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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Experiencing Media – Tourist Habits

It’s my own fault for traveling to almost exclusively capital cities but my entire time in Europe has been a sport in avoiding tourists. Here inside the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, I don’t know why I find myself surprised that so many visitors spend longer reading the descriptions, listening to their audio guides and [...]

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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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What’s On My iPhone Home Screen

Per Jeff’s blog post earlier this week, I’m sharing what I have on my iPhone home screen at the moment. It’s a small miracle I have notifications on this screenshot. I’m highly distracted by notifications so I do my best to keep them clear or out of sight. Home Screen iCal: So I have some [...]

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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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Atlanta Boxee Meetup At Engauge

Boxee is on a roadtrip en route to SXSW (that’s like the thing to do now apparently) and my agency, Engauge, is hosting their Atlanta meetup! We’re coming to Atlanta on our way to SxSW. We’d love to meet up and talk with users and developers. We’ll give an update about where Boxee is, and [...]

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Social Fresh Charlotte – Culture and Talent

This week I attended my fourth Social Fresh conference, back in it’s home market of Charlotte, North Carolina. Many of the usual suspects were present including Amber Naslund of Radian 6, Bert DuMars of Newell-Rubbermaid, and Zena Weist of H&R Block. This was my first Social Fresh not speaking or moderating and I have to [...]

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Think To Engauge

Working aggressively within your career at a young age provides some unique challenges, being young in general offers it’s own healthy chunk, and a hard to satiate drive poses a number of decisions. In my late teenage years and early twenties, I wanted to love my job. I was working in the music industry on [...]

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