why i followed my passion and why you should, too

April 5, 2009

I’ve squeezed a lifetime into the past two months, full of ups and downs and lefts and rights and tears of both sadness and joy. On January 26th, I started a new job in San Francisco. After two weeks, I quit, upon realizing it wasn’t anything the interview implied and everything I didn’t want to be doing. So, even in this economy, I decided there was always going to be a reason to settle, so I didn’t.

I blazed through job ...

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stop using social media because everyone tells you to

March 31, 2009

I’m a big Twitter advocate, as you should assume. When I first started Twitter, back in, oh, mid 2007 (yes, I’ve been on the service since then!), I was not even a big fan at all. People told me I had to be on it, that I could do all these different things with it, but I kept forgetting I even had Twitter. I was getting “nudged” by the Twitter bot every other day, because I wasn’t updating. So, I ...

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going to your first tweetup is terrifying

March 30, 2009

Everyone tells us that you need to network and you need to go to events where you can meet people. But, do people talk about how difficult networking is? How breaking down the first few barriers is frightening? And, I’m outgoing. I mean, I’m really comfortable around people.
The other day I went to a tweetup. I originally texted my friend, Jenny, asking if she’d go with me, because that seemed safer, much less intimidating. She said she couldn’t go and ...

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