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BuenosAiresStudent.posterous.com
Hi everyone! I wrote a few posts here at SarahMerion.com outlining my experience in Buenos Aires. However, if you wish to continue to read about it, head over to http://BuenosAiresStudent.posterous.com. I’ll post things on that website instead of here.
Hope you’re all well, where ever you’re reading from! By the way… where ARE you reading from? [...]
Tips For A Successful Internet Hiatus
15. March 2010
For the past month or so, I’ve taken a bit of a hiatus from my “productive” and “value-adding” internet activities. I have not been regularly participating online like I used to, did not share as many interesting articles or links, have not been actively tending to SarahMerion.com, and am not sorry about any of it. [...]
Continue reading...9 Initial Reactions about Buenos Aires
8. February 2010
I’ve been here about 48 hours now, so my initial reactions are swirling. Keep in mind they’re reactions, not facts.
1. Crocs are EVERYWHERE. Men, women, and children. I spotted about a dozen and a half Crocs on my flight (not kidding).
2. Men are gorgeous. And they frequently like to walk around town without their shirt [...]
Micro-Events En Route To Buenos Aires
8. February 2010
Depart from Palm Beach International Airport. In the middle of boarding, they had to re-assign about 10 rows of seats. Apparently a different plane came in and the seat numbers were different, so they had to re-assign about 20 people. There was the token grouchy woman that yelled at the gate agent who then proceeded [...]
Continue reading...The Future of Advertising Is Invisible
1. December 2009
It’s a primal challenge: driving consumers to action – getting money from your hand into mine. And that’s where advertising helps. But in a world where non-homogeneous humans inhabit the universe, your consumers are inherently non-homogeneous as well. (If they were, business wouldn’t be as challenging and as fun!)
Rolling out national ad campaigns or even [...]
Movement and Innovation
23. November 2009
There was an article in the New York Times a few days ago. It profiles these kids (mostly out of LA) who came up with a new style of dance called jerking.
Goofy, gentle, nimbly amateurish, jerking was little known outside certain precincts of this sprawling city until a year ago. But in the last nine [...]
The Recession Was A Good Thing
21. October 2009
After coming out a particularly tumultuous presidential administration, hopes were down. Cherry on top? Entering a deep, dark, scary, recession. However, haven’t heard much about the bugger in a while. People seem to be done complaining about the recession (or at least I hope).
In recessions, people love to talk ABOUT the recession – the deep, [...]
Novelty and Trash
13. October 2009
Walking to work, I walk past a New York City employee cleaning the top of a trashcan with sanitizer. As a tax-paying and self-proclaimed semi-germaphobe citizen, this made me happy.
Then I remembered the Volkwagen “Fun Theme” campaign – you know the one with the deepest bin ever? It occurred to me – what if every [...]
Swag Never Ends
1. October 2009
A few weeks back I attended Swagapalooza. Turned out to be a freakishly hilarious event, with an LCD screen at the front of the room showing tweets from the event. So hilarious in fact, that Peter Shankman could barely get through his keynote. Swagapalooza is like the event that never ends. Just got an email [...]
Continue reading...8 Creative Ways To Learn A New Language
10. September 2009
I know a bit of Spanish. But not nearly enough to be proficient for when I move to Argentina in March. I’ve been ramping up my exposure to Spanish (even trying to hone in on Argentinian Spanish). It’s unbelievable the amount of ways to learn – reading, writing, auditory, and visually. Here’s a few of [...]
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