by Whitney | Jan 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
By LISA BELKIN Published: December 31, 2008 on the Motherlode blog, Sunday New York Times Magazine, January 4, 2009 Outside Philadelphia, a lawyer named Whitney Hoffman is wrestling with her résumé. She barely worked a full year as a lawyer after graduating from Penn...
by Whitney | Dec 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
This morning I read Seth Godin’s latest post about Expertise and Passion, and suggest you do, too. As much as I’ve written about getting your messages down into “marketing” sized packages, making them simple and eaily understood, the caveat to...
by Whitney | Dec 29, 2008 | education, learning, Uncategorized
I love quotes, and while I thought I’d shoot for ten, telling you why I like these makes this post pretty long. So I’ll just gather my favorite quotes here, fixed number be damned…. 1. You can do anything, as long as you are prepared to deal with the...
by Whitney | Dec 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
I get my best ideas when I am out doing things unrelated to work or home- I end up stumbling across something that strikes me as similar, and sometimes gives me a whole new perspective on how I deal with a challenge I’m facing. I find a whole new vein of ideas...
by Whitney | Dec 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Podango looks like it is in trouble and may not be long for this world. I’ve been part of the Podango family while part of the Mommycast and Friends network, and I have always been a big fan of Doug Smith and Lee Gibbons. Both Doug and Lee have been great...
by Whitney | Dec 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
The recent brouhaha about bloggers participating in programs asking them to go to a store with a gift card in hand, check things out, and then write about it afterwards got me thinking. These stores (Kmart, and Sears) are not the typical hip hangouts of the social...