October 2010
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PSA
Guys, are you, like, following me on Twitter? Cause I’m live-blogging a spelling bee over here. (@organizing_soup)
September 2010
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semi-relatedly
this might be one of the greatest discoveries I’ve ever made.
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I think the phrase you're looking for
is “progressive dinner,” not “aggressive dinner”
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interweber:
“Our crack team of nosy researchers will investigate if you have, in fact, gestated a true Grouspawn. This may include talking to friends and family, delving into your personal life, and taking samples of fluids you didn’t even know you had. By the time your spawn turns 18, college will cost a million dollars a second and will be located inside the moon, so it’s worth it.”
Grouspawn:...
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Air Conditioner Falls from Sky, Lands on East... →
Saw Wine Bar’s awning half-knocked down today on my way to work; I figured it was weather-related. It looked kind of like a sail, and I almost snapped a photo. Hope the guy comes out OK.
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“Deal breaker you missed: Can not have the same name as a parent or grandparent....”
– Good one, Mike. Not sure I fully agree, but luckily I haven’t met too many (or, um, any?) guys named Claude, Gerard, or Hilra.
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that's a dealbreaker.
The topic of “dealbreakers” (deal breakers, whatevs) comes up a lot in both my personal and professional life: My friends give me a hard time for having too many (Dan Savage would agree), and, well, I work for a dating website.
On HowAboutWe, the top three “first date no-nos” people list on their profiles are: talking about exes, being rude to the waitstaff, and ...
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Fine Print: Nerds →
nohohood:
Lila, who is actually jealous of Stella’s poor vision (she wants glasses too), said, “Stella, you look like a nerd.”
“No, she doesn’t,” I said quickly. “Calling someone a nerd is not a nice thing. I got called ‘nerd’ when I was a kid. It hurts people’s feelings.”
“What is a nerd?” Stella asked innocently.
“Nerds are two things,” Lila said. “They are tiny little fizzy candies, and...
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“Look at you and your fancy businessey words. ‘Action Points.’”
– a friend who just hooked me up with my first official (read: paid in dollars, not drinks) social media consulting gig
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“I wish I could tumbl (blog) that.”
“You should. Do it anyway.”
(30 min later)
“Wait…did you just, by way of a parenthetical, imply I don’t know what a tumblr is???”
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“But this thought exercise hints at a truth: a thin line separates the...”
– Just Manic Enough: Seeking Perfect Entrepreneurs
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“We’re sorry, but your Gmail account is temporarily unavailable. We apologize for...”
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“Let’s tumble. Let’s post things we’ll regret in the morning.”
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halp - syncing iPhone with a new computer
I’ve been putting off syncing my iPhone with my not-so-new-anymore computer because I’m not sure what’s going to happen when it “erases” the phone and syncs it with the new iTunes library:
I’m OK with music, apps, & photos being erased.
I’m pretty sure it won’t erase my contacts. (If I’m wrong, that’d be good to know —...
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Aylus Networks nabs $4M in debt funding →
Congrats to Katie, one of my BFFs from home, who’s been working her butt off on this deal. Now hopefully she’ll have more time for wedding planning!
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it seems to me that maybe / it pretty much always...
interweber:
“Others, who constitutionally pride themselves on being dependable, and who consider flakiness one of the worst, most disgusting traits a human being can possess, take those social norms more to heart. For such people, the idea of being branded a flake has lately become an obsessing nightmare—one made infinitely more urgent by the fact that changes in technology have given them more...
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I Carried A Large Doll To Fashion Week, And We... →
fek:
4:06 Various people asked me if the doll and I dressed alike all the time. I said of course. 4:07 Was filmed as part of a street-style documentary. 4:09 Mentally-ill person approached me and asked if the doll contained my soul. I said I didn’t think so. 4:30 While blogging the show — doll arranged besides me — was accosted by some TV station who insisted on conducting very stupid...
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“Hi, my name is [redacted] and I do social media for AT&T.”
– see also: how to get a room full of 60+ community managers to gasp in horror.
(she’s only had one heckler…so far)
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"this chat is off the record" →
Happening to you too?
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“You probably talk too much. Am I right?
Don’t talk so much.
In sex, in...”
– c.t.
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“Zuckerberg helped Narendra and the Winklevoss twins, but he soon abandoned their...”
– (via)
Not that it makes a difference in the overall story, but the fact-checker/know-it-all in me feels the need to point out that it used to be called Thefacebook [screenshot]. Doesn’t that sound so quaint now? Like, if I said to you, “Oh, I saw it on The Facebook,” you’d...
Gap Taps Foursquare Cofounders for Holiday Ad... →
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — What do Foursquare cofounders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai have in common with Lauren Bush? The Gap, apparently.
Gap is readying a new campaign with an eclectic mix of celebrities and social-media execs, including Messrs. Selvadurai and Crowley, as well as Ms. Bush, tied to the upcoming holiday season.
(via @learmonth)
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