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05.12.08Sk*rt is Now Kirtsy: Proof You Can Deal with Dicks & Come Out on TopMy obsession with domain names goes back about five years. I realize I'm late to get on the bandwagon, but now that I'm on it, I'm freakishly excited by purchasing them. 9.95 to "own" a piece of the web? Shit, I spend triple that on a pair of earrings. Last week I bought three new domain names, each one yet a tiny flame of an idea in my mind, but a flame, nonetheless. Owning the domain, to my mind, is the first step in mastering another corner of the web. Today sk*rt, one of my favorite ...
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05.06.08Interview: Wayne Sutton Catches Gwen Bell in Chapel HillDuring the year I spent in England, when I got homesick I would throw myself onto the floor (dramatically) and cry to the crooning of Ryan Adams. Oh My Sweet Carolina, what compels me to go? Sometimes, I truly miss the place...the blue skies. But if my heart is in Carolina, my head is in Colorado. Gwen Bell is a TechStar from Wayne Sutton on Vimeo. This weekend I took a whirlwind tour of North Carolina and while there met with Wayne Sutton (of Twitter & MSNBC fame). He interviewed me about the startup scene in Colorado & ...
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04.29.08The Importance of Reinventing YourselfLast week I went to New Orleans for the first time. I think it's the most under-celebrated city in the States. It feels like you're being transported to another country. If it's not already on your list, add it. I went to do some heart searching. These things happen. New Orleans is an amazingly supportive place to do it. Any place with beignets (my detox went on pause for four days, but I had no caffeine and no alcohol except that one sip at the Event Apart party. Erm.) is close to heaven for me. Just ...
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03.28.08Project NutmegA small group of developers got together last Saturday for a top secret meeting (yes, we all got secret agent names) at the sunlit Dushanbe Teahouse in Boulder. Four of the five of us were developers, as this story will reveal. The waiter came to serve us our water. He lifted up the first glass and the bottom dropped out mid-air, spilling water on the floor. I thought "a sign?" as the four scientists/programmers around me set to work determining what laws of physics were at play for such a thing to occur.* We were ...
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03.24.08If You Can’t Pitch it, Ditch itI met N in Mexico. A stop watch dangled from his neck. When I asked him why he said, "do you know how many minutes you have in a day to work with?" I admitted I had no idea. He launched into telling me (after some persuasion) how he manages his time, to the minute. He told me that as a talent agent for some big names in Hollywood he often would have two meetings simultaneously. "While one client is filling out paperwork, I'll run to the room next door and spend twenty minutes ...
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03.20.08What’s Going on Under My Sk*rt?Well, wouldn't you like to know. Nearly 500 applicants and only 21 lucky gals took home the coveted Editor tiara. Yes, I consider myself lucky. I'm talking about sk*rt. It's a female-grown website with lots of spunk. It just got a make-over, a fresh crop of editors (including guest editor Kristin Van Ogtrop, Editor of Real Simple Magazine) and gave away more than $1,000 in its most recent contest. Sk*rt loves giving stuff away...way back in the day I won a pair of Ryka tennies that I wear every time I *cough* go running *cough.* Now, if ...
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