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CNET: Improve your skills with lynda.com iPhone App

Crystal McCullough, executive editor — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:26:52 +0000

CNET gave the lynda.com iPhone App a whirl and wrote about it on the cnet reviews blog. Take a look at the full post.

geeksugar names lynda.com iPhone App “Download of the Day”

Crystal McCullough, executive editor — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:02:31 +0000

We’re happy that our iPhone App has been named Download of the Day at geeksugar.com. Check out the full story.

lynda.com makes list of most useful web design books

Crystal McCullough, executive editor — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:28:06 +0000

SmashingShare, a site covering “web resources, design inspiration, freebies and tutorials,” includes two lynda.com books in its list of 10 Useful Web Design and Development books. In the list are CSS Web Site Design by Eric A. Meyer and Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Hands-On Training by Todd Perkins.

Read the full story at SmashingShare.

lynda.com is Aaron’s new BFF

Crystal McCullough, executive editor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:29:35 +0000

Aaron over at Creative Calamities says lynda.com is his new best friend. After trying out a free trial, it appears he was hooked and had to subscribe. He especially likes our Creative Inspirations series.

“I thought I would only be learning the ins and outs of every piece of software out there, but to my surprise I am gaining a greater insight into the business side of art. And I am being inspired all at the same time.”

Read Aaron’s full post.

lynda.com highlighted in The Wall Street Journal segment

Crystal McCullough, executive editor — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:51:47 +0000

Jon Gray, an out-of-work planning and analysis manager featured in The Wall Street Journal “Laid Off And Looking” segment, today named lynda.com as his online training site of choice in his blog entry. The “Laid Off And Looking” section has regular out-of-work M.B.A. contributors that The Wall Street Journal follows as they search for jobs in what they dub a “post-meltdown world.”

Gray states:

“My goals when refreshing or obtaining new skills are keeping costs low and learning efficiently. As such, I prefer an online training site. There are several online options out there, but the one that I prefer is lynda.com. I recently used it to refresh a data query language that I hadn’t used in several years, but knew an upcoming interviewer would ask me about. It provided me with another layer of confidence to be able to say that I’d updated my knowledge only days ago.”

We are very proud that lynda.com is helping those who are seeking employment gain an edge over their competitors, especially in this challenging job market. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal site.

Digital literacy is a key job skill, according to MMLI

Crystal McCullough, executive editor — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:45:35 +0000

The Modern Media Leadership Institute recently blogged about the importance of digital literacy and how it “is critical in life and in every kind of job and organization.” Among other suggestions to improve digital literacy, MMLI recommends taking a class on creating, uploading, and tagging digital media, and named lynda.com as a resource for classes. Read the entire blog entry from Modern Media Leadership Institute.

WSIL suggests lynda.com for “keeping sharp between jobs”

Crystal McCullough, executive editor — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:14:31 +0000

A news report by WSIL (Illinois) included lynda.com as a resource for those laid off or looking for better employment. The story also introduces information about the Microsoft Elevate America program in Illinois. Read the story transcript.

lynda.com featured in careerbuilder.com

Crystal McCullough, executive editor — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:11:02 +0000

lynda.com was featured in a recent article on careerbuilder.com called 15 Companies Hiring in July:

“Job seekers should be able to highlight some of their career accomplishments when applying for these jobs. Monetta Williams of lynda.com, a company that trains people on digital technology, wants to hire someone who will bring results.”

Read the full article on careerbuilder.com. And if you’re looking for a job, check out our listings.

We’re website of the day at geeksugar.com

Crystal McCullough, executive editor — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:18:05 +0000

We’re proud to have been chosen as a Website of the Day at geeksugar.com for our library’s potential for helping you “stay on top of your game,” helping to get the job you want, and possibly opening up additional job possibilities. Thanks geeksugar!

Don’t sing the “ain’t got no business” blues – learn something!

Crystal McCullough, executive editor — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:43:38 +0000

Moms in Business suggests that one way to beat the summertime business blues is to do some training at lynda.com.

“Summer is the perfect time to take a class and learn a new skill or master a software program that will help your business grow,” says the article, naming lynda.com as a place to check out for software training.

The Moms in Business article names a number of learning resources, as well a list of other ways to beat the blues this summer. Read the full article.