York University computer science and engineering professor Andrew Eckford uses blogs, Twitter and YouTube to give his students a better understanding of content covered in class and to make him more approachable when they’re struggling with course material.

Unless you have very specific requirements, need some custom programming or have a large project in mind, I would recommend the DIY approach as opposed to hiring an expensive web designer. All you need to know is one magical word – WordPress.

“There are two sorts of professionals in this field. The majority get some contracts and do their job, but the ones who get more work talk about what they do, put up their videos online and get talked about.”

You can personalize your online resumé to include recommendations, a design portfolio, writing examples, audio and video clips, links to off-site work, your thesis, awards you have won, and anything else that will show a potential employer why you are right for the job.

After months of following every piece of job-hunting advice I could find, I started to feel as though I was just sending my resumé into a vortex of nothingness and as a result I grew frustrated, hopeless and depressed.

Soko Company founder Jonathan Davids details his experiences as an entrepreneur and how he transformed a few thousand dollars into an online business that attracts a monthly audience of a quarter of a million readers.

Today, virtually every type of product is available for purchase online, ready and waiting to leave its shelf in a warehouse somewhere and be on your doorstep in days.

This week I talk to Mike Lynch, a front-end web developer, graphic designer, and junior developer at Toronto design firm NuBrand, about his recent projects, past internships, and why web developers are currently so in demand.

Moving forward, you will be asked less often to write a traditional press release, and expected more often to get the word out (in promotion, preventative and crisis communications) using the web-based communication tools available online (aka social media), such as Twitter, Digg, Facebook, etc.

For a site that was started with the intention of being a resume-type tool in the future, it has grown beyond both of our expectations. It just goes to show that sometimes when you put the drive, passion and dedication into something you love someone, somewhere will notice.