From the monthly archives:

May 2010

Girls in Tech NYC Entrepreneurship and Venture Panel

May 28, 2010
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Last night, I attended the Girls in Tech NYC Entrepreneurship and Venture Series Kick-Off at Dogpatch Labs in New York City. Founded in 2007, Girls in Tech NYC is a networking group dedicated to bringing together and empowering females in the tech industry. The panelists were successful and powerful entrepreneurs.

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Make Sure the Concrete Is Dry

May 27, 2010
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A lot of companies use metaphors to describe their products and/or services. They have grand philosophies about their methodologies, the ways they interact with customers, and their commitment to quality and excellence. Blah, blah, blah. Let’s get to the point.

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Would Picasso Have a Twitter Account?

May 26, 2010
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The real work on those stories happened offline, during long hours of solitude and intense concentration. Sure, I realize that my manuscript is not yet complete and could stand many more revisions, but I was happy to share what I had, to come out of the “darkness” and see the light.

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5 “Internetized” Idioms

May 25, 2010
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New mediums mean that we need new ways to describe and talk about them. I take five common idioms related to communication and translate them for the Internet age: “spread like wildfire”; “put in a nutshell”; “be on the same wavelength”; “bite your tongue”; and “keep you posted”.

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Why People Are Leaving Your Fan Page

May 24, 2010
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Some businesses are just now beginning to market themselves on Facebook. Well, it might be too late to begin those efforts. Lately, Facebook users have been a lot more picky about the pages they choose to “like” because of the way that these pages become linked to their profiles.

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