You Have to be Brave with Your Life

You have to be brave with your life so that others can be brave with theirs.

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Thanks For Everything Steve

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” Steve Jobs

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My Best Fit: Leaving Engauge And Adventures Ahead

Wednesday, March 23 was my last day as an employee of Engauge. It was a friendly parting. In short, it wasn’t the best fit for either one of us. Nothing but happy thoughts. What have I been doing since this separation? Relaxing. Refocusing. It’s been lovely. “Always do what you are afraid to do.” - [...]

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CNN Gives SXSW By The Numbers

This year I volunteered to be an iReporter for CNN at SXSW. The concept was to “demystify” the conference and in my seventh year attending, I felt qualified to help portray this. The hitch? I’m a bit of a video amateur. It’s an area I’ve been dying to get more experience in so I jumped [...]

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Chevy, Revolution!, Boxee and StartupBus SXSW Roadtrips

It is longtime common practice for SXSW Music attendees to jump in a car with a few friends (or bandmates) and trek down to Austin mid-March. Over the past couple years, marketers and startups have been enabling geeks to follow suit with scavenger hunts and tours across their respective paths to Texas. Below are a [...]

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SXSW 101 – A Guide For N00bs

I created this for the team at Engauge but received many requests to share. Hope this gets you started and let me know if you have any questions! See you at SXSW. SXSW 2011 – Interactive 101 View more presentations from Tessa Horehled — Update 3/4/2011: Slideshare has featured my presentation on their How-To & [...]

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Twitter Bird – 2010 Halloween Costume

I’m a total geek. What did I dress up as for Halloween this year? Why the Twitter bird, of course! I even made my own custom tweet to carry around with me. My costume:

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Happy 2010 – Digitalutions For A New Decade

Happy New Decade! (We are all tired of hearing “New Year” at this point.) WHERE I’VE BEEN Things have been very busy over at THINK, in addition to co-founding and organizing the inaugural WordCamp Atlanta with Brandon Sheats, one of my perpetual partners-in-crime, and moving to a very cute new apartment in the Poncey-Highlands neighborhood [...]

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