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In-flight editorial is totally hot and covered with cooties

Posted Sunday, November 29, 2009 3:33 PM by HeatherLeigh
So it seems that in-flight magazines are the cockroaches of publication . Oh, only in their ability to survive the print-edition apocalypse (speaking of which, what is going on with Cher?). But what happens when more carriers offer wireless interwebs Read More...
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Navel gazing versus observing on Twitter

Posted Friday, November 20, 2009 11:31 AM by HeatherLeigh
Oversharers that we are, Twitter has been asking us "What are you doing?" and we have responded with statements, squeezed into that little box. I don't like having my personality squeezed so. And so I have opted to update my status on Facebook (or both Read More...
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Meeting personalities

Posted Friday, November 20, 2009 7:54 AM by HeatherLeigh
When it comes to meetings, I have multiple personalities . Truth is that I don't like meetings all that much. I get that they are necessary. But I think a lot of the meeting behavior wastes time. I know, I know, we should all spend a bit of time talking Read More...
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If this isn't evil, it's at least suckage

Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:27 PM by HeatherLeigh
And gimmicky. Using ads are one thing. I've gotten good at ignoring them. But requiring my attention? Well that is crap. Using the technical term. I don't like to tag companies with "evil." Because a lot of what people like to refer to as "evil" is really Read More...
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Up for one, down for two

Posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 5:23 PM by HeatherLeigh
Brand logo, flushing toilet. Does there always have to be a difference? Read More...
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:15 PM by HeatherLeigh
Have you heard that grunge is coming back? As someone who missed the full-on grunge experience, Seattle-style. I really hope it's coming back. If so, it has some work to do. Maybe it's about the fashion. As much as I eschew anything with a collar (check Read More...
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"The camera changed the way we behaved"

Posted Monday, November 09, 2009 12:02 PM by HeatherLeigh
"Citizen journalism" (article by Paul Carr) is slippery. It's a big category with room for self-involved lookiloos ('look at me looking at this", as Paul Carr aptly states) and hopeful, passionate crusaders putting a face and an action to a cause. Some Read More...
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The 24 year old that designed the Windows 7 screen

Posted Friday, November 06, 2009 9:25 AM by HeatherLeigh
This will make you feel old and stale if anything will. Because Chuck Anderson is amazingly talented. And 24. Yeah, 24. When he was born, I was staying out too late, smoking cigarettes and going to keg parties hoping that the police didn't show up. But Read More...
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Arrington, please

Posted Thursday, November 05, 2009 12:16 PM by HeatherLeigh
For the educated (by Gawker media) reader, how much of this do you think is driven by an actual business issue and how much is driven by hubris? At what point is one embarrassed by actually behaving like a "diva"? A one hour mistake and Arrington is seeing Read More...
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Enough with the stickers already!

Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:33 PM by HeatherLeigh
Once upon a time, Microsoft employees got t-shirts. Many, many t-shirts. It got old, as things are wont to do. Seems that Moore's law applies to tech company swag as well. Because in much less time, I've gotten sick of stickers. Arghthestickerspleasemakeitstop. Read More...
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Productive stress

Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009 5:15 PM by HeatherLeigh
In a conversation today, I used the phrase "appropriate and productive stress." Stress is the bully of the moment; anything that puts weight around your middle at least gets serious consideration for that title. Three of four Americans are significantly Read More...
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Really, Yahoo!?

Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009 11:05 AM by HeatherLeigh
Sometimes fact is stranger, in that it's harder to explain, than fiction. And a global company in Yahoo!'s position should know that the interwebz are global. So the Hack Days lap dances? Is there really any explanation that makes it OK? Not only the Read More...
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Windows 7 Shazam!

Posted Friday, October 16, 2009 12:18 PM by HeatherLeigh
"Wow" doesn't cut it for me. "Wow" is what I say if a lady yells at her kids in public. Or if I see one more person wear brown Uggs with black leggings (so many kinds of wrong). Or 10% off of whatever. Yeah, wow. So when it comes to the Windows 7 awesomeness, Read More...
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Less panic, more spa days

Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 1:45 PM by HeatherLeigh
Most of us have probably been in the situation where we have to pull off something big; some big amorphous blob of bigness and strategery. No playbook and no rule book. Just get it done, kid. And make it awesome. My funky little job sits in that space. Read More...
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5K

Posted Friday, October 09, 2009 1:38 PM by HeatherLeigh
OK, running officianados...I'm doing a 5K in about an hour. It's being held on campus for our giving campaign. I generally like the anonymity of running in a big crowd, but running at work? Not quite enough anonymity for me. I bump into people all the Read More...
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