The Good in Life

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2009-02-19T20:24:00.001-08:00

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
Good book to get you thinking creatively. It gives you lots of different ideas --- Freedom from pride, belief in yourself and renewing the child in you.

It's written in such a unique way that it keeps you interested. I took lots of notes - especially of the creativity games they suggest at the end.

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"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

2009-01-15T07:42:00.000-08:00

Quote was by Robert F. Kennedy

2009-01-12T12:34:00.000-08:00

2008-10-13T22:11:00.001-07:00

Finishing the movie The Pianist. Rough movie. but so interesting to learn about the history...

Grandma's Birthday Video!

2008-07-18T20:14:00.000-07:00

Spielberg's Boom Blox!

2008-05-10T06:00:00.000-07:00

In USA Today, I heard Spielberg came up with his first video game for Ninetendo's Wii - it's for adults and kids where you build and knock down blocks. I think the graphics looks really cool which is what brought my attention to this story. Neat game!

Benefit Concert and Great Artist

2008-05-04T14:38:00.000-07:00

I got this video from a post on AroundMidtown, which was talking about a rock concert, hosted by Music Inspires Health, raising awareness of behavior-related health threats to young people. Not only do I like this artist, Ben Kweller, but the video is hilarious. She looks so happy and she is so fit! I hope I look and act like her when I am older!

Anyone gotten to see him in concert?

Computer as a Part of Your Wardrobe

2008-04-29T20:30:00.000-07:00

They are called the Beauty and the Geek Jeans Sport Built-In Keyboard. Not only does it have the keyboard across your lap, but there are built in speakers, a joystick and a bag in the back pocket for your mouse. They were designed by Erik De Nijs and I heard about it from kissatlanta. I also got the pictures from the Computer Shopper blog.

Drum Machine!

2008-04-24T18:36:00.000-07:00

This animated web site is way too cool! You should check it out - especially if you like music or animations!

Earth Day and Baseball

2008-04-22T11:25:00.001-07:00

So many Earth Day articles and blogposts today and this baseball article caught my attention. It is just really creative, kind of funny and great at the same time.

Neal Cruz's editorial in the Philippine Inquirer was also a good reminder of why we even have Earth Day.
If we all just do even one thing like:
* Turn off our lights when we leave home
* Use cold water to wash clothes and only wash when have full load.
* Carpool, take public transportation, bike!

Anything will help if everyone does one thing.

I found this picture on Flickr - thanks Angela7dreams. It's of the South China sea.

Happy Earth Day everyone!

My Atlanta.net Internship

2008-04-20T20:08:00.000-07:00

I have been working with Sherry Heyl for about a month now on the Atlanta.net web site. We are bringing people to the site's new online community called ATL Insider where people can post about what they like to do in Atlanta, where the best places are to stay, what the best attractions are, etc. This way any tourists can also use this site to get insight on Atlanta from the Atlantans themselves. It is a great idea and I have had SO much fun. My job has been the online recruiting part where I get to find the Atlantans online in places like social networks, on blogs, in virtual worlds, or even on twitter. We say at every meeting "this is the best internship ever isn't it?!" Because it's a lot of fun! Sherry's blog explains the project a little more. AND the blog has a picture of my avatar in Second Life in it. :)

We also had our big event (Net Party) last Thursday at the Tongue and Groove in Buckhead. I got to interview people there about all their favorite Atlanta hotspots. Now, I have been posting all their answers online either at the Atlanta.net site in the ATL Insider or my personal community in Kaneva.

This is a video of interviews at the Atlanta.net party:

iPhone + eBooks

2008-04-18T08:36:00.000-07:00

I am a big reader - I love to read and wish I could read more often then I already do. I think it would be really awesome to be able to have a book I am reading on my iPhone all the time. I am hoping Apple gets this all worked out so that it's easy to do and lots of books are available.

Rap Music Mix Animated Video

2008-04-16T17:06:00.001-07:00

I don't really know how to explain it but the video is really funny! You should check out kissatlanta's blog cause that's where it's at!

The First Starbucks Ever

2008-04-15T21:59:00.000-07:00

How cool! I want to go to this Starbucks one day. This is a really need web site with a "tour" that you can personally move around your mouse to see the whole store and click on the stars to find out more about it. It really is interesting if you have any interest in Starbucks. This is part of their campaign right now about going back to the basics from their beginning. And they just launched their new coffee called Pike Place Roast which is named after where their first Starbucks was located. I think this is a great road for Starbucks to take right now - trying to show their audience that they are taking steps to make sure they are still producing great coffee like they were in the beginning even though they are now a HUGE company.

I have tried this new coffee and personally love it. Anyone else tried it and have any comments about it? I know there are many different opinions about Starbucks out there.

Guitar Playing You've Never Seen Before

2008-04-15T19:22:00.000-07:00

Again I found a great musical piece on Merri's blog. People are so creative. I love it. This video is good not only because you usually don't see two people playing one song but also they look like they're having a lot of fun.

Thanks Merri!

Anyone else have a creative talent or seen something like this before?

Twitter Lovers!

2008-04-14T19:56:00.001-07:00

For those of you who are true to twitter... this video is for you. I love it.

I found this on her blog.

