For being such a lil town, Aspen sure is big into politics. And I don’t just mean the who-has-the-best-seats-at-the-Wheeler kind. The coolest thing, despite how you feel about any given candidate, is that Aspen’s political activism is not limited to the over-30, house-owning, property-tax paying set; the youngsters of Aspen are just as involved as…
Category: Business
Austin: New Local Daily Deal Site GivShop
Only in Austin, where deal sites populate the city like musicians, would we have a new daily deal site that gives back–as in, 50% of your purchase price goes back to a non-profit of your choice. How ridiculously cool is that? Hello GivShop. Joining Groupon, LivingSocial, aDealio, Localiter, and Eversave, GivShop offers similar fare to…
5 tips for success from LIVESTRONG President & CEO, Doug Ulman
1. If you’re in a position to hire people, always hire people who are smarter than you. 2. Set goals that seem unachievable, otherwise you’ll never truly realize what’s possible. 3. Overcommunicate everything you do. 4. Being naïve and audacious is a recipe for success. 5. Need help? Just ask. Even seasoned professionals you may…
Giveaway! WIN $75 from thisislifeinaustin/aspen!
Cross your fingers for me … we’re looking at a fab apartment in Aspen with a high bar-table … what some call “bistro sets.” Even if we don’t snag that apartment (apartments in Aspen are IMPOSSIBLE, btw), we could buy a sweet table (or at least part of one) IF we won the lifeinaustin/aspen giveaway…
Business: You Gotta Be GOOD
I am definitely a student of the internet–I love reading the latest research, trends, musings, etc on the web, social media, the future, the past, and all that goes along with the changing way people interact. Scott Perry puts out the New Music Tipsheet, an incredible resource I started reading back in 2007 when this…
Title IX at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Saturday night, I attended Aspen Ideas Festival panel The Promise of Play/Women & Girls: You Go, Girl! How Title IX Galvanized Play for Women Key players: Beth A. Brooke, Ernst & Young global vice chair of strategy, communications and regulatory affairs, ranked among Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women in the World, former Purdue basketball player…
Recap of Social Media & Journalism Panel
Aspen Ideas Festival Panel: Living Digitally: Is Social Media Transforming Journalism? Um, duh? Here are the key players: With Moderator Charlie Firestone, executive director of the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program, we have: Vivian Schiller, current President and CEO of NPR, former SVP of The New York Times Company and General Manager of NYTimes.com,…
Aspen: Aspen Smart Kids (Ideas) Festival July 5-11
They say all the real business in the world happens in Aspen, in secret. Well today kicks off the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic magazine’s gathering of great minds, including 13+ former heads of state and Bill Clinton (who a friend of mine shamelessly chased down the street last time he…
Aspen: Thursdays in Snowmass
After Food & Wine, I’d say the next most-talked-about thing by people who have lived or visited Aspen in the summer is “those free outdoor concerts … on the mountain … in Snowmass …” they usually say, as if recalling the good times first and barely letting me break into their reverie for the details…
Redesign!
What say you, interwebs? To accommodate the Austin and Aspen posts, I thought it’d be prudent to have three posts displaying in the primetime spot on the site. If you RSS read, you do not probably care. If you don’t, however, hello!! Since the new design is all suave-eh, say adios to my sweet but…