I love content creation tools that put wizard wands into the hands of Muggles. Instagram did this for photos, allowing mere mortals like me to create and share photos that were beautiful and expressive. Vine allows us to elegantly create short, 6-second videos through an intuitive interface. Takes is Read more »
#ContentTools: Effortless Storytelling from Disney’s New Story App
by Ann Handley May 12, 2013 » Add more comments.
Some Thoughts on Leaning In: Giving Context to the Soundbites
by Ann Handley April 7, 2013 » Add more comments.
Friday I had the opportunity to see Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg speak at the Harvard Club of Boston. She was in town to promote her new book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. Let me preface my comments with a preface: 1. Lean In the book had Read more »
My Out Of Office Auto-Responder
by Ann Handley February 22, 2013 » Add more comments.
Well, this is a disappointment. You dispatch an email to me only to have a response immediately — Holy cats! An email back! You got an email back!! Then you realize it’s just a dumb auto-responder. Nothing remotely personal about it. The bitter truth rises in your gut when you Read more »
8 Things I Know About Christmas
by Ann Handley December 26, 2012 » Add more comments.
1. It’s not a major holiday until the smoke detector goes off. 2. My favorite holidays feel like hibernating. But with better food. And sometimes, presents. 3. The proper attire for Christmas dinner is jammies. 4. Under Armor is the greatest invention ever for the perpetually cold. And by “perpetually Read more »
I Don’t Want to Go, But I Can’t Wait to Get There
by Ann Handley November 25, 2012 » Add more comments.
“You can want one thing and have a secret wish for its opposite.” ―Deb Caletti, The Six Rules of Maybe Tonight I leave on an 8 PM flight for a six-day trip from Boston, Massachusetts, to Istanbul, Turkey. It’s a 10-hour flight—almost 5,000 miles—and when I say it’s a world Read more »
‘If It’s Empty, Fill It’… and 10 Other Rules for Living Companionably with Teenagers, Kids and the Generally Clueless
by Ann Handley November 17, 2012 » Add more comments.
I created this slide show a while ago, after a particularly interesting challenging irritatingly irritating few days when I felt like I was the only one in my household who recognized stuff that needed doing. And the only one who subsequently did it. Can you relate? I’m sorry.
Ann Handley is not impressed. (The back story.)
by Ann Handley August 14, 2012 » Add more comments.
Dani Hagen had the idea late last week to create a MarketingProfs version of the Olympic-inspired meme, “McKayla is not impressed.” Because I live under a rock, apparently, I had only a vague notion of what Dani was referring to. It turns out that she was referring to US Read more »
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