“WexBlog” is the official blog of the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State University. This blog gives a more indepth look behind some of the events and shows at the Wexner Center, as well as news, information, and updates in a more personal format than what you’d find on the main Wexner Center website.
“Sopressata” is a local food blog devoted to local restaurant reviews, favorite recipies, and other food related topics.
Showhio is a local music blog that covers the Columbus indie music scene. The blog features news, event information, and more.
“Columbus Foodie” is a blog devoted to restaurant news and reviews, as well as other food-related topics.
Experience Columbus is the website of the Greater Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau. This site contains information more geared for visitors to Columbus, but also has a directory of stores, restaurants, events, and other information for residents as well.
DowntownColumbus.com is the website of the Downtown Development Resource Center. The site provides information housing, things to do, development, and other publications.
“Livin’ in Cowtown” is a blog by Corey Spring that features mostly campus-centric news and opinions. The blog is hosted by UWeekly.com, that publishes a weekly campus print newspaper.
The City of Columbus has a homepage with links to all sorts of news, press releases, statistical information, and resident information for just about anything dealing with city functions.
On Tuesday, April 17th, the Columbus Chamber of Commerce is holding two “Young Professional Café” Events, where attendees will be able to converse with Rebecca Ryan of Next Generation Consulting, who is doing a study on the “Brain Drain” issue in Columbus.
For anyone not able to attend these events in person, a “Blogspot” event is being held simultaneously, so that contributions can be made remotely via the Internet. This web-based forum will be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday.
The purpose of these events is to prepare the final information to be delivered on Wednesday, April 18th at the State of the Young Professionals address at Mershon Auditorium.
This is a great opportunity to voice your opinions if you happen to be a young (under 40) professional, and the ability to use web-based technologies for this gathering of ideas is a great way to reach out to this younger, tech-savvy demographic on a local level.
For more information, or to register for any of these events, click here.
There was a very interesting article a few days ago in the Wall Street Journal about how blogging can help in the search for a new job.
Does anyone have any success stories on a local level with their blogging landing them potential job offers?
How Blogging Can Help You Get a New Job
By SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN
April 10, 2007Corporate recruiters have long surfed the Web to vet potential hires, but now they are also surfing blogs to unearth job candidates, expanding their talent pool and gaining insights they say they can’t get fromrésumés and interviews.
In addition to blogs that focus on their industry or field of interest, recruiters say they check candidates’ blogs about noncareer-related topics for evidence of writing skills and clues to how well rounded they are.
Mr. Sterling believes that one reason his Web journal, Screenwork, regularly generates job offers is that he has never written about wanting them. “If you [blog] to get a job, you’ll be less successful,” he says. “It’s just like dating. If you appear too hungry, nobody wants to date you.”
But Ms. Dixson disagrees. “If you’re currently job hunting, say so in your blog’s ‘About Me’ blurb,” she advises. “Say you’re interested in learning about opportunities in your field.”
Indiscrete bloggers can derail job opportunities. A candidate for an entry-level sales job at Zoom was knocked out of the running in December after Mr. Glass read his blog. “My jaw dropped,” he says. “The person started to make disparaging remarks about the people he interviewed with.”
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