One Louder
Exploring the fine line between clever and stupid. Heather Hamilton is a Staffing Manager and Microsoft Employee Evangelist.
Teenagers: friend your mom at your own peril
You'd be better off logging in at the library (editors note: the library is a building they had in...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 04/08/2010
Trendster job title: Ninja. Unlike.
I get that the young professional generation wants to be able to define themselves. We all did when...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 04/07/2010
How much is "not enough" these days?
There are many things in life that I don't understand: how anyone finds Jim Carrey funny, why...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 04/07/2010
Microsoft Women to Watch: Julie Larson-Green
I'm changing the title from Women Worth Watching, because really? There are many more that are...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/25/2010
Facebook, whining and having a sense of humor
I know that neither Fast Company nor Facebook is assuming that natives of the UK, Canada have no (or...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/24/2010
The part where I acknowledge a minor obsession with a particular snack food
It's part of my childhood (where have you gone, taco flavored Doritos?). And sometimes it's lunch....
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/12/2010
Something about pen and paper
I still like to carry a date book but wish it would sync with Outlook. I like the paper and the pen...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/04/2010
The design guy behind the Windows Phone 7
You know that I don't spend a lot of time pushing Microsoft products. I use them, but I'm not a...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/04/2010
Diversity data holdouts and what some of the biggest silicon valley companies don't want you to know
NPR reports on some of the largest tech companies in the silicon valley withholding their diversity...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/01/2010
As suspected, David Lee Roth is a business genius.
OK, it was never suspected. Didn't even cross my mind really. I mean, the brown M&M thing? It...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/24/2010
Intensity, achievement, ridiculousness and villainry on The Amazing Race
It's exciting to see a Microsoft employee, and his wife, as contestants on the 16th season of The...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/15/2010
Ugly is the new pretty
Looks like we consumers respond more favorably to commercial images that look like "us." This is all...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/09/2010
Managing your social media
Even if you don't engage social media for work (I do, obviously), there is a lot of information...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/09/2010
Is this abra cadabra business creepy or is it just me?
I can't decide. Either weird and creepy or weird and cool?
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/05/2010
I won't be making it into the office today...(cough, cough)
Gawker gives you the rules on using sick days (hint: don't use them when you are sick because that...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/05/2010
Uncluttering at work...
I struggle with time management. I get my stuff done, but the issue of "time" always comes up....
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/04/2010
The possibility of not getting a job because of those jello shots
Apparently, we sponsored a survey that found that the majority of recruiters had declined to pursue...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/28/2010
My mouth is open while you are cleaning my teeth, please make yours closed
Occasionally, I understand grumpy people. I feel sorry for the ones with bad teeth. I kind of like...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/28/2010
Decluttering, Act 3...the hard drive and the scanner
Sometimes to get rid of stuff, you have to buy stuff. Last night I had dinner with my neighbors and...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/26/2010
Decluttering (Act 1, Act 2)
Today I am reminding myself that decluttering my life is probably best done in baby steps. This...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/25/2010
I have to admit, I am not sure this is a good idea.
Bill Gates starts Twittering. I can't say for sure that it's not a good idea. I have just seen so...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/20/2010
You drop food on the floor
Do you eat it? My household just became considerably less angsty. (Source: SF Weekly Foodie Blog)
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/20/2010
Inspiring manifesto
I haven't shopped at lululemon yet, though all my girlfriends talk about it. I may have mentioned...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/20/2010
Meet Marko, a 9 year old IT Administrator
How cute is this kid? Geez. Marko is a 9 year old MCSE. (Story by Ina Fried at Beyond Binary) Now...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/19/2010
Only buy this if you are planning on sleeping alone...
forever (Thanks, Apartment Therapy)
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/15/2010
And while we are taking it to competitors today
Most iPhone users run Windows (See what happens when I don't blog for a while? All my angst gets...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/15/2010
Can't we just let Barbie do what she did before? What did she do again?
"Pick Barbie's new career!" I saw the Facebook buzz about this. And while I think that the...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/14/2010
One day. One conference room. One chair. Too many slides.
My attention span is uhm, what was I saying? Oh, yeah. It's short. Short attention.....zzzz. Short...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/12/2010
The diet for stupid people
Hey, I am sure there are a bunch of new years resolution-makers out there. The gym fills up and then...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/05/2010
Sign me up and make mine a double
Synthetic alcohol? Usually "synthetic" sounds blech. But I'm kind of liking the way that this...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 01/05/2010
Who will bring the presents if Santa dies?
From one of my favorite bloggers, Heather Armstrong. Her daughter asks what we all really want to...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 12/20/2009
Only one vice per season, please
Ho ho ho, it's the time of year to feel that slightly uncomfortable tension between the "Merry...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 12/18/2009
Greatest hits: interview prep
I took a look at this older post recently and thought I would share it because I think it holds up...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 12/09/2009
Finding recruiters and stalking them like a pro
We live in interesting times. Can we all agree on that? I remember the tanky economy in 91 and then...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 12/09/2009
How does an annulment work?
Some things are timely. Some things are funny. Some things just scream "look at me! I am an...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 12/02/2009