Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
File Under: Snow isn't always a bad thing
The site is sorta wonky, but these snow sculptures are awesome.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Five passengers set sail that day for a three-hour tour, a three-hour tour...
From The New York Times:
U.S. Limits Tarmac Waits for Passengers to Three Hours
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 21, 2009
U.S. Limits Tarmac Waits for Passengers to Three Hours
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 21, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
And if you are too lazy...
And if you are too lazy to view all the videos, here are some images from the videos. Thanks, FrAnnie!
Find the Asian - Tuesday Edition
Find the Asian - Game 2 from girlladyfriend on Vimeo.
OK, find the Asian - Game Two! I was on the Early Show this morning to help support the Lupus Foundation of America.
Play Find the Asian Again!
Find the Asian from girlladyfriend on Vimeo.
I was at the CBS Early Show for a client. It was realllllly cold and there weren't a lot of people there (there never are a lot of people. it's the perfect morning show window to go to because you will ALWAYS get on - as long as they are out there. They don't outside if the weather stinks). So the staff moved us around to fill up the background spaces.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
I think I can afford to live in a cardboard box...
I currently live on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and, according to this site, the average income in that neighborhood is $178,000. I don't know WHO that is, but I will track that person down. Check it out: http://envisioningdevelopment.net/map
Read it. Learn it. Use it.
Got this unauthorized from Bobulate, but have to share this great advice for cold calling. Works for most industries:
When contacting any person for the first time, there’s a pattern, whether getting in touch by email, by phone, or in person:
1: Cite a familiar reference + What it is + Brief details
Start out giving a familiar reference (e.g., Max suggested I email you...) in the first five words of an email or a phone call. Make the person comfortable knowing there’s a familiar reference between you. Go on to mention, briefly, what it is you’re talking about with a point or two of detail. Nothing more.
2: Compliment + Ask
Why are you going out of your way to speak with a stranger (with only Max in common really)? Compliment this person by letting him or her know what skill, content, or talent has brought you to this point of communication. Then, swiftly and clearly: ask the question you need to ask (e.g., will you do me the honor of…).
3: Reference value, micro + macro
How will this person by compensated? Can you take him to lunch? Will you pay her for speaking at this event? Will you mention her on your next television spot? Whatever it is that’s of value to the other, offer that. And make it clear when, how, and how many. End by making it clear how this will benefit his or her profession at large.
4. Include a gracious closing
Always.
These communications, if in written format, should be kept to no more than 100-200 words — as if you weren’t invited past the porch. On the phone, the equivalent. If people want more, they’ll ask. But let them be the ones to instigate.
Eventually a pattern will fall into place.Tuesday, December 1, 2009
2009 word of the year is...
UNFRIEND is the 2009 word of the year, as told by the Oxford University Press.
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