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…
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…
(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!
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…
(Above: Click the screenshot above to enlarge and see my resume featured on Scribd.com) Wow! What a day! I finished a super cool NYTimes project, which is yet to be launched, and my resume was featured on Scribd.com. I’m floating! P.S. Just found Scribd on Twitter!
(Above: Louis Vuitton takes a new direction with luxury advertising) (Above: On July 20, 2009, Louis Vuitton advertised with a drop-down ad that read “MEN WALK ON MOON on July 20, 1969. 40 years later, Louis Vuitton is taking you on a Journey Beyond.” The ad links to louisvuittonjourneys.com.) Louis Vuitton is taking a new…
I stepped out of the office for a little bit today and when I returned I found a 40-paged article on my desk, freshly printed and bound with a binder clip. The article, from TechCrunch, was entitled Twitter’s Internal Strategy Laid Bare: To Be “The Pulse of the Planet”. Apparently, on Tuesday evening, more than…
As many of you may know, Microsoft just came out with Bing, it’s new search engine that is positioned to rival Google. And what was the first thing I thought to do with these two mega-power search engines? I’m shameless. I just Binged and Googled myself to see which one has the better search results.…
During my four years at NYU, I had a huge involvement in the China Care Foundation. My roommate, Alice, and I, along with three other friends, founded the NYU China Care club. During my time there, we helped dozens of children receive life-saving surgeries and feel loved from thousands of miles away. This week, China…
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