Hooray! I just became a Mayor on Foursquare for the first time ever! It just so happens that I’m the mayor of Dean & Deluca – Times Building. I owe The New York Times for this great honor. If I didn’t work in this building, I wouldn’t be compelled to eat so many Two Little…
Cool! I just discovered Friend.ly, a Facebook application that analyzes yours friends’ demographic information and outputs basic statistics. Thought I’d post my friend stats here so that you could all psychoanalyze me! Out of Erica’s 1,035 Facebook friends: Most common name: Kevin (11 friends) Most common zodiac sign: Libra (83 friends) Longest name: Maximillian-Conroy Hencke…
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Dear Friends, I’m trying to help put a dent in the world water crisis and I need your help. I’ve created three projects via charity:water, each with a goal of raising $5,000, enough funds to build a water well in a community in need of clean water. I’m asking that all of my friends and…
Being that I’m pretty active online, I’m always wondering if my social networks are conveying the best image to potential employers (and friends!). Today, I ran across a great blog post on the Doostang blog about “the professional downside of your online social life” that gave me a few tips about best practices. If you’re…
(Above: Nicolas Crummey reads Maria Kucinski’s cards) Every Tuesday night, my 2-out-of-3 best friends (Nicolas and Maria) and I have dinner. We alternate houses, visiting each person’s place a week. (Note: The third best friend is Alice, but she’s in China.) This week, Nicolas (aka Nick) hosted dinner. The theme was summer. He made the…
Let’s celebrate! I just posted by 1,000 post on Twitter! Just wanted to get that on record. Ok. Go back to your normal lives now. Cheers!
I found the greated Social Media presentation today, by Marta Kagan. Kudos, girl! Find the presentation here!
Today I created a Facebook group for the Summer ’09 NYTimes Interns and it reminded me that my internship is really awesome! I also love the work environment at The New York Times, so I wanted to share it with you! Below are some photos of the beautiful space that I work in! What a…
I took the M&M test today to see which color M&M I would be. Turns out I’d be red! Here’s the description: You are the fiery M&M! You are a revolutionary and want to change the world! You can only be tamed by the sexy green M&M who you are madly in love with. You…
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