When a Knight Foundation representative recenlty compared newspapers to wax records the twittersphere exploded with jokes and riffs. Fortunately, Poynter.org collected much of the commentary into a handy Storify embed. Read and laugh after the jump ...
August is always bitter sweet -- I am constantly driving around with the windows down, radio blaring nostalgic songs like "Boys of Summer," "California Girls" and "Sumer Breeze" -- trying to hold on to the last bit of summer that I can. I think everyone can relate. August marks the height of this awesome season because no one wants to return to reality...
Summer internships are winding down! What to do before you leave...
Although internships are notorious for giving interns tasks that no one else wants to do -- this is not the whole picture.
Last week, the interns working at Idealab in Pasadena, CA had a round table discussion on projects and internship expectations ... *gulp*. As you may know, Idealab is home to new technology ideas. As such, it provides a inspired setting and infrastructure to early stage start-ups. An internship discussion among ten of us covered a broad range of subjects -- everything from robotics and computer engineering to sales, social media and PR.
I'm @mflaher and I am summer interning @PerfectMarket. Each week, I am collecting the top five tweets about summer internships — some are funny, some are strange, and some are insightful. Here are this week's top five, enjoy! — Meghan
Week 11: Perfect Market celebrated Independence Day with fireworks, traveling, and fascination over 3D phones. Some traveled abroad to destinations such as Taiwan, or within the state to San Francisco. Others stayed local to enjoy the fabulous firework display, or chose the Burning Man Opera as an alternative. The Perfect Market team seemed to enjoy the holiday weekend as we move quickly through July 2011!
Perfect Market CEO Julie Schoenfeld was appointed judge for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2011 Awards in the Greater Los Angeles region for the third year. Tonite the regional award winner is expected to be announced at a ceremony in Beverly Hills. Reflecting on her successive experiences, Julie has provided a series of insights on the E&Y judging process and the caliber of the candidates. Julie Schoenfeld's "Five Facts About Entrepreneurs" is after the jump. Congratulations to all of the the finalists.
Christmas in June ...
We've got team members snowboarding up at Mammoth, and frosty treats served up at the local frozen yogurt shop for our company summer outing. Somehow, David Blaine levitating about London has magically appeared in our photo feed as well. It looks like he may be wearing a white Snuggie. See? It really is Christmas in June.
We had big plans for the Perfect Market company summer outing. ...
Julie Schoenfeld, CEO of Perfect Market, just returned from AllThingsD's D9 this afternoon. Here are Julie's top ten tweets from the event, highlighting 'Gang of Four' think, DARPA's Dugan, Kara Swisher's 'twitter crush' on dreamy @jack, Groupon's mega deal of the day, and more.
14 August 2011 By Perfect Market
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