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One Louder

Exploring the fine line between clever and stupid. Heather Hamilton is a Staffing Manager and Microsoft Employee Evangelist.

Teenagers: friend your mom at your own peril

You'd be better off logging in at the library (editors note: the library is a building they had in...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 04/08/2010

Trendster job title: Ninja. Unlike.

I get that the young professional generation wants to be able to define themselves. We all did when...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 04/07/2010

How much is "not enough" these days?

There are many things in life that I don't understand: how anyone finds Jim Carrey funny, why...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 04/07/2010

Microsoft Women to Watch: Julie Larson-Green

I'm changing the title from Women Worth Watching, because really? There are many more that are...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/25/2010

Facebook, whining and having a sense of humor

I know that neither Fast Company nor Facebook is assuming that natives of the UK, Canada have no (or...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/24/2010

The part where I acknowledge a minor obsession with a particular snack food

It's part of my childhood (where have you gone, taco flavored Doritos?). And sometimes it's lunch....

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/12/2010

Something about pen and paper

I still like to carry a date book but wish it would sync with Outlook. I like the paper and the pen...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/04/2010

The design guy behind the Windows Phone 7

You know that I don't spend a lot of time pushing Microsoft products. I use them, but I'm not a...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/04/2010

Diversity data holdouts and what some of the biggest silicon valley companies don't want you to know

NPR reports on some of the largest tech companies in the silicon valley withholding their diversity...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/01/2010

As suspected, David Lee Roth is a business genius.

OK, it was never suspected. Didn't even cross my mind really. I mean, the brown M&M thing? It...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/24/2010

Intensity, achievement, ridiculousness and villainry on The Amazing Race

It's exciting to see a Microsoft employee, and his wife, as contestants on the 16th season of The...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/15/2010

Ugly is the new pretty

Looks like we consumers respond more favorably to commercial images that look like "us." This is all...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/09/2010

Managing your social media

Even if you don't engage social media for work (I do, obviously), there is a lot of information...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/09/2010

Is this abra cadabra business creepy or is it just me?

I can't decide. Either weird and creepy or weird and cool?

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/05/2010

I won't be making it into the office today...(cough, cough)

Gawker gives you the rules on using sick days (hint: don't use them when you are sick because that...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/05/2010

Uncluttering at work...

I struggle with time management. I get my stuff done, but the issue of "time" always comes up....

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/04/2010

The possibility of not getting a job because of those jello shots

Apparently, we sponsored a survey that found that the majority of recruiters had declined to pursue...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/28/2010

My mouth is open while you are cleaning my teeth, please make yours closed

Occasionally, I understand grumpy people. I feel sorry for the ones with bad teeth. I kind of like...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/28/2010

Decluttering, Act 3...the hard drive and the scanner

Sometimes to get rid of stuff, you have to buy stuff. Last night I had dinner with my neighbors and...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/26/2010

Decluttering (Act 1, Act 2)

Today I am reminding myself that decluttering my life is probably best done in baby steps. This...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/25/2010

I have to admit, I am not sure this is a good idea.

Bill Gates starts Twittering. I can't say for sure that it's not a good idea. I have just seen so...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/20/2010

You drop food on the floor

Do you eat it? My household just became considerably less angsty. (Source: SF Weekly Foodie Blog)

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/20/2010

Inspiring manifesto

I haven't shopped at lululemon yet, though all my girlfriends talk about it. I may have mentioned...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/20/2010

Meet Marko, a 9 year old IT Administrator

How cute is this kid? Geez. Marko is a 9 year old MCSE. (Story by Ina Fried at Beyond Binary) Now...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/19/2010

Only buy this if you are planning on sleeping alone...

forever (Thanks, Apartment Therapy)

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/15/2010

And while we are taking it to competitors today

Most iPhone users run Windows (See what happens when I don't blog for a while? All my angst gets...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/15/2010

Can't we just let Barbie do what she did before? What did she do again?

"Pick Barbie's new career!" I saw the Facebook buzz about this. And while I think that the...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/14/2010

One day. One conference room. One chair. Too many slides.

My attention span is uhm, what was I saying? Oh, yeah. It's short. Short attention.....zzzz. Short...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/12/2010

The diet for stupid people

Hey, I am sure there are a bunch of new years resolution-makers out there. The gym fills up and then...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/05/2010

Sign me up and make mine a double

Synthetic alcohol? Usually "synthetic" sounds blech. But I'm kind of liking the way that this...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/05/2010

Who will bring the presents if Santa dies?

From one of my favorite bloggers, Heather Armstrong. Her daughter asks what we all really want to...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 12/20/2009

Only one vice per season, please

Ho ho ho, it's the time of year to feel that slightly uncomfortable tension between the "Merry...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 12/18/2009

Greatest hits: interview prep

I took a look at this older post recently and thought I would share it because I think it holds up...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 12/09/2009

Finding recruiters and stalking them like a pro

We live in interesting times. Can we all agree on that? I remember the tanky economy in 91 and then...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 12/09/2009

How does an annulment work?

Some things are timely. Some things are funny. Some things just scream "look at me! I am an...

Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 12/02/2009

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