She’s got skills and she knows how to use them

July 28, 2009 | Filed Under Personal | Leave a Comment 

I have to admit that my online life as of late has been rather… quiet since I became “unemployed“. That’s not to say that I haven’t been busy. I have been. Incredibly so. I’ve been doing a little consulting here and there and spending some much needed quality time with the family. I’m also in the middle of moving. Do you feel the “happy-happy-joy-joy vibes” I’m sending you as we speak? In between the hours filled with rice krispie treats, packing tape, hide-n-seek, and laundry, I’m job hunting. Sometimes I’m even doing all 5 at the same time. Ask me to prove it! You’d be surprised at how well I can multitask.

I had a very difficult time updating my resume. It had been a very, very long time since I last needed it. Luckily I have acquired all sorts of new little tricks that have shaped me to be the marketing nerd I am today. As I started recounting my daily tasks and listing out my highlight abilities, I found my self doing more deleting than adding. I mean, you cant just as well add Monkey Training, Unicorn Hunting, or Master Time Slayer on your resume can you? No really… can you?! It got me thinking about all the stuff I really can do but just don’t seem to fit. Things I can do outside my typical “marketing-gal” skills anyway. I made a list.

Things I have the ability to do but don’t list on my resume: Read more

Your eyes are open again, today.

April 28, 2009 | Filed Under Personal | 9 Comments 

This truly is the face of an unemployed gal.What exactly is it that you see? Scared? Happy? Nerve wrecked? Free?

How about: all of the above. I first want to say, WHOA! One tweet about me being unemployed opened the flood gate to all sorts of emails, DMs, and retweets (ever want to gain a boatload of new followers, announce you’re jobless). This was a surprising response and one that was a bit welcoming with all things considered. Read more

Well Wishes QR Style

December 25, 2008 | Filed Under Personal | 4 Comments 

QR Codes are 2 dimensional barcodes that are easily scanned using any modern mobile phone. This code will then be converted (called “dequrified”) into a piece of (interactive) text and/or link. For instance, you walk around in the city and notice a poster for an event that seems interesting. You take out your mobile phone, scan the QR Code and will instantly get more information and a link to a website where you can book your tickets. You don’t have to type or remember anything and because QR Codes can be very small, this saves a lot of space on the product as well.

More changes

November 21, 2008 | Filed Under Personal | Leave a Comment 

This came up when I did an image search… interesting.