Category Archives: much excitement

Ni hao from the greater Washington, DC area!

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

(Another reason I don’t belong in China:  I am too enormous.) I’ve been back from China for about three weeks now, and it’s really nice to be home.  I like it here.  I liked it there, too, but not enough … Continue reading →

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Ni hao from Nanjing!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

I’m in China!  Today is Tuesday, and it’s 1:00 in the afternoon.  Back home, it’s also Tuesday, but it’s 1:00 in the morning.  Time zones, how do they work? My first few days here, and especially the journey to Nanjing, … Continue reading →

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Final project!

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

The semester’s finally coming to a close– wow.  I’m mostly finished with my final project, a social media plan for my “client,” Doorways for Women and Families.  Here (hopefully) is my presentation (or at least a link to it), created … Continue reading →

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This is just a test.

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

I just launched a mini-Google AdWords campaign as an exercise for my class.  Since I have nothing to sell or any real services to provide, I’m pimping my 100% inauthentic peanut sauce recipe from the previous post.  In less than … Continue reading →

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Revelation time: The future of business is selling less of more.

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

(The Long Tail joins Groundswell in the thumbs-up club.) The Long Tail, by Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson, is a rarity: a book about economics that’s fun to read. So, what is the long tail?  It turns out that most of … Continue reading →

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Adventure!

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

(via) Exciting news, friends!  I’m going on an adventure!  Here are the details: I am going to China for two weeks this summer. I will be taking a class about communication in (guess where?) China. I will be studying and … Continue reading →

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My fancy new blog!

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

I lied; it’s not that fancy or even that new.  But I’m still pretty excited about owning my own little corner of the interwebs, nicolevins.com! So for the class I’m taking this semester (did you know I’m taking a class … Continue reading →

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“A groundswell is rising. Are you ready?”

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

I just finished reading Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff’s Groundswell, and in five semesters of graduate study, I’ve never been so jazzed about an assigned reading.  This book set off all sorts of light bulbs for me; for the first … Continue reading →

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The best part of today: Wednesday, November 10

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

I spend a lot of time complaining, and I shouldn’t, because I have a pretty great life. Frankly, I’m getting quite sick of myself.  The “woe is me” attitude isn’t cute, and you know what?  No one cares that my … Continue reading →

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#snowpocalypse2 #snOMG #dcsnow

Posted on February 8, 2010 by

Another snow day, hooray! I love when snow brings around the end of days. (View from my bedroom on Friday night. Snowy as shit, yo!) This guy and I went “sledding” down the steep hill outside our apartment on a … Continue reading →

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