When I began this job under the title of “Marketing Intelligence Intern,” I had no idea what to expect. My digital analytics knowledge was nominal and I was an entry level Excel user. Before I started here, I believed an average work day for a digital analyst consisted mostly of staring at spreadsheets. After working [...]

Imagine this:  I walk into my parents’ home to find my little brother sitting on the couch sucking lemonade through a squeeze bottle that Mom uses to put sweet n’ sour sauce in.
“Jackers–What the heck!”
“Mom says that we can’t put lemonade in a water bottle and I can’t have cups on the couch.”
This was the [...]

As the world’s population doubles in the next 40 years, the Malthusian half of me wants to say there is no way on earth (pun intended) our planet can support this exponential growth.
But there is hope, and it is spelled D-E-S-I-G-N.
With each passing year, technology improves far beyond our expectations. But technology alone is not [...]

What does innovation mean to me? For some, it can be mean design with a purpose, or a brand new idea that breaks through the clutter of today’s advertising. However, for me, innovation means a new form of art or way of thinking that extends beyond the initial stage of, “Wow! That’s awesome!” Innovation can [...]

As I grew up behind goofy, blunt bangs and big, round glasses between the ages of 8-14, I was born into a family of dual identities. Being the first child in my dad’s family to be born on American soil, there has been a constant tug-of-war of cultural conflicts between my traditional Chinese parents, and [...]

Earlier last week, a 95-year-old woman with Leukemia was allegedly asked to remove her diaper at a TSA checkpoint in a Florida airport. Because the woman was confined to a wheelchair, she was unable to go through the body scanners and instead needed a pat down. Transportation Security Administration inspectors claimed that they wanted to [...]

When I talked, my favorite little clothing store, Moosejaw listened.
Awhile back, I was in a car accident. After all was said and done, the most distressing part was that my favorite MJ sweatshirt had been ruined. I tweeted my distress about the sweatshirt. A week later, a surprise package showed up at my apartment. Inside [...]

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Last weekend I participated in the 6th Bay Area iOSDevCamp, now held at the eBay/PayPal headquarters in San Jose. It was a similar experience to Camp Organic (in the envelope-pushing, sleep-depriving sense) but at the end everyone presented finished apps or working prototypes.
I hacked all weekend and finished a simple [...]

After watching the season premiere of Keeping up with the Kardashians (KUWTK), I was intrigued by the communication styles between Kourtney, Khloe and Kim and the impact it had on their lives. Whether playing a practical joke on their mother or organizing an event, plans were only successfully carried out when all women were empathetic [...]

With the obvious steroid-esque surge of digital media in your veins, it only makes sense that the everyday qualities you possess be emulated in your digital “statusphere”. But not only do you translate your personalities onto the World Wide Web—you also learn crucial life lessons that you may not even realize you are picking up, [...]