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When Social Media Isn’t Like Breathing

September 14, 2010

In the past few months, life has changed. I moved from Minneapolis to St. Louis, then to Blacksburg. I left my job and started an MBA program. I have a completely new kind of schedule. All of that brings me to this conclusion: I find that I’m just not online as often anymore. Contributing to […]

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Being the Constant New Girl

August 5, 2010

I would like to think I’m a pro at being the New Girl. I’m getting ready for move number thirteen, attended six different schools before high school and regularly walk into a room ready to make friends. Once you leave the academic comfort zone, however, you find all kinds of situations that force you to […]

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Doppelganger: There isn’t Just One Web You

May 20, 2010

Like all good people who have an online presence, I Google myself pretty regularly. I like to see what pops up, not just of my own work, but that of the OTHER Emily Jaspers out there… There’s probably a whole population of Emily Jaspers! You remember back in college how you used to get friend […]

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When Did Guest Posts become a Blogger Out of Office?

May 11, 2010

Something has just come to my attention: there are a number of bloggers either filling in their time off with guest posts or taking posts for future vacation dates. One could assume it’s a good idea to give people some extra exposure and keep the blog rolling while you’re off. It makes sense, and mazel […]

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What if St. Patrick Could have Tweeted When He was Kidnapped?

March 16, 2010

Since some people I know got started celebrating St. Patrick’s Day this weekend, I figured I’d go ahead and share the Irish love. Have you ever looked up the history of St. Patrick? Actually learned how he got the whole saint-thing going? Well, I honestly admit that I never did. Sure, I might have learned […]

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Yes, I will Google You

February 16, 2010

On my recent outing to Madison, I got to meet some neat people who were friends of my Brazen friends (so we’re all going to be friends now). They were asking me how I like Minnesota, and of course the topic of dating came up. As we were discussing attributes of the opposite sex that […]

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Don’t Take It Personally

January 21, 2010

When I got hired in my first real world job, someone sat down with me and went through the file to show me attributes about my work style and personality that had been revealed through my hiring assessments. One thing that popped out was that I am a People Pleaser. I want to do things […]

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Are We Part of the Press?

January 14, 2010

I had a dream last night. Stick with me on this one: In my dream I was at the WWE Raw* event a few hours before things were to get started. We’re in a large room with lots of chairs, a podium, some microphones, and a lot of doors for people to come and go. […]

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Better Readers Instead of Writers?

December 4, 2009

One of the criticisms of my generation is that technology is making us a group of horrible writers. We can’t spell because of spell check (guilty), we wouldn’t know a full word if we saw it (thx), and we use punctuation to express emotion : ) Sure, we’re teaching younger generations that texting is the […]

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