Unusual day at work

Most of the time I'm in meetings all day, or sitting at my computer going through emails. But today, a change of pace. A big change! I am in Sausalito at The Plant Studios, famous for recording sessions with the likes of Prince, Fleetwood Mac, Dave Matthews and Metallica. We're filming for a marketing program launching later this summer.

Dallas is HOT

I'm in Dallas today for a very quick research trip for work, and the heat almost knocked me over when I got off the plane.

Greetings from hot and sunny Dallas, ya'll!

Social Media in Plain English

I've been having lots of conversations lately with people about Social Media. Outside of the 20-something crowd, Social Media still seems like a bit of a mystery. This video (from the same people who did the Twitter video I shared a month ago), explains it in a completely new way.

As part of my job I am working on how to better take advantage of Social Media for the benefit of my company. But on my own behalf, I've found this trend to be quite useful and fascinating.

Enjoy this short video. I'd love to hear what you think!

Twittering

I've been experimenting with Twitter. Don't know about Twitter? There is a great YouTube video explaining Twitter in plain English here. I've been learning about it for work, and have found it strangely addictive. You can see my Twitter feed here: http://twitter.com/laurelh. Looks like a lot of companies are starting to use Twitter and I have someone on my team who is looking at ways we can use it at Intuit. So I figured I'd better get up to speed! If you are a twitter user, let me know so I can follow you!