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    Springpad: a new kind of blog

    08.27.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    A few days ago, I had a discussion with my friend Riki about blogging. Though she doesn’t maintain a blog of her own, she frequently leaves comments on my personal blog. As you probably know, when leaving comments on blogs, you can leave a link to your own blog. Because Riki doesn’t have a blog, [...]

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    Help a startup choose office chairs!

    08.21.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

    Over here at Spring Partners, we have an odd assortment of chairs – most of which are not ergonomically appropriate. Instead of wasting precious time deciding which chairs to purchase we have decided as a company to leave it up to you, our dear readers!
    Here’s how it works!
    1. I have posted four chairs we [...]

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    Collect shopping advice from friends

    07.21.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

    Whether you like cooking, traveling, organizing or shopping, there’s definitely a springpad for you! I personally use my springpad to share my favorite things with friends. If I find a cute dress online, I usually want to hear my friends’ feedback before making the big purchase. Unfortunately, I do most of my online shopping alone, [...]

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    Ask for advice on twitter

    06.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    Last week, I walked into work feeling a bit uncomfortable with my outfit, given my new pregnant shape.
    So, I asked one of our college-aged interns how she thought I should arrange the ill-fitting pieces of my awkward outfit.  Given her lack of experience with a burgeoning belly she said, “I dunno…  ask Twitter!”
    So I asked.  [...]

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    “I just don’t get twitter”

    02.19.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

    I use twitter both personally & professionally.  On top of being wildly entertaining to watch, I’ve found it be super useful for collecting user feedback & providing tech support to springpad users.  But talking to friends & family, I’ve found that there’s still a bit of twitter befuddlement out there.  So, let me break it [...]

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    Planning dates with my husband

    02.04.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    One of the coolest things about the internet is that it creates a forum for otherwise-strangers to share advice with one another.  A great example of this is the Works-for-Me Wednesday Blog Carnival over at Rocks in My Dryer. This week I thought I’d share something that works for me…
    You’ve heard me talk about creating [...]

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    Winner of simple beauty products…

    02.03.09 | Permalink | 6 Comments

    … is Linda Fish. “I always wear a moisturizer with sunscreen”
    RANDOM INTEGER GENERATOR
    Here are your random numbers: 59
    Timestamp: 2009-02-02 20:52:35 UTC
    While you’re here…
    Valentine’s Day is coming up!
    Check out my post about the Date Night Planner.

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    Win simple & great beauty products!

    01.26.09 | Permalink | 216 Comments

    As a college student, I always want to look my best, but can’t spend a ton of money on beauty products. So, I looked to the blogosphere for some advice and published a post on Shine from Yahoo! via my personal blog, and asked for some advice. The responses were overwhelming! Readers recommended everything from [...]

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    Drink more water in 2009

    01.08.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    I have posted about this before, and with the new year I have decided to get back on the water-drinking horse.  Most of us know that there are benefits to drinking more water, but we still can’t bring ourselves to drink those 8 glasses a day.  Success requires some planning.
    Here are the plans I recommend:
    1. [...]

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    Moving tips & advice

    09.12.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

    A few of us in the office are in the process of moving.  In an attempt to simply the process, we are going to try to out a few simple ideas:
    1.  One place for information. Keep all important names, numbers, dates, paperwork & costs in one place – It can be a moleskin, some sort [...]


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