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So do you think the Internet is an amazing thing? A depository for all of our collective knowledge. It is. But it’s not the first. The great library at Alexandria in ancient Egypt was the first time when all the the world’s knowledge was actively collectively organized, and more importantly, organized. In this clip from [...]

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Part of The Year of Procrastination Project.

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As an interactive copywriter, the expected holiday greeting is to send a witty, holiday themed email or video. But this year, I wanted to do something different, something precious. Something that people would keep out on their desks year round. After several creative meanderings (most of which involved large amounts of chocolate,) I came up [...]

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11-17-2012 :: anne // culture
Requium for a Twinkie.

I remember one of my first all-nighters as a young advertising copywriter involved Twinkies and Red Bull. Not a good idea.

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Over 100 San Diego women turned out for the launch of Founder Friday with Women 2.0 in San Diego. Some familiar faces and a lot of new ones. I think I may have found a few collaborators. Isn’t that what it’s all about? San Diego Women 2.0 Founder Friday 5/4/2012 View more presentations from annemccoll.

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I attended TEDx San Diego and used Storify.com to record my experience. Pretty cool way to share those Tweets and keep them clickable. View the story “TEDx San Diego 2011″ on Storify]

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I had a work situation that many dream of. I owned my own business and could work from home and set my own hours. The work was fun and paid well. The only problem was, I was going insane working at home alone. I’ll admit it. I was lonely. I missed the camaraderie, creative brainstorming [...]

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05-20-2011 :: anne // culture
Rapture Billboards

What the sermon will be the morning after the rapture that didn’t happen. Via Raymond Moberley.

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So when the honeymoon’s over and Will and Kate are back in the palace, how do you keep those newlywed embers of passion burning? Well, since I just celebrated my 21st wedding anniversary yesterday, I’ll offer a few words of advice. Banish the technology from the bedroom. We’ve never had a TV in our bedroom. [...]

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Justin Bieber shows us how it’s done.  When your fans contribute 3% of Twitter’s overall usage, you’re gonna come out on top. listed 250,000 times 500,000 unique retweeters 10 million total retweets

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