*Editors note: I don’t know what the heck is up with the formatting of this post. I’ve tried to fix it…even messed with the HTML. But the more I fix it, the worse it gets. Freaking lame. Anyway, enjoy the post, disregard the formatting fail: Fact: I love reading. Fact: I love owning books. I [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘branding + advertising’
June 6, 2010
Delivering Happiness
One of the neat things about being in the ad. / branding / marketing / communcations / blogging world is that many times you are asked to try out different products, services, attend shows, events, etc. for research, product testing, citizen journalism, etc. Woot! (= So when Zappos contacted me a few months back, seeing [...]
June 3, 2010
Process, Learning, Music + Me Playing!
When I first started taking private violin lessons way back when, my teacher, Mr. Nelson, had me read a book before I began: The Inner Game of Tennis. “WTF? I am here for violin lessons, not tennis tips” I thought to myself. However, I read the book and honestly, the ideas in the book have [...]
May 9, 2010
A Friday Night On Red River
So once upon a time during COLAB I met a bunch of really wonderful people. Well, one of these people contacted me a few months ago to pick my brain about the Austin music scene for an event she was putting together. She needed to find a band and I said…well hmmm that is perfect, I [...]
April 28, 2010
So I Went To A Drag Show
Yup, that happened. I’ve never been to one before but Dathan invited me to attend, so I figured why not? Plus, it was a funraiser for a good cause. How can one turn that down? So…I’m generally always down for anything…and…as a planner / strategist / ethnographer / curious person…I was intrigued. I love learning [...]
February 24, 2010
Remember that one time I wasn’t an actress?
Remember? Oh wait…that’s now. And this past summer too. BUT, that doesn’t mean I didn’t still try (= This past summer we made a video for our students – the purpose was to help explain the process of obtaining a student visa…something that can seem daunting, yet is necessary to spend time abroad in many [...]
February 18, 2010
One Night of Queen at the Long Center (=
So, last night I saw One Night of Queen at the Long Center. So freaking good. Basically, this show is a two hour set of The Works covering Queen music. How wonderful, yes? After the show, I was thinking about what I thought made the show so great…aside from the obvious answer of “the music”, [...]
January 10, 2010
Free ‘diapers’ with purchase ‘new car’? An interesting ‘approach’ to ‘target’ marketing:
As many of us know, I recently purchased my first car. (woo!) Prior to purchasing my car, I spent quite a bit of time doing my research and with that, spoke with about 5,000 car dealers in the span of 2 weeks. It was a little crazy. I began to receive 7.5 million emails per [...]