Out of the Box

2008-04-12T16:44:00.000-07:00

I love creative, out-of-the-ordinary ideas - I found a great example on the kissatlanta blog. IKEA putting their furniture, curtains and other examples on a monorail is definitely an out-of-the-box idea. Easily creating attention and conversation is the exact way you want it to be. Anyone else have good creative examples?"

Atlanta!

2008-04-10T20:16:00.001-07:00

Great video of Atlanta:

Springtime Mix

2008-04-09T18:44:00.000-07:00

A friend recommended this mix on twitter and I have no idea how you can just make a mix like this and pass it around as a link but I'm gonna figure it out. For now, here's the mix - it's pretty darn good. And I will come back later to explain how this is possible.

Creative and Talented Artist

2008-04-09T18:05:00.001-07:00

Not only is she singing a cappella but she also uses no insruments. I found this on Merri Williams' blog. It's a really great video:

Facebook Banning People for Spamming

2008-04-07T16:22:00.000-07:00

I stumbled upon this article today about a guy who sent out a mass message to all these financial groups on Facebook because he works in finance too and thought it was a great networking opportunity. I thought the article was pretty interesting because immediately after he sent this mass message, he was banned from Facebook forever. I didn't realize that Facebook did this so easily.

I think this response from Facebook might have been a little harsh - maybe he should have gotten a warning or something like that since this was only his first time sending a large message that seemed like spam. He said that he made the message very personal and relevant. However, it sounded to me like he knew he was taking a risk by sending the message to such a large audience so I think he should've known that he should maybe spend a little more time to contact these people in a different way. People do not respond to mass emails or anything like that very well... So it would have been a lot more effective for him in the long run anyway to spend time to write messages maybe to one group at a time. If he wasn't banned from Facebook.. I'm not sure he would have received much of a response in the first place.

ING Marathon and Half Marathon

2008-04-01T17:32:00.001-07:00

First of all, I love Atlanta. And I also like running so this weekend was lots of fun running the ING half marathon. The race was so neat because the views while I was running made the run go pretty fast. Starting at Centennial Park and moving through the neighborhoods around the city (passing Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home) as well as going across this bridge that gave me the prettiest wide view of the city that there is (this is when I stopped to take a stretching break). You can see a video of the whole route or just pictures and upcoming dates of races on their web site. Even though I am still a little sore today... the race was worth it and so much fun. You should check out this web site to see a video/ tour of the whole route. It's pretty neat.

Funny Dance Video

2008-03-30T20:50:00.000-07:00

This just made me laugh.

Behind the Scenes: Dance Off! from Human Giant on Vimeo.

Celebrate Good Times

2008-03-25T21:16:00.000-07:00

This is a very happy music video:

Celebrate Good Times Come On!

I Need Coffee

2008-03-17T09:40:00.000-07:00

If you like Starbucks... you should check out this article on Devin Page's blog:

http://www.ineedcoffee.com/05/starbucks/

I love Starbucks and always talk about how the atmosphere makes it the great place it is. And I would like to believe that the ideals behind Starbucks are to "embrace diversity" ...etc. like this article says are part of their principles.

Starbucks: The Way I See It

2008-02-26T10:53:00.000-08:00

Cute quote off of a Starbuck's cup - this is one of their "The Way I See It" quotes that they always have on their cups:

Childhood is a strange country. It's a place you come from or go to - at least in your mind. For me it has an endless, spellbound something in it that feels remote. It's like a little sealed-vault country of cake breath and grass stains where what you do instead of work is spin until you're dizzy.
- Lyall Bush
Executive director of Richard Hugo House, a center for writers and readers

This quote just made me think of good times and spinning around in a field on a sunny day feeling like a kid again.

And speaking of Starbucks - what a great move on their part creating a time to focus on improving their "art of espresso." If you haven't heard yet - Starbucks is closing today to re-train all their employees to make coffee...etc. whatever else... "The Way I See It" is I think this is such a great Public Relations move. And I think Starbucks really needed something like this - because honestly, like I read in an article about Starbucks earlier, I agree that not all Starbucks baristas are good and it is always a bad day to get a specialty drink from them that just wasn't made right. This was a smart and necessary move for Starbucks.

Beautiful Sun in Georgia

2008-01-28T22:42:00.001-08:00

What I like about Atlanta, well there's a lot I like about Atlanta but I really like... the weather. It's January 28th and it was in the 60s today. I absolutely love it.

Good weekend

2008-01-27T21:47:00.001-08:00

My favorite girl tennis player - Maria Sharapova - won the Australian Open this weekend!! She deserved it so much. She is such a fighter and I envy her drive to play better tennis every day. She is always playing her hardest on the court for every single point; it inspires me to find something I want to work that hard at. The Australian Open was extra fun to watch this year since the ending was so great with her win.

Good quote: If you wait too long for the perfect moment, the moment will pass you by.

My first hello!

2008-01-11T19:22:00.000-08:00

My name is Mallory and I am going to use this blog just simply to post things that I think are interesting ideas, events, really just anything good going on in the world. I love quotes, I love my dog, I love running and tennis. I mean.. i am a HUGE tennis fan (watching and playing). I love family and friends and love. I love health talk about exercise and food. I love new media, technology, the news... So these are all automatically probably things I will talk about a good amount. I have a very bad memory so I also hope that this can be a place where I put things that I thought were neat and be able to remember them more clearly later on. Anyway, i will end with a quote of the day that I liked:
It's not the decision you make, but how you go about dealing with it that truly matters. :)