RIP, idea from 2012. RIP, one-word blog post. RIP most of the 80+ draft blog posts since 2012 that have been just sitting here on the backend of this blog, sometimes nothing more than a title to remind me what I thought I wanted to write about. Well, I don’t want to write about these…
Tag: blogging
5 Things I Emailed This Week: Millennial Madness
I’m happy to occupy the random sweet spot that is between millennial-millennial and Gen-X-millennial, the group born in about 6 years that’s digitally-native with the benefit of experiencing a life (we remember) without technology. Cell phone when I could drive at 16. Facebook halfway through college. Early enough adoption of instagram that it was boring…
Everything is Better, Fewer These Days: The New Affiliate Links
Hi faux celebs. I did a lil inventory (it’s all about better, fewer these days!) and have culled down the sites/products/etc I link to and endorse on the Get the Goods page, on the sidebar, and in this post to the ones that I really believe in and buy from regularly, but that also give…
Something I Blogged About in 2012 Showed Up This Weekend
No, Really, You Can Drink More Water Sitting in the airport waiting on our third amigo to drive out to Asheville for the bachelorette weekend, I spotted Cassie drinking out of a Reduce WaterWeek water bottle. “Cass! Is that the refrigerator bottle from Cait?” “Yes, we all have them. My parents, my brother, everyone.” “Those…
Every new beginning is some other beginning’s end
Welcome to You Are My Celebrity!
Hello. Curious how you got here? It’s okay, it’s confusing. This new blog is all the good stuff from the old blogs but not location-centric. See, this is the blog formerly known as this is life in austin & aspen, which WAS formerly known as this is life in austin until I partially moved and…
Guest Post: World Media Awards
Today I welcome World Media Awards founder Murray Newlands for a guest post explaining the awards: a way to recognize top bloggers, writers and publishers, influencers, innovators and strategists as the latest talent in online marketing. 5 Reasons Why YOU Must Participate: The 2012 Media Awards There are a lot of excellent bloggers and publishers doing…
Blogger Accountability: An Update from the Responsiblity Project
Last weekend, the SXSW-meets-Bonnaroo-meets-a-Sample-Sale of the female blogosphere happened: BlogHer ’09. BlogHer, simply stated in their tagline, is a “Community for Women Who Blog.” More thoroughly explained, BlogHer is: “Founded in February 2005 as a labor of love by three bloggers, BlogHer’s mission is to create opportunities for women who blog to pursue exposure, education,…
FTC to Outline Blogger Rules
This is big news for the blogosphere: the Federal Trade Commission is looking into regulating bloggers. The proposed official guidelines are at: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2008/11/P034520endorsementguides.pdf. Basically, bloggers that don’t disclose they received freebies could become the target of an FTC investigation. Historically, it’s been up to bloggers themselves to outline their own ethics codes (in their heads)…