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Vol. 3, No. 37

September 12, 1997

Welcome to the Tripod Insider. We're getting a little tired of all the introductions, so this week we've got a message for the new folks: Introduce yourselves. Read what they had to say after seeing what's new on the site.

Content And Services

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NEW HOMEPAGE

Yes, Tripod has a brand-new homepage. Why the change? Because under the seemingly calm surface of our old homepage there was a revolution going on — a personal publishing revolution. We put up a free and easy-to-use Homepage Builder, and the next thing you know over 180,000 of our members had built themselves cool Web sites of their own! We built a conferencing system, and suddenly it was full of wonderful conversation! So we decided to stop hiding our light under a bushel: We hope our new homepage more clearly represents Tripod's great mixture of professional articles, fun activities, and personal publishing efforts. Tripod is about our members, and now the whole world knows about it.

NEW IN WORK

Even if you're sitting pretty with a groovy job, chances are good that you'll have to go through the employment search gulag again at some point in your life. So it makes sense to occasionally brush up your résumé and job interview skills. This week's suite of content in the Work section helps you do just that.

Did you ever have the sneaking suspicion that some muckety-muck at that company where you've applied for work is derisively snickering at your résumé? You may be right! Candi Strecker talked to hiring managers and recruiters to find out what sorts of boo-boos send brag sheets straight for the circular file, and she passes on the fruits of her research in "Don't Let Them Laugh at Your Résumé."

Next up, Jerry Grasso's "Job Hunt 101" presents ten sure-fire tips for success.

Trudy Milburn is such a freakin' expert on job interview strategies that she teaches a college course on the subject at NYU. We sent Harry Goldstein to chat with her about slam-dunking the Q&A.;

Of course, not everyone has had the benefit of taking Ms. Milburn's course or reading the above insights, so a lot of interviews have gone, shall we say, less than ideally. Naturally, we wanted to hear the gory details, so we polled our members about their "Job Interview Nightmares." Check out their responses and learn what NOT to do.

Tripod's Résumé Builder lets you build a killer brag sheet with a couple of points and a click or two. Post it on the Web to show potential employers what an Internet-savvy hipster you are, or print it out to schlep around on interviews (tell 'em Tripod sent you).

—Randy Williams, Work Editor

NEW IN HEALTH/SPORTS

This week, Health/Sports offers some nutritious nuggets of knowledge. Our expert dietitian, Dr. Margaret Snowman, answers your questions and relays some nifty information, such as: Cockroaches can drink milk. (Good — I'm running out of bourbon.)

Then: We don't have to tell you that nothing's more tricky than trying to balance your diet. But you're not alone — let it out with others who've been there in "Nutritious Nuggets," the newest Health conference topic, hosted by Dr. Snowman (Remember? Our dietitian?)

Also, Health's newest quick quiz can't seem to get off the topic of bites. (What does this say about us?) After human bites, which we've covered, what's the second most dangerous kind? Take our quiz and find out what your postman already knows.

And Ask The Doctors' Dr. Bob discusses the benefits of quitting smoking, while Dr. Migdow gives you some holistic ways to quit. The doctors also answer questions on pap smears, bowel disease, and boosting immunity. So come on down — after all, it's your Health we're talking about.

—Lori Tuckett, Health Editor

NEW IN THE WOMEN'S ZONE

This week, join in the fray in the Women's Room conference. In the Princess of (Broken) Hearts topic, Tripod member Amie says, "Personally, I feel that any time the world loses someone who can serve as a role model, it is a tragedy worth mourning... the grief makes sense." Does the grief really make sense, or do you wonder why people are still grieving for a woman they never knew?

Then, stop by the Motherhood topic — guest-hosted by Bust's Celina Hex -- to discuss everything from tubal ligation to breast-feeding in public. Tripod member Terilynn says, "I was nursing my son at a mall foodcourt, and some clueless fool would ALWAYS come up and try to peek — 'I just wanna see the baby.' Yeah, and I'm Catherine the Great." What do you think about nursing in public?

—Emma Taylor, Women's Room editor

NEW IN WEB/TECH

Ready to make your Web pages sing? Literally? The tools you need to add songs, sonnets, and silly noises are inexpensive (or free), and really easy to use. Scot Hacker reviews the various types of audio files you could use, and then teaches you how to use sound-editing software. The Web has never sounded so good.

In YourLife, check out the 'Fess Up conference topic: MichiruK says, "Online is like a totally different world where you are in complete control. If you mess up, you can always change your screen-name. If you don't want to deal with something, you can turn the computer off." True? Let us know!

Do you despise Barbie and all she stands for? Or do you love Barbie as a reclaimed feminist icon? Either way, you should join Tripod_Negeen in the X-Squared Pod, a new place for Women's Room enthusiasts to publish pages on women's issues and/or read those of others. (Featured this week: Feminist punk rock and breast surgery support.) It's a chromosome thing.

— Josh Glenn, acting Web/Tech editor

PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP

We've taken some of the best parts of Tripod and made them even better...

*Ten (10) megabytes of disk space for your page-building pleasure
*An Image Library for Premium Members only: a suite of clever graphics and Tripod's Colorizer Technology
*A private Answering Machine
*A Premium Guestbook
*Your own E-mail Forwarding address @tripod.net
*Your Personal Chat room.
*The Premium Membership Preview — An exclusive monthly newsletter featuring free goodies and sneak peeks at Tripod content and services.

All of this for the bargain price of $3 per month — $18 for 6 months, $36 for a year. Sign up now!

Tripod Insider

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We get a new crop of employees just about every week, and quite frankly, the Insider was getting a little tired of introducing them. So this week, we had the new kids introduce themselves. Read on...

From Maria Trimarchi, Assistant Editor for Web/Tech: I can't believe I'm in Williamstown... again. I grew up here and I feel like a hypocrite after all the long hours I spent dreaming about leaving this town for the bright lights, big city. On the other hand, at least I no longer live right by a smelting plant, like I did in Syracuse. And I'll settle in — I just need to find a place to hang my disco ball and call home. Someplace, that is, other than in my Web/Tech.

And from Glenn Stevens, User Support Specialist: Hi! I'm Tripod's latest acquisition. User Support Specialist is just a fancy title that means I take care of all the internal systems (hardware and software). Starting this job is like building a race car: Some things you keep, most you buy new and start over. Believe me, this is the busiest I've been in a long time. Best thing is, I'm the only grandfather here (my kids are as old as most of the people here!).

Thanks for becoming a member of Tripod.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me.
My mailbox is always open.

Tung T. Pham
Membership Director
[email protected]

This has been another issue of the Tripod Insider, the weekly newsletter on what's happening at Tripod.. Past issues of the Tripod Insider are also available.

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