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The greatest invention ever...

Posted Saturday, March 29, 2008 2:15 PM by HeatherLeigh
...index cards. I swear. When I was in high school, a teacher taught us how to use note cards to construct a paper: you make an outline, transfer it to note cards and then add extra cards throughout to supplement with content. You re-order, create transitions Read More...
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The incredible weirdness of blogging

Posted Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:42 AM by HeatherLeigh
You may have thought that I was kidding about the tequila last night but I was not. I love the idea of celebrating little things in life like finishing a project or buying a new car. So anyway, off we went to Matador in Redmond last night. I wanted to Read More...
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What is up with these facebook people?

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:01 PM by HeatherLeigh
I feel a rush of snark to the brain. You can only hold the snark down for so long and then something has to pop. Right now? It's some of the asshattery that is taking place on facebook. And I fully expect to update this post regularly, if you know what Read More...
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Looking for info: blogging in Asia and Australia

Posted Saturday, March 22, 2008 7:33 PM by HeatherLeigh
Sitting down tonight (I know) to work on some slides for a presentation I am doing in Australia to an audience of Asians and Australians about blogging. Well, I know enough about blogging in the US to get by, but I don't know much about how it's different Read More...
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My blog is a pre-schooler

Posted Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:48 PM by HeatherLeigh
I missed this last week, partly because I don't really care (does the age of your blog mean anything?) and partly because I'm under an avalanche at work and partly because I've got a lot of stuff going on outside of work that is clogging up my brain. Read More...
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Blog commenter self-awareness

Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:51 PM by HeatherLeigh
Every blogger knows a couple of these. Some of us may have even done this before. Timbaland says: resist the urge, step away from the keyboard and decide whether you still care tomorrow and how much of an ass hat you appear to be online. If you think Read More...
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An Analysis of Social Networking Sites

Posted Monday, January 21, 2008 1:07 PM by HeatherLeigh
I know a large number of "experts" (and also experts) have done analysis on social networking sites. One of my team members is doing an analysis for recruiting. Right now, he's planning on looking into LinkedIn, Orkut, MySpace, Facebook and Xing. I know Read More...
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Living and Dying by metrics in new media marketing

Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:07 PM by HeatherLeigh
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Homework

Posted Monday, December 24, 2007 1:11 PM by HeatherLeigh
Hot damn... I'm homework ! With all the requisite weirdness brought to you by technorati. Uh, don't study too hard over the holidays. Read More...
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Dear Blog

Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:55 PM by HeatherLeigh
Dear Blog, This isn't the type of thing that I should write in a letter but I'm not sure I can tell you to your face. I have tried to tell you before, but every time you open in my browser window and look at me like that, it reminds me how much I love Read More...
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My big news: I am going to visit Australia

Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2007 6:01 PM by HeatherLeigh
It seems that bloggers are a well-traveled bunch. So this news may not be a big deal to you but it's so exciting to me! I have been asked to speak and present a workshop at the Australasian Talent Conference in April. Holy cow and also...whee! Hey, guess Read More...
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Taking the recruiting blog conversation mainstream

Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 4:01 PM by HeatherLeigh
Next month, I'm a panelist at the Blog Business Summit . So far, my speaking has been to job seekers about how to get noticed and to recruiters about how to use blogging as a recruiting tool. This upcoming opportunity will be interesting. It's the first Read More...
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Hey Advertisers, I'm out of here

Posted Thursday, June 21, 2007 4:35 PM by HeatherLeigh
Julian over at EXCELER8ion posts about a great video created by Microsoft employee Geert and an ad agency (hmm, sounds familiar....I hope I have as auspicious a debut with some of my video projects). It's a promo for Ad Center and in one fell swoop shows Read More...
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Visually impaired blogging

Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 12:45 PM by HeatherLeigh
One of my blog readers, John, is vision impaired and reads blogs with the use of adaptive technologies.He's wanting some advice on identifying online resources to assist him in finding a position in clerical work or customer service. John posts his questions Read More...
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Blogging is an art, not a science

Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:49 PM by HeatherLeigh
Wait, it's the other way around . Or it's both. Oh forget it. Read More...
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