Is the blogging adventure over?
My faithful gentle readers, I haven’t blogged here in a long time because I’m either going to repurpose this blog or dump it altogether. When I first started blogging, I was engaged in program/content design in the museum field, and since then I have moved to creating content strategy for social media & websites.
I know [...]
Haul Videos: Harmful or Helpful?
A haul is a video where someone talks about what they buy, usually from a particular store. They can review the items or just talk about how cute the things they bought are with no advice as to whether the buy was worth the money. Lots of people are slamming hauler Blair AKA juicystar07 because [...]
Astronomy, you & me: Night Sky Network
I’m stoked about my new job at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific as the Outreach Coordinator. We run Night Sky Network a free online service where amateur astronomy clubs and the public can find out about astronomy events and connect with each other. My priority is to get more clubs to use site. I [...]
Recession-Proof Graduate: Media Review
Recession Proof Graduate, an ebook by Charlie Hoehn shows us that although SlideShare is usually for slide presentations, the medium can be used to publish ebooks. I’m not accustomed to reading books as slides but I found the format easy to navigate and workable as a book.
I made a slideshow summing up Charlie’s points because [...]
Sharing
I like to share my food. I got stuck in an airport with some friends last year when we were on our way to the Smithsonian. My brother had made food for the plane trip and packed it into plastic dishes. I shared the lunch pack with my friends, saving us from eating airport food.
Sharing [...]
How to use facebook & twitter as career tools + business cards before the big B (blogging)
Facebook (fb) and twitter can be used as no-cost virtual calling cards. Twitter goes hand-in-hand with fb, since you can sync your twitter updates with fb, and reach multiple audiences by using both tools. Twitter and fb can also be used to find a job.
Blogging is “essential for your career” says brazen careerist Penelope Trunk. [...]