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Job openings: Stephen is hiring

I’ve got two new jobs at CNET Networks Business group that I’m trying to fill, so please pass these around to any and all who might fit. Both jobs are in San Francisco.

1) Senior Product Manager for ZDNet. This position involves the thankless task of taking over many of my day-to-day responsibilities for the ZDNet.com Web site, and working side-by-side with editor-in-chief Dan Farber to remake the side as a much more exciting and news-driven brand.

2) SEO Specialist. (That’s “search-engine optimization” for those of you at home.) This job requires a strong analytical/technical bent and an understanding of content. All harnessed to get more traffic to CNET’s business brands from the big 3 search engines. We have a HitWise license, too, which should help.

I’m the hiring manager, so send the resumes to me.

Job openings: Josh Taylor is hiring

Josh, newly minted cheese of communications at Teach For America, needs to hire two communications managers and one Web producer. He doesn’t have the Web job description written yet, but Faithful Readers can contact him directly at josh.taylor@teachforamerica.org.

This is cowboy

I just have to write this down for posterity. Brij figured out the structure of “This is…”, so we now get to hear ongoing commentary: This is black car, this is milk, this is Thomas choo-choo.

But the sweetest pronouncement came after Atul and Shona Sarin brought him a very cute, two-year-old-sized leather vest and chaps. This from their recent trip to Yellowstone Nat’l Park. We put it on the nearest two-year-old, and he promptly pronounced, “This is cowboy.”

And so it was.

Brij’s 2nd birthday

Compared to last year, where our boy ended up in an ambulance, this birthday was fantastic! We stretched the fun out for several days, starting with presents on Friday (the actual “Big Aught Two”), one more on Saturday, then a veritable orgy of gifts on Sunday (when we had friends and playmates over). There are still some presents hidden away for a rainy day–so. Mom, if you’re wondering why he hasn’t mentioned the helicopter, now you know why. Tons of pictures over on WebShots.

Saloni did a great job with getting Thomas the Tank Engine decorations for the Sunday get-together. She had this lovely banner made, too, which is just too special for words. Words in a dictionary, I mean.

Josh Taylor gets a job

Consummate New Yorker (and foodie) Josh started his new job at Teach For America on July 17. He’s the VP of Communications or some such thing, for the very well-respected organization that trains college grads to teach for a couple years in low-income schools.

He’s also getting a puppy.

Job opening: a little bird told me

I understand there are some immediate openings in the online group at Hachette Filipacchi Media, specifically at For Me magazine and Women’s Day. They need producers and marketers in NYC. Drop me a note if you need the hook up, friends.

Alumni sighting: Sean Silverthorne

Sean Silverthorne, a coworker from ZDNet News who only briefly stayed on after ZDNet was acquired by CNET, is Editor of Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge site.

I knew Sean went to work at Havard after leaving CNET and the Bay Area, but I had forgotten that long ago. He popped back into view because our BNET editor is monitoring a number of sites (including Wharton’s) and pointed out their bloggy redesign just a few minutes ago.