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.
Perfect Market summer intern Meredith Bell proved her mettle at the Idealab Banana Split Speed Eating contest. Not only did she pound through a pie plate filled with a Neapolitan ice cream sundae, but she also proved to be a great sport, providing her fellow contestant (the final winner) with a spare hair clip so he could see. Great job, Meredith! (We hope you'll come back next summer ...?)
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 10! Looks like we've made it after all. Thanks to the Perfect Market team for providing wonderful glimpses into your lives.
Kittens and puppies and Scoble, OH MY!
With all the tiny canines and felines being shepharded into the extended Perfect Market family, it's a wonder we don't hold a 'Zoo Babies' party in the office. (Oh, that's right. Some of us don't like animals.) The bigger question may be, who is taking care of all these tiny fur tykes, as so many of us are out on the road. Last week, a healthy contingency headed to Seattle for client meetings and SMX Advanced. Another group headed east for Internet Week NYC. Meanwhile, back at the Pasadena HQ, Robert Scoble appeared for a Friday lunch to speak at Idealab University. Here are some of our favorite moments from the second week of June.
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.
13 August 2011 By Perfect Market
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