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Vote for Our SXSW Panel
August 12 | (0)I've been going to the SXSW Interactive festival on and off since 2006. It's where I made most of my wonderful internet friends and it's also where I met my husband. Even though it has experienced massive growth over the last few years, it is still a worthwhile conference, especially for the networking. While I'm not the biggest fan of the content selection process, it is a combination of popularity and educated selection, and it is very light on curation. Because it is crowdsourced it is probably the best conference for up and coming interactive movers and shakers to get their first speaking opportunity, but you still have to get over the popularity hurdle. So this is where I am. My friend, Jay from …
California Prop 8 Repealed!
August 5 | (0)Oh happy day! I am so glad that Proposition 8 was overturned today. I know it's not over, but just knowing that my all of my friends in California will be receiving equal treatment under the law, and that some of them can marry their long time partners, and that my right-wing nut-job mom was WRONG makes me so happy. These photos also make me happy (via BuzzFeed): …
What It's Really Like to Work in a Music Store
August 3 | (0)There is something to be said for doing something you love and getting paid for it, but if you can't be Lady Gaga or Kanye then the only other place to turn is retail. Oh good god, retail. …
Jane Austen's Fight Club
August 2 | (0)Just because this movie doesn't exist, doesn't mean that I don't really really want to see it. Jerry Bruckheimer will put up the money to make just about anything. Why does…
Metal Dads
June 14 | (0)I'm posting these mostly because they're just so awesome in their own right. Another reason that I'm posting these videos is because I love how parental roles and stereotypes are being completely turned up on their ear. Enjoy and long live The Dark Lord. (sorry about the size of the first video, it's the smallest size I could embed.) …
Yay Nature!
May 19 | (0)I would occasionally see wildlife in LA. Probably the most exotic was a hawk, a coyote, or a deer. I think you're more likely to see celebrities than fauna in that town. [photo courtesy of hustle roses] Here in Vancouver we get a completely different set of urban wildlife, even among the glass skyscrapers that my husband and I live in. A few weeks ago I saw …
Vegetarian Flexible
May 12 | (2)Lately I have been trying to adhere to the Michael Pollan and Mark Bittman views on what to eat and how much meat to consume in particular. You probably know the Pollan mantra by now: "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants" and in this talk by Bittman from the EG conference explains his views on why we need to eat less meat: …
Wedding Planning Secret Weapon - The Creative Brief
November 21 | (0)I got married last weekend and it was pretty awesome. [photo by the amazing Gabe & Boone Rodriguez] The wedding was in Seattle, but most of planning was done remotely in LA and Vancouver. Thanks to the internet, finding and hiring the right vendors was a breeze, but once they're on your team, if you c…
Digital Paperbacks, Collectible Hardcovers
November 10 | (0)How we consume media is changing rapidly. Digital books are downloaded to people's Kindles and Nooks instead of purchasing the paperback. I can see a day when paperbacks are no longer and we only purchase those books held most dear in hardback for our personal libraries. I think this is why Penguin is starting think of their books more as collectibles than commodities. …
Apps I Like - iFitness
November 9 | (0)When I was getting fitted for my wedding dress, I found out something unpleasant. I realized that I only had a month to tone up and lose the weight that I had gained since moving in with Dave. I had access to a pretty good gym in our building, but because I'm not working regularly so I couldn't afford a personal trainer. I suppose I could have just followed the instructional posters on the walls, but it's not the same as someone who gives you a program, helps you stick with it, and pushes you to challenge limits of what you can do. iPhone to the rescue! I did an app search on fitness and found the very well reviewed $2 iFitness app. It's pretty awesome. It comes with step by step instructions on how to do multitu…