Jan 26 2010

How Not to Volunteer for SXSW

SXSW volunteers stuff bags with swag in preparation for the conference.

[/caption] Fifty hours of labor in exchange for a pass worth $700 works out to $14/hour. Volunteering at SXSW made sense, or so I thought. I signed up online and made plans to be in Austin for last weekend’s volunteer call, where [...]

Jan 20 2010

What’s Love Got to Do With It?

Love Changes Your Secret Santa

[/caption] The obvious problem I have with this billboard is that it’s STILL UP. In January. But the bigger problem is that I don’t understand it at all. Is there some kind of workplace romance going on where the guy spends way more than the $10 limit on a [...]

Jan 4 2010

From the Depths

While I rouse myself to write a new post, here’s an old one on social media from my student days.