A Sorority Girl Lesson in Delegation: What Not to Do
I used to be good at delegation, almost too good as I was told. When I was the public relations chair for my college sorority, I organized our annual weeklong teacher appreciation events. With every daily task broken out, I assigned members of my committee different tasks best suited to their strengths. The girl who […]
The Writing Habits of Successful (But Creatively Stuck) People
Without writing, I didn’t realize how “backed up” my mind had gotten. Lately, I’d been so caught up in new SUCCESS projects that I didn’t realize how dusty my pen had become, how lonely my headphones were or how sorely missed was my Pandora One subscription. I just nearly gave myself a heart attack plugging […]
How to Aggravate Your ADHD, OCD and Binge Buying Habit All at Once
Want to test your mental health? Try cleaning out your closet. If your ADHD doesn’t take you in 20 different directions before you collapse with not one thing completed, then your OCD will hyperfocus your efforts on organizing the most insignificant (and no doubt, not visible to the naked eye) area of your closet. Before […]
Combating Eating Disorders—with Instagram
This gives Instagram Help Center a whole new meaning. Navigate through the troubleshooting and support section of Instagram's desktop site and you'll find the usual suspects: reset a password, community guidelines, report an impersonation account. But nestled between Sharing Photos Safely and Privacy Policy, you’ll find something not like the others: About Eating Disorders. On the […]
The Deal with Meerkat and Why Everyone Is Buzzing About It
Finally, the next big app made its way to SXSW Interactive. The successful launching pad of Twitter of years past had everyone’s appetite whetted to the next big thing. But when nothing emerged for years, there were whispers that the annual Austin tech festival’s had lost its bleeding edge. Not this year. You’ve heard by […]
A Tale of Two Different SXSW Interactives
It took me three years, but I’ve finally figured out SXSW Interactive, which wrapped up Tuesday in Austin. To some people, it’s a conference, and to others, it’s a festival. What’s the difference? Conference-goers are the lanyard-toting, sensible shoe-wearing ones that shuffled into a 6 o’clock happy hour, looking for enough free h’or dourves to […]
Jessica Alba on Startups (and Her Spirit Animal)
They told her to do a fragrance like all the other celebrities. But actress and entrepreneur Jessica Alba wouldn't be dissuaded from pitching The Honest Co. for nearly three years before someone finally said yes. That yes came from Brian Lee, The Honest Co. CEO who joined Alba, sporting her new shorn locks, at SXSW […]
SXSW: Jimmy Kimmel’s Close Call with Failure
Jimmy Kimmel will tell you, he’s no success. “What are you all doing here?,” Kimmel asked a packed auditorium Saturday at Day 2 of SXSW Interactive. “I have nothing to teach, nothing for you to learn.” Kimmel recalled his days at the Los Angeles KROQ morning show Kevin and Bean with his old radio cohort […]
4 Tips to Rock SXSW, the Tim Ferriss Way
Tim Ferriss has a great tip for mitigating the inevitable South by Southwest hangover (avocado and burnt toast), but the most important advice the 4 Hour Workweek author shared at Friday’s SXSW Interactive session: Just be normal. Case in point, the bathroom encounter. “Some startup founder will come running up to me, sweating because he’s […]
Goldie Hawn at SXSWedu: Kids are Stressed, Teach Brain Breaks
SXSW isn’t just a tech, music and film conference. It’s a gaming conference. And a fashion conference. And a health and medical tech conference. There’s SXSports, SXgood and SXcreate, and those are just the ones that run simultaneously with SXSW Interactive, Film and Music Festival. The week before the Interactive nerds come to town (present […]
Know Before You Go: Top 5 SXSW Interactive Themes
This is where the wired meet the weird. For two weeks in March, Austin, Texas becomes the crowded hub of all things tech, start-up and creative for the SXSW Interactive, Film and Music festival. Here, entrepreneurs, tech gurus and content creators blend with artists, musicians and actors to learn and collaborate in today’s creative economy. […]
Sir Mix-a-Lot to Emcee 2015 SXSW Accelerator. Wait, What?
Oh my God Becky. Look who buried the lead. South by Southwest (SXSW) officials announced today the startup finalists, judges and emcees for its 7th annual Accelerator Competition, taking place March 14-15. Oh and by the way, Sir Mix-a-Lot is emcee. Nestled halfway through the fourth paragraph of the press release: “In addition to the […]
