Sourcing & Recruitment

Jim Stroud’s TruPoetry
A poem about sourcing performed at #TruLondon II by @jimstroud

SourceCon 2010
The original conference for sourcers. SourceCon 2010 took place on 14th & 15th March in San Diego, California. There was, of course, the Grandmaster Sourcing Challenge - that I won! I cannot express my excitement about that enough. See this video about the contest by @jimsoud. There are lots of photos from the conference to be found, some by me and some from ERE themselves. Also take a look at some of the write ups from Amybeth Hale, Glen Cathey, Jim Stroud & Mike Notaro

Social Media In Recruitment Conference
I am hoping to attend the second outing of #smir, taking place on 22nd April in London.

The Social Web

Tweetmeme
I’ve been giving the Tweetmeme button lots of love this month - if you don’t have it on your blog/website, why not? I’m 100 time more likely to tweet your content if I see the button. FACT.

Facebook to drop “Become a fan”
By @JohnCarnell

Mashable’s Twitter List Diretory launches
I particularly like the geographically specific categories, like this one of UK lists.

Local (Berkshire, UK)

Reading Twestival
What a great night it was! We raised over £1,500 for concern. Well done to the rest of the organising team @bennuk @amykate @deepwire @dtsn and @jamesbmarshall.
You can hear me giving advice on how to find sponsors in this phone interview by @abisignorelli. Take a look at these great pictures of the event by @benjaminellis.

Newbury Tweetup III
The third Newbury tweetup will be taking place on Friday 9th April - keep an eye on the website or follow @NBYTweetup for more details.

Music

I keep an ever expanding playlist on Spotify of ‘Just Cool‘ songs, I add only the coolest of songs (in my opinion) as they occurr to me. I share some of this month’s highlights here;

Semisonic - California [Spotify link]

Blondie - Dreaming [Spotify link]

Beyonce - Halo [Sotify link]

Just For Fun

What’s the worst thing you have ever used to stir a cup of tea?
By @mixmasterfestus

And look at these little guys that I twitpiced on my way to work - how cute?