I’ve been fascinated by astronomy lately. I’ve also realized how little I remember about the solar system and outer space. My 5-year-old is teaching me a lot, since she’s learning about space. She reminded me that Pluto is no longer a planet. I have my thoughts around there not being PSAs when important objective truths … Continue reading Gravity
I’ve noticed something. When an expert speaks publicly about their craft, they go to their trusted advisor afterwards and asks “how did I do?” It’s fascinating that an expert would question their expertise. I have someone on my team who helps me with this...I always think I’m a failure and she is always honest. Me: … Continue reading My Source Code
Given my ramblings as of late, why did I go into Marketing? It seems so much more pedestrian than heady topics like Astronomy and Economics which are so interesting to me. I could be solving important world problems. Why am I building emails? If you’ve read my blog, you may know that in college I … Continue reading Interdisciplinary Studies
In my very first job in corporate America, my manager sat me down and told me that a client told him I was too honest. Wait...what? I worked at a private label credit card company and I was the account manager for a certain retailer. As such, I was responsible for training the client’s front-line … Continue reading Honesty is Not the Best Policy…Depending On Who You’re Talking To
Yes...I said paper. In my nearly 8 years of professional work experience, I've always found it incredibly annoying when I'm presenting a first draft of a PowerPoint or Word Doc, which I always preface with "this is just a rough draft, focus on the content for now" and it never fails, someone starts nitpicking about … Continue reading Digital Marketer’s Toolkit: Paper and Pen(cil)
While catching up on my tech news this morning, I came across a very interesting story that sparked a little debate in my household. In short, a woman was fired because she called out a few guys on Twitter -- they were at a tech show she was attending and joked about "big dongles." I'm … Continue reading Where are the Women in Tech?
