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Goodbye, and Thanks for Everything

Today is my last day at Planned Television Arts, where I have been the social media coordinator for nearly two years in their Interactive division. I will be starting a new position with the online marketing team at HarperCollins Children’s Books very soon.
I thought it would be fun to run through my memories of my [...]

Deep versus surface interaction

My friend and coworker Christina approaches people in a different way than I do. When she talks to people in real life, on Twitter, or on G-chat, she will normally discuss:
1. Their family
2. Their hopes and dreams
3. Their childhoods
4. Their significant others
5. Their past relationships
6. Their pets
7. The professional affiliations of everyone they’ve ever met
8. [...]

Your PR Job is Killing You Dead

Have you heard? Working your nine to five is literally killing you dead. Thanks to the Daily Mail for, as always, not blowing things out of proportion.
But the truth is that flacks like us spend 75% of our waking hours sitting in front of our computers, doing our flacky thing. And no matter how [...]

Of all the blog-joints in all the world…

Hello there, everyone! You’ve wandered in before I’ve had a chance to spruce the place up a bit, but no worries. You’re as welcome here as anywhere. Put up your feet, have something cool to drink, and let’s have a nice, relaxing chat.
I’m TJ and this is where my professional self will be living [...]