May 7, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | General Webbiness
You may recall that I have a mild obsession with stockphotos. They pepper my blog posts ironically, like a hipster wearing a wolf t-shirt. I think they’re hilarious and strange, mostly because they are almost always look so staged, so canned, and just so darn...
Apr 21, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Featured, Technology
Two years after the original Star Wars was released, I was born into a home full of scifi addicts (let’s not debate whether Star Wars is scifi or fantasy; for the sake of this blog post I’m going to lump it into scifi: it uses advanced technology, not yet...
Apr 15, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Staff Experience
Ah, open offices. They’re the preferred layout for startups and hip companies showing off their space to potential hires. They foster creativity. They create a culture of openness and collaboration. And they make a lot of us miserable. We’ve written quite...
Apr 7, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Internet Marketing
Remember when ranking well in search was 1. easy 2. effective for your business and 3. super cheap? And then came Google’s algorithm updates that destroyed cheap SEO because marketers had to start acting like people again instead of algorithm-dodging robots....
Mar 24, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Internet Marketing, Social Media News
To follow up on Jen’s recent post about Twitter’s eight-year anniversary, I thought I’d compile a short list of mistakes that businesses regularly make on Twitter. Twitter is one of those platforms that everyone thinks they should be on, but that few...
Mar 17, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Community, Technology
This year marked my second South By Southwest Interactive experience, and now that a few days have passed since the conference ended I think I can begin to express some of the information that I learned. My brain is recovering from an information hangover. As always,...
Mar 3, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Technology
Whether or not you believe there’s a developer shortage (many people do and many people don’t), one thing is clear: tech jobs will only continue to grow as other industries shrink. I’ve got a four-year-old daughter, and I want to help give her the...
Feb 25, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Community
The countdown has begun. Michelle and I will be headed to SXSW Interactive (SXSWi) in just over a week, and if it’s anything like it was last year it’ll be five full days of fascinating and overwhelming talks and panels that will help my business brain and...
Feb 20, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | General Webbiness
Welcome to Natalie’s Thoughts About Stuff. This blog post is my written thoughts on a topic I often mull over but that I don’t have an answer to. I’d love to hear what you think. I spend a lot of time thinking about The User. How will The User...
Feb 12, 2014
by Natalie Winslow | Community
This past weekend I was at Reed College in Portland, Oregon for their annual Working Weekend event. The event is designed to let students know what life will be like after college; panelists (mostly Reed alumni) discuss career paths, give advice, and provide...
