Adventures in Aggieland with the TAMU AAF chapter

October 21st, 2009


Yesterday I had the privilege of presenting to the Texas A&M Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, thanks to my dear friend Andrew Haynes. I had a blast – I LOVE interacting with students – and I think they enjoyed it as well. Below is my presentation I gave – on me, what I do [...]

1560 The Game’s Sean Pendergast at SchipulCon on creating loyal fans

October 18th, 2009


I saw a lot of great speakers at SchipulCon this year, which wrapped on Friday. One case study I can’t get out of my head is Sean Pendergast from Houston’s sports talk radio station 1560 The Game. Maybe it’s because my boyfriend practically lived in the student radio station in college, or because my dad [...]

SchipulCon Day 1 Recap

October 15th, 2009


It was a great day of learning at SchipulCon! Our keynote Deirdre Breckenridge and all the other speakers were awesome – and spoke on topics ranging from social media to public relations to Tendenci and Drupal and WordPress to blogging and non profit marketing.  Lots of good stuff! Here are some random favorite moments of [...]

#48. Go to a Rocky Horror Picture Show showing at midnight

October 11th, 2009


On October 1, 2009 I began the Day Zero Project – where I work through a list of 101 tasks in 1001 days (view the full list at qcait.com/101in1001). Last night I completed #48: Go to a Rocky Horror Picture Show showing at midnight My dear friend Rachael (who adores Tim Curry like no one [...]

ACL Fest 2009: Rain Can’t Stop the Rock

October 5th, 2009


The Austin City Limits music festival this year can pretty much be summed up in one tweet: “Rain can’t stop the rock” – Jason Expectations It was my 7th consecutive year at ACL, so I had a pretty good idea of what to expect. The curve ball this year was the festival date change. Pushing [...]