Fitness Gadgets

I tend to kick-off my Saturdays with an intense fitness workout. And this weekend was no different. As a spinner, I was disappointed when I walked into my gym 10 minutes after the last spinning session of the day had started. So I walked to the individual spinning bikes to make my own workout routine.

To my surprise, I noticed two new spinning bikes with different monitors connected to the them. One of these bikes had a puddle of water (probably sweat) under it. To your average gym non-enthusiast, that may be disgusting and perhaps even scary. But to me, it was a good sign- a challenge I was more than willing to face! And I am so glad I did. The eSpinner gave me one heck of a workout- even better than many of the actual spinning classes I've taken lately.

If you'd like to try this fitness gadget for yourself, or perhaps simply understand what it is that makes this bike so efficient, check out the second item on the video linked below.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid16457163001?bctid=44924776001

Do You Have One of the Best Jobs in America?

CnnMoney.com has recently posted a list of what it deems as the best jobs in America. It has evaluated the jobs by pay and growth prospect. Job growth is estimated for 2006-2016 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

If you're an undecided student in college or would like to use a period of unemployment to make a strategic career move, you may find this particularly helpful.

Rank/ Job Title/10 yr Job Growth Forecast 1 Systems Engineer 45% 2 Physician Assistant 27% 3 College Professor 23% 4 Nurse Practitioner 23% 5 Information Technology Project Manager 16% 6 Certified Public Accountant 18% 7 Physical Therapist 27% 8 Computer/Network Security Consultant 27% 9 Intelligence Analyst 15% 10 Sales Director 10% 11 Anesthesiologist 14% 12 Software Developer 28% 13 Pharmacist 22% 14 Occupational Therapist 23% 15 Nurse Anesthetist 23% 16 Software Product Manager 28% 17 Business Analyst, IT 29% 18 Attorney/Lawyer 11% 19 Physician/General Practice 14% 20 Human Resources Manager 13% 21 Senior Financial Analyst 34% 22 Physician/Obstetrician/Gynecologist 14% 23 Clinical Psychologist 16% 24 Psychiatrist 14% 25 Veterinarian 35% 26 Marketing Manager 14% 27 Speech-Language Pathologist 11% 28 Technical Writer 20% 29 Finance Director 13% 30 Telecommunications Network Engineer 53% 31 Director of Communications 17% 32 Hotel General Manager 12% 33 Securities Trader 25% 34 Account Executive 10% 35 Education/Training Consultant 22% 36 Corporate Paralegal 22% 37 Quality Control Engineer 20% 38 Manufacturing Engineer 20% 39 Computer Software Program Manager 28% 40 Applications Systems Analyst 29% 41 Senior Internal Auditor 18% 42 Commercial Property Manager 15% 43 Creative Director 26% 44 Pharmaceuticals Sales Representative 12% 45 Associate - Investment Banking 34% 46 Training & Development Manager 16% 47 Product Marketing Manager 14% 48 Quality Assurance Manager 16% 49 Financial Research Analyst 34% 50 Outside Sales Representative 12%

E-Business Cards

Are you ready to move your good old business card to the digital era? If you are, then great, get ready to have some fun. If not, check out these apps anyway. They may be nice additions to your paper cards.

Unfortunately, the digital options available today require the users to be on the same platform. Perhaps we will see one of these applications as a true replacemnent to the paper business cards once this changes.

For the recent grad

DubMeNow

For the budding entrepreneur

BusinessCard2

For the frequent conference attendee

CloudContacts

For the technophobe

Wordpress theme

For the tweet-minded

TwtBizCard

For the iPhone addict

Bump

BeamMe

SnapDat

For the social network queen (or king)

Retaggr

For those who miss Tamagotchis

Poken

I will admit that Poken is actually my favorite application (even though I was never into the Tamagochi craze). Imagine arriving at a conference in which every participant receives a Poken upon arrival and proceeds to use it when networking. How convenient and fun!

But had I been really job hunting, I would most likely give less emphasis to style entertainment and more emphasis to practicality and reach.


Source: cnn.com