One Louder
Exploring the fine line between clever and stupid. Heather Hamilton is a Staffing Manager and Microsoft Employee Evangelist.
Interns create game for XBox 360 and questions about Second Life
(This should probably be 2 separate blog posts but the topics are related and I'm feeling impatient...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 05/15/2007
Are commentary and advertising incompatable?
I thought this was interesting. Editor writes article critical of Apple. CEO censors it. Editor...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 05/14/2007
Speaking of humor...
Some of these are hilarious. If you are easily offended or don't want to be offended, then don't...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 05/11/2007
Getting better at being funny
We are getting there. I like the ads for suspicious male and hot male...ooops, I mean mail. The...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 05/10/2007
Pink Love and Music
Over on Pink is The New Blog (oh, I read it, I admit it), Trent is giving away a new pink Zune. It's...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 05/04/2007
It's so hard not to pun
when Metamucil's marketing team leaves you looking for more, um, substance, or something. Look at...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 05/03/2007
Because the numbers don't lie
Pow! And also, Shazam!
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 05/03/2007
In an effort to explain the name of my blog
I tried to explain the name of my blog recently and failed miserably at conveying the humor. I...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 05/03/2007
This totally happens at my house too
Only the belly is bigger Rub! My! Belly! from arielmeadow Ariel recently started at Microsoft (in...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 05/02/2007
So I know this guy at Microsoft...
Someone just sent me an e-mail asking about how to leverage a Microsoft employee that is willing to...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 05/01/2007
Wost day of my life....
all six years of it. Watch the whole thing. Thanks Tim.
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 04/27/2007
Even less like my headshot
Man, I need to get a new picture on my blog...even I don't think I look like the same person as that...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 04/24/2007
Deeper meaning
How cool is it to have a linguist analyze your blog posts? I knew all that stuff before I posted...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 04/24/2007
I'm being manipulated by the media into rational behavior
I know that there's all kinds of Earth Day stuff going on. It borders on the Hallmark holiday...we...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 04/23/2007
Vendors and conferences and flipping the funnel
I'm going to the Electronic Recruiting Exchange Conference this week. It's a recruiting industry...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 04/16/2007
Take as much time off as you want
At Netflix, you can. The key is creating performance-based assessments. Same reason why my team...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 04/09/2007
Tape worms can be fun....
OK, probably not really. But some of our friends overseas may have a different perspective on little...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/23/2007
We interrupt this broadcast for more news of the obvious
What? Wikipedia may not be accurate?
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/22/2007
A little disconcerting
I just had one of those moments at the gym where I think someone recognized me from my blog. This...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/21/2007
If you don't have time to tell me what you are looking for, I don't have time to recruit for you
This isn't a rant and it's not intended to be a big complainy post about hiring managers. I've been...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/20/2007
Madlibs for lazy bloggers
Dear Bloggers and friends, I'm so sorry I haven't blogged since week before last (time frame). I...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/17/2007
Let's just deal with the fact that fast food is not good for you, shall we?
Obviously, I am not the only health conscious consumer out there. I can't imagine I am the only one...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/13/2007
Exactly what you think it's going to be
Overheard In The Office This is some hilarious stuff...some of these people should look around...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/13/2007
I did it.
I met one of my personal goals today. I ran (well, jogged actually) a 5K race without stopping. I...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/11/2007
I prefer that you predict the end of the world on a Monday, not a Friday
From Dave Lefkow. Seriously, what happens when you show up for the interview looking nothing like...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/09/2007
Be picky about where you park
Today, Seth Godin writes about where you park and the message it sends to the people you work with....
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/07/2007
Future Microsoft employee delivered at 65 MPH
Microsoft employee Brian Kirkman and wife Liz raced to the hospital where they planned to deliver...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 03/01/2007
Last blast? Get a grip
Newscasters should be more careful; what with the previous weather issues and all. Don't they know...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/28/2007
Why is the MBA important?
I got a question from blog reader on the importance of the MBA. It's a great question. Many of our...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/27/2007
Dynamics Platform Technical Evangelist
Want to help change the SMB software industry? Are you a big-picture thinker, interested in...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/22/2007
jetBlue
The video of David Neeleman, CEO of jetBlue, is getting a lot of play online. It's posted on their...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/21/2007
Daylight Savings Time and your SmartPhone
I just got e-mail about this and wouldn't have even known otherwise. I think I heard talk at one...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/17/2007
The caveman's having a party and you are early
I'm having a little too much fun with this.
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/13/2007
The New Normal
Every once in a while, I will go through a period of time where I experience a higher level of...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/09/2007
Using contests for good
I love this: Richard Branson offers a $25m prize to the scientist that finds a way to reduce...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/09/2007
Blogging is an art, not a science
Wait, it's the other way around. Or it's both. Oh forget it.
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/08/2007
Chicago coolness...Go Bears!
Many of you know I moved to the Seattle area from Chicago. Back when I was in high school, there was...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/04/2007
Speaking of Windows Vista Advertising and Mac ads
Todd shows us the new Lost previews sponsored by Microsoft. I'm not a marketing person (please,...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/02/2007
Microsoft not participating in Superbowl advertising
``The last thing a marketer should do is assume that they need to be on the Super Bowl.'' I could...
Author: HeatherLeigh Date: 02/02/2007