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Apr
17
A Change of Mind
April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Animal shelters used to freak me out.
Growing up in the bay area, I only knew of one animal shelter: the pound. It was hardly a shelter. It was more like a prison for lost dogs and cats.
I always thought the pound was a nice place to adopt dogs and cats. My family adopted [...]
Apr
17
A Little Help Really Goes A Long Way
April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was a stifling summer night. I had just moved into my own apartment and aced my last final of the semester. There was nothing that could bring me down. It was just me, the music, a couple of close friends and a faint meowing noise coming from [...]
Apr
15
Social media and the Digital Divide
April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The digital divide is easy to overlook as a college student. Doesn’t everyone talk to their friends via Facebook and Google things they don’t know? How do people live without Gmail labels and a Twitter account?
The reality is that not everyone is as attached to their Macbooks as I am. [...]
Apr
14
For the love of monsters and the promise of social media
April 14, 2009 | 1 Comment
Lula came into my life as a 3-month-old chocolate lab-looking puppy. We had two other labs so we thought she’d fit in just fine. She’d curl up next to our black lab, Lupe, and sleep peacefully throughout the night.
Within four months all signs of Lula the chocolate lab were gone and in her [...]
Apr
13
Effective use of social media influences PR efforts, may bring home the big bone for BHS
April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Members of our agency may run around with a planner in one hand, shots of espresso in the other and timelines that would cause most to quit in the first week–but we’re still human. And, we’ve found, we’re also all animal lovers. Which is why this week we are taking part in the grassroots movement [...]