Word girl. ENTP. Sales-communications and pitch junkie. Terrible, yet enthusiastic, knitter. Rusty Italian speaker. Apostrophe cop. Unsuccessful seeker of products to whip big hair into submission.
I'm also co-founder and co-pilot of Twin Engine Partners: New-business and program strategy, content, and management for agencies and marketers. Love -- *love* -- what I do.
Also love what I've done:
* Account planner and strategist
* Account director
* Circulation marketer
* Special-projects developer
* Editor
* Expatriate
* Temporary Alaskan
* A Cappella singer
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"Curate," from curator.
Today, it's often used to give an impression of weightiness to things like merchandising and decorating. C'mon. You don't "curate" clothing in a boutique, or tchochkes on a credenza.
About 15 years ago I bought two Day of the Dead skeletons at a market in Mexico. These days, they watch over me at the kitchen sink. (This one is helping out with some rosemary.) At the time I bought them, they just seemed like interesting crafts -- I wasn't familiar then with Day of the Dead. Now, with several relatives having died in the past 8 years, they carry more meaning.
I'd love to see the real Day of the Dead celebration in Oaxaca someday (my mother went a few years ago). But for now, these guys will have to do.Comments [0]
That's *real* memory: not RAM. At least among Millennials. And at least according to this week's Iconoculture newsletter. (Yes, I still read 'em.)
As Iconoculture editor for media, entertainment, and technology Robert van Alstyne says, he recently attended New York's CMJ Music Marathon, finding it notable "for what [he] wasn't seeing" -- the Twittering or otherwise digital recording of every moment by the mostly Millennial crowd. Van Alstyne calls it "falling out of love with documentation." I like this assessment. (I am notoriously bad, for example, at shooting photos at events or on vacation. I always find my mental memory closer and more inspiring.) Or maybe it's just frustrated narcissism: It's hard to preserve that go-to, cool-kid-in-the-right-spot image when everyone around you is capturing -- and posting -- exactly the same stuff, at exactly the same time. In either case, I'm interested to see where this goes. I'll keep ditching the digital play-by-play in favor of truly experiencing the moments. And I still won't be taking photos.
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The Cinquecento is coming! For an Italophile, this is big news. Unfortunately, it looks like this:
And not this:
I'm not loving the new look.
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Over the whole PBR thing? Worry not, hipster drinkers. Here are three alternatives.
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The flu got a branding boost this year! If more convenient access to vaccines is the upside, wonderful. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
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Among the news of assaults, budget woes, climate change, and corruption, the Globe still makes room for news like this. Made me smile.
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