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March 2009

Painting

Monday, 30 March 2009 10:07 A GMT-06

Saturday afternoon I went to the Do It Your Own D*mn Self Craft Supply show at Pulaski Park. Put on by the same fine folks that do the DIY Trunk Show, it was a chance for crafters to sell their extra supplies. Brilliant idea. Even the smallest crafte

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Learning to Meditate

Sunday, 29 March 2009 11:34 A GMT-06

When it comes down to it, I don't suppose I've ever really meditated. I consider certain Jewish prayers to have meditative properties. When I'm really unplugged and walking, that is meditative for me. Certain repetitive small physical tas

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Join the Nora O'Sullivan Fangoria Army

Thursday, 26 March 2009 9:37 P GMT-06

Haven't you always wanted to vote for a zombie nurse? Now you can! And it is a zombie nurse that I know. Nora O'Sullivan is competing to be a finalist in the Fangoria Spooksmodel competition. Yes. There is a such a thing as a spooksmodel.Go

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News

Wednesday, 25 March 2009 4:50 P GMT-06

1. I found out that I will be on staff for ROI120 this summer. That means I'm going back to Israel and get to be a part of something incredibly meaningful to me for the third year in a row. Wahoo!2. I was offered a weeklong test-drive of the Linc

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Ada Lovelace Day - Thank you, Mrs. Secrest

Tuesday, 24 March 2009 10:34 A GMT-06

Earlier in the winter, I made a pledge that today "I will publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a woman in technology whom I admire but only if 1,000 other people will do the same," after the pledge was started by Suw Charman-Ande

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Things I love about training for the Komen 3-Day

Saturday, 21 March 2009 11:58 A GMT-06

Today was my first training walk along Lake Michigan and I remembered why I loved training so much last year. It wasn't my first walk of this training session, but my first on the lake path. From my new office to Addison stop of the red line is 3

In case you missed it

Thursday, 19 March 2009 9:51 P GMT-06

I was on Fox Chicago talking about Twitter and customer service. Rumor has it that the story has been picked up and I was also on the Fox affiliate in DC. Crazy and cool!I've come a long way from when I was on MTV Sports talking about voter regis

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SXSWi and Permission to Miss Out

Thursday, 19 March 2009 5:28 P GMT-06

I can't count the number of conferences I've been to anymore. In college there were housing conferences like GLACURH and NACURH, at Fort Lewis there was more NACURH, some IACURH, and ACUHO-I, at Edelman I attended BlogHer and Mesh and the las

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While I was at SXSW, my friends redecorated my condo.

Wednesday, 18 March 2009 8:46 A GMT-06

Once upon a time, I left my keys with Amy and Dondi and they redecorated my condo while I was on the road. While I was at SXSWi, I left my keys with Amy and she, Edgar Garcia and Tiffiany Tate redecorated my condo again. I laughed my as

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Natiiv Arts & Media at SXSW

Friday, 13 March 2009 1:30 P GMT-06

I'm in Austin for SXSW. Thanks to Mashable for the badge - remember when I wore my @leahjones shirt to a Mashable party in San Francisco? Well, it paid off and now I'm here for the first time ever.I'd like to say... WOO HOO!!! I'm fin

Get Started Meetings for 3-Day (aka I'm an Online Ambassador)

Tuesday, 10 March 2009 11:12 A GMT-06

Right after I signed up and blogged about doing the Komen 3-Day again, I was contacted by one of their social media strategists and asked to be an Online Ambassador for the event. How cool is that?They will send me topics to cover on my blog as we go

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A Grand Canyon of Gratitude

Sunday, 8 March 2009 6:57 P GMT-06

There are days when you realize that there is no way you'll ever return the favor to a friend and today is one of those days. Last night I participated in SleepOver 2.0 with 8 other Chicago women, but it was three of my friends that worked behind

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Always got something cooking

Friday, 6 March 2009 8:25 P GMT-06

Looks like I blog again, huh? I wanted to fill you in on things coming up for me in the next few weeks.March 7/8: Sleepover 2.0. Tune in on www.sleepover20.com for an 18 hour webcast featuring 9 tech savvy women in Chicago. Giveaways galore, great g

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Social Media & Marketing Strategies for Artists on March 12

Thursday, 5 March 2009 8:31 P GMT-06

I'll be speaking on a panel on March 12, here's all the info.... Hope you'll be there. Artists How can social networking platforms enrich, compliment, and expand the reach and quality of

60 miles in 2009. Why not?

Wednesday, 4 March 2009 10:55 A GMT-06

When I crossed the finish line last year, I told the team there was no way in hell that I'd do the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day again. Then a few hours later (after a massage) I softened a bit in my resolve and eventually wrote the post Liv

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Tune In to SleepOver 2.0

Tuesday, 3 March 2009 10:19 P GMT-06

Over the holidays, I stopped by Amy's house to pick up my keys and have a glass of wine. At six in the morning I fell asleep on the couch after we stayed up all night talking about our careers, men, make-up and money. That sparked an idea that wi

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I did a little stand-up comedy.

Monday, 2 March 2009 4:38 P GMT-06

Last week I got an email from Benji Lovitt, a Jerusalem based stand-up comic, saying he was looking for someone to open for him at the UIC Hillel. I raised my hand, dusted off my set list and did a few minutes. And there is actually video this time,

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Surviving by Akira and Ellie Ohiso

Monday, 2 March 2009 11:51 A GMT-06

I think one of the hardest things about going blog to book must be making the content fresh. We're in a constant state of writing autobiographies and making them available for free, so why would we move from pixel to paper and sell the bound copy