February 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
1 post
October 2011
4 posts
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“Centuries and countless foil-wrapped bars later, it turns out we’ve barely begun...”
– In Peru, A Hunt For Chocolate Like You’ve Never Tasted It : The Salt (via npr)
More chocolate, please!
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July 2011
1 post
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Engineering research website for KU assistant... →
From the Philsquare.com blog
As a result of Philsquare’s redesign of the KU Mechanical Engineering department website, several faculty members wanted a new look for their individual KU sites. Professor Christopher Depcik provided the Philsquare team with pictures, project details, biography information and a publication list. With the content provided, we were able to code and create a dynamic...
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Final version of KU department site launched →
Another Philsquare blog entry:
Philsquare is excited to announce the completion of The University of Kansas Mechanical Engineering department website resdesign. This project, which went through two updates over several months, was Philsquare’s first client. It represents not only the large-scale project the team at Philsquare can design and code, but also our ability to work with strict design...
June 2011
9 posts
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Working hard and how NOT to be a typical Millenial
This is going to be a little “tough love” and a little “what I wish I had done” type of post. I work with college students in my full-time job as an advisor at KU. I started three years ago; just months from my own college graduation. I was excited to have a job and still be in Lawrence. I loved my alma mater and was excited to work with students. For awhile, it still felt...
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Stuff I can do (like this blog and not being...
It’s recently come to my attention that I know a bit more than then the average person about communications, technology and social media.
1. This one is silly, but I was excited about the technology advancement my office recently upgraded to for orientation sessions: ipads! I’ve never owned an iPad or iPhone or touchscreen iPod but I’ve played with them enough to know what...
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May 2011
4 posts
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a g-chat convo with The Becca and summer songs
me: That Summer is a really fabulous song
I remembered it because they were doing a contest on the radio this morning
Playing a line or two from a song and you had to name the title.
Every song had Summer in the title and they actually PLAYED the title.It was so easy. But people still missed them. Which is why I was screaming “BOYS OF SUMMER! BOYS OF SUMMER!” in my car on the way...
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so many plans
I have so many plans about what I want to do once I move later this summer.
Farmers’ Market every single week. No seriously, EVERY. WEEK.
Buying fresh bread at Wheatfields or Great Harvest (do you have any favorites?)
Spending lots of time at Debbi’s pool.
Composting.
Growing our own herbs.
Painting my horrendously ugly bedside tables. (I could probably do that before we move...
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April 2011
9 posts
“She said overall the quality of applicants she received from KU was pretty high....”
– from: http://www.kansan.com/news/2011/feb/06/students-may-not-be-totally-prepared-workplace/?news
As an advisor at KU, I can definitely vouch for this. The number of unprofessional e-mails I get every week is astonishing.
E-mails are full of numerous spelling errors, rude comments and demands...
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My boyfriend is awesome for two reasons. Well, there are more reasons, but in the past 24 hours, two things come to mind:
1) He fixed my car in SECONDS. Well, he knew how to jiggle the key in the ignition just right so it would actually turn and start. And then he showed me how to do it in case it happened again. Stupid ignition.
2) When I fell asleep yesterday when I was supposed to go to his...
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“Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with...”
– The intro to comment section on The Big Picture.
Well-played.
“I’ve always believed that when you are authentic and 100% yourself, people will...”
– Erin Blaskie | via Steph Style: Monday food for thought
(via sheasylvia)
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Local music website launches →
Another Philsquare blog post.
I really like this one! Interviews! And screenshots! And cool site features!
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My thoughts on "Buying an education or buying a... →
“What would happen if people spent it building up a work history instead? On becoming smarter, more flexible, more self-sufficient and yes, able to take more risk because they owe less money…” -Seth Godin in his blog entry I link to in the title.
I wouldn’t change A THING about coming to KU, earning my degree and now having my life in Lawrence, Kansas. What I WOULD change...
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SEO+Philsquare →
Another post about SEO and Google Alerts up at the Philsquare blog :)
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March 2011
15 posts
You're in Sinbad's House.: My phone call with KCK →
laurawatkins:
So I called the city of Kansas City, Kansas today.
Recap:
Me: I wanted to talk to someone about your citywide pit bull ban.
Man at Animal Control: Um, have you read it?
Me: Well, yes. But I wanted to see if it applied to dogs that are half-bred or have certifications as safe dogs (yes there…
This stinks.
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ready to run
I’m pretty much ready to go. (edit: I’m not actually leaving that I know of. yet.)
Well, not quite yet. I’d have to work really hard for two weeks to get my office in order so my coworkers don’t hate me after I leave. But I’m ready. I’ve decided to move on. I’m just waiting, hoping, that the perfect opportunity comes along. I’ll find it or...
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New WordPress site for Called to Greatness... →
Another blog entry I wrote at philsquare.com
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“Me: You know I don’t like math.
Phil: You can’t say that here!”
– Last week at the KU Engineering Alumni event with Phil…
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Registration now open for Spring workshops; focus... →
From the blog over at Philsquare.com.
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Link In With Philsquare →
From the blog I write for Philsquare.com…
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Digital America →
I love these kind of statistics. I haven’t explored everything but what stands out:
.62 % (as in less than 1%) of Kansans have a twitter account.
I now feel like an anomaly.
Sunspots & Honesty →
Not sure why honesty is such a hard concept for companies to get.
There’s not much to ridicule or make fun of when “we just messed up” is the response.
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Facebook pages vs company websites →
“To bolster his argument, Haines showed statistics comparing how many times Facebook users have clicked a company’s “like” button with how many times per month people visited that company’s Web site. For Starbucks, a top Facebook advertiser, the ratio was 21.1 million likes to 1.8 million site visitors.”
Sure, Starbucks had more FB page “likes”...
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Party like it's 1999
Up until last year, I have had a digital (or film camera) for the last 10 years.
Up until last week, I had a laptop for 8 years.
Up until a few months ago, I had had an iPod for 5 years.
For 6 glorious months last year I had a smartphone.
The camera stopped working.
The laptop’s harddrive crashed.
My iPod starting making this really awful whirrring noise and I couldn’t turn it...
February 2011
10 posts
http://news.change.org/stories/kansas-high-school-n... →
I am rather disturbed about what some people are teaching their children.
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my saturday
I spent this -almost spring-like Saturday- morning training to be a girl scout leader. I’m a co- or assistant-leader, technically, but I figured it was a good idea to anyway.
I attended “Leadership Essentials” this morning and will be attending another 4-hour session specific to “Junior-Level” leadership.
I was the only person in the class today so I kind of had to...
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super ad review
warning: not extremely coherent. just whatever thoughts I could get down in 30 seconds.
pre-show intro
seems to be a theme of unity. life is hard right now but we’ll pull through. and we get a history lesson
first break
bud light spoofing makeover and reality shows. basic. overheard: “so stupid it’s funny”
doritos hs traditionally stupid super bowl commercials.
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