Sociology

Mar

How “The Influencers” Use Twitter to Make a Difference

Justin on March 11th, 2010

Admit it: deep down, you’ve always known that the world works differently for The Important People.
You just hate it when the world proves you right.
Take Conan O’Brien, for example. The guy sends out a single tweet and he changes this girl’s life. Meanwhile, you desperately retweet your own blog posts 14 times a day in [...]

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How Ignite Baltimore Turned Me Into a Hate-Filled Bastard for a Night

Justin on March 10th, 2010

Last Thursday, I attended the fifth installment of Ignite Baltimore, an event designed to get people excited about creating positive change in Baltimore.
And yet, somehow, the experience had the exact opposite effect on me… and this got me thinking about HOW we talk about the things we most care about, and why we might want [...]

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10 Business Lessons I Learned from My First (Real) Job

Justin on March 9th, 2010

10 years ago this month, I landed my first post-college job that didn’t involve retail.
In March of 2000, a Pittsburgh company called Multimedia Training Systems (which is still in business as I type this) was looking to hire someone who had experience with video production and animation. As the lone graduate from The Art Institute [...]

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