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I mentioned in my previous post that today is the launch of the new and improved and shiny version of Brazen Careerist. I’m so excited for them that I decided I need to pass on some of their big media mentions:

• Fast Company: Brazen Careerist Launch: Twitter meets Facebook meets LinkedIn meets Gen Y…and it’s about time.
• Mashable: Brazen Careerist: The Job Site for Gen Y?
• Lifehacker: Brazen Careerist Makes Professional Networking Less Painful
• TechCrunch: Brazen Careerist: A Professional Network That Realizes You’re More Than Just A Resume
• still want more … do a simple twitter search for Brazen Careerist and you’ll see, they’re big time!

And some words from the founders:

• Penelope Trunk: All-new launch for my company. Hooray!
• Ryan Paugh: We Launched the New Brazen Careerist Today, and Why Bigger Does Mean Better.
• Ryan Healy: A Startup Isn’t About One Big Idea, It’s About A Lot Of Little Ideas

If you see any more that I’ve missed feel free to mention them in the comments or @elysa and of course @BrazenCareerist on twitter. Again I’ll say I’m proud of team Brazen! And luck to know you guys (and Penelope, hi P’Lope!).

If you want to see my posts about Brazen since the beginning they’re tagged Brazen Careerist. Have you ever noticed the fun browse by category option at the top of the blog?

Hi my name is Elysa, and I’m a 3rd generation night owl! Nice to meet ya! It’s officially Tuesday, August 25th (1:40 am to be exact) and do you know what that means?! You should … today is the launch of Brazen Careerist.

The cliff-notes version: Team Brazen is beyond awesome according to me (oh and some minor internet people that go by some weird name … oh yeah Mashable). Perhaps you’ve heard of them.

Since Brazen is all about sharing ideas, I thought I’d share with you why I blog in my PJs.

Why I Blog in my Pajamas from elysa rice on Vimeo.

Where do you come up with your blogging ideas? Do you have a blogging uniform? Betcha can’t beat my pink PJs!
So speaking of ideas, this was my first vlog … good idea or no?

I learned a new word today: demi-task

Jody Gilbert at TechRepublic asks, "Do you listen 100 percent of the time or are you usually mentally engaged in several things at once?".

In her article 10 great ideas from five great bosses Jody states:

Top dogs know that nobody can multitask effectively over the long haul. They’ve figured out how to focus with laser-like precision. And their team members come to know that their boss is really hot and can’t be bluffed. This makes the team better at being clear and precise in their communications to you, and it saves both time and energy for everyone.

I know I am guilty of multi-tasking on many occasions. What works for me is to set time limits – for one hour I will work on this project, without checking emails, and without stopping until the hour is up. Generally what happens for me is, 15 minutes into working on something I remember I was supposed to email someone back or ask someone else about a different project. I use the beginning and the end of the day to think about and handle all of those little reminders. For a great read on the side-effects of multitasking I recommend New York Times article, Slow Down, Brave Multitasker, and Don’t Read This in Traffic. Time magazine also published an article in 2006 (ages ago according to internet time) stating that we are The Multitasking Generation.

Are you a demi-tasker? or a multi-tasker? Do you think multitasking is a generational trait?

Update: This post is also featured on Brazen Careerist, there are some great contributions in the comments.

While I was in Austin for SXSW I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Ben Smithee of Spych Research. Since somehow it’s the middle of April already and south by was a month ago (crazy!) I forgot that I hadn’t seen the end results. That was … until I got a text message last night that said "Hey, just watched your sxsw interview on youtube. You are amazing!". My first reaction to this text was "umm why is this guy stalking me on youtube?" that thought lasted for about .57 seconds before I went to the tube to watch it.

This morning I decided to watch a few of the other videos that Spych Research posted. The commonality I saw in the videos is that Ben asks some great questions. While I was being interviewed I felt like we were just two friends hangin’ out having a conversation. I think that’s what’s great about Ben’s interview style. He is casual and comfortable yet he obviously knows how to move the conversation along to have quality content in a short amount of time. So without further adu here are the videos:

My interview

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Let me first preface this post with an apology for what will be a bit jargony of a blog post. I happen to be a pretty geeky/tech-savvy/ computer nerd kinda girl and I try to keep my geek love underwraps on this blog. But I wanted to share a combination I’ve worked out tonight to expand upon my two favorite communities.

I think that one of the struggles I find in twenty somethings is that sense of "am I the only one". We’ve grown up on aim, email & now blogging so the sense of community we find in the virtual world can be comforting.

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