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Exploring the fine line between clever and stupid. Heather Hamilton is a Staffing Manager and Microsoft Employee Evangelist.
What does Irony Taste Like?
Super-light, not too fruity, high acid and clean finish. What, you were expecting a more...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/12/2008
Bill Gates Joins LinkedIn
Article in WSJ. How many bets that he is going to be a super-linker? I don't care, I just want to be...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/28/2008
My friends are cooler than your friends
This is my friend Lindsey, who I had lunch with today:< She told me about this (which happened...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/27/2008
troubling...
I find it troubling that the word "fridge" has a 'd' in it and refrigerator does not. Who says...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/26/2008
Still sick...jeez
I haven't been writing because I've been sick and the last thing you want to do when you are sick is...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/26/2008
You've gotta love the Seattle spirit
Quarter of 6 pm on a clear day in February, fifty degrees. My neighbors are in their backyard...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/19/2008
Looking for Dim Sum
Can anyone from Seattle recommend a place for Dim Sum; preferrably in the international district?...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/15/2008
Gary Coleman
So Gary Coleman says he's secretly been married. Well, really? Is it a secret when nobody cares? I...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/14/2008
Just sick enough
I generally pride myself on my good health. You know, healthy eating, going to the gym, never...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/13/2008
It's possible
to not want kids but still think this is the cutest thing in the world. Stick your finger in your...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/12/2008
Evaluating Career Opportunities: It’s Not Just About the Numbers
Here's an article I wrote recently for Pragmatic Marketing, which appeared in their February...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/12/2008
Like a dream come true
for people like me who actually enjoyed going to caucus (come on, it was interesting and I got to...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/11/2008
Celebrity Apprentice....sorry
That last recap took me about 3 hours. I can't do it anymore. I'm a quitter, but I am a quitter with...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/11/2008
Men, women and competition
Over on the Freakonomics blog, there's an interesting post on men, women and the nature of...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/07/2008
Eating at Microsoft
Here's an article on food services at Microsoft. Working from home, I don't eat on campus that...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/05/2008
I watched the Super Bowl Ads so You Don't Have To
Super bowl, blah, blah. I wasn't that interested this year. I don't have any ties to either team...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/04/2008
How come so funny?
I know....lolcats. I can honestly look at these all day.
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/30/2008
Twenty Questions
One of the things we are doing on our team, which is geographically dispersed, is to play a game of...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/30/2008
Economists turn college football into something really geeky
Thought some of you might like this: a predictive model of where recruits will go. If there's a venn...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/29/2008
Third Place is You're Fired
Interesting article on Slate about the impact of Tiger Woods on other golfers' performance. One...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/28/2008
The Small Business Show
Just found out about this from a co-worker. Evidently, we (Microsoft) have a web show about small...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/25/2008
Marketing Recruiting Event in the Bay Area Next Week
My team is helping to recruit for this event. Thought I would share the announcement in case anyone...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/25/2008
Next time you are on a boring conference call...
...bring a stack of catalogs from your recycle pile and cancel them here
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/24/2008
Isn't it weird...
how "In it to win it" and "You've got to be in it to win it" mean two totally different things? One...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/24/2008
Starbucks and the $1 cup of coffee
Sometimes business decisions defy reason. And marketing decisions don't even make the tiniest bit of...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/23/2008
For Celebrity Apprentice Lovers...
both of you. Or people that love the idea, but not enough to watch the show. Or people that think...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/23/2008
Marketing plus potty humor
If you don't appreciate potty humor or clever marketing, don't watch this. And can I tell you how...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/23/2008
Is Microsoft getting it's own "Easy Button?"
Looks like we hired Todd Peters, the exec from Staples that handled the whole easy button thing....
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/23/2008
Flip-flops and iPods and Trophies, Oh My!
Much is being made of the values of "Millenials" relative to other worker age groups, in this 60...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/21/2008
An Analysis of Social Networking Sites
I know a large number of "experts" (and also experts) have done analysis on social networking sites....
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/21/2008
Depressed Today?
Heard on the news that today is the "most depressing" day of the year. I don't think that they were...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/21/2008
Executive Recruiting Researcher Role
OK, I generally don't post jobs here but a co-worker sent me this description and, although my blog...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/14/2008
When a man loves a woman
Don't tell me we don't have some brilliant marketers here.
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/11/2008
Caucus
In case you were also wondering what a caucus is and it's impact on party nominees. For some reason,...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/08/2008
Random
And awesome. Who doesn't love Dave Grohl and what is wrong with them?
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/08/2008
Whoah...Seattle Storm!
Just saw on the news that Lisa Brummel (our VP of HR and my boss's boss's boss) is one of the new...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/08/2008
Mozilla lays an egg...
and launches viral campaign that jokes about cancer. Wow. I'm not sure what excuse is acceptable...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/08/2008