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Thank You, Maria

Megan Smith — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:47:14 -0500

Gina is doing some great work, and it was such a pleasure to be with a group of bright and enthusiastic internet professionals.

And I look forward to seeing you there next year!

Megan
BlogHer Contributing Editor, TV/Online Video

Megan's Minute

Incredible coverage

Maria Niles — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:59:56 -0500

OK - finally caught up on your coverage of BWB, Megan! While I am totally jealous that you got to cover this conference, I deeply appreciate the fabulous work you've done to help us all experience the event vicariously.

Gina and her work are impressive. I love how it sounds like she's created a space for learning, community, friendship and respect to all come together. It makes perfect sense that BlogHer would support such an event.

I really hope to be there next year. Third year, three's a charm... right?

BlogHer Contributing Editor
PopConsumer
Beyond Help

Thank You Ladies!

Megan Smith — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:44:59 -0500

Hi Nordette, Suzanne and Candelaria,

I'm very glad you liked getting to know Gina better.

It was my pleasure to bring you a bit more insight about her.

Megan
BlogHer Contributing Editor, TV/Online Video

Megan's Minute

She's Something Else!

Megan Smith — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:08:16 -0500

She's something else, isn't she?

It was great finally meeting her in person.

Megan
BlogHer Contributing Editor, TV/Online Video

Megan's Minute

I know of work, but I don't know her

Nordette — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:32:51 -0500

I like both WAOD and Michelle Obama Watch. This is the first interview I've seen with Gena and she is phenomenal. She inpires me. Thanks, Megan.

Nordette Adams is a BlogHer CE & you can find her other stuff through Her 411.

Thanks

Candelaria Silva — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:06:01 -0500

I am going to work to be able to attend the conference next year and will check out the other blogs you mentioned. I like authentic, passionate people: Gina and you are two!

http://blog.candelarisilva.com

Good and plenty!

I'm a huge fan of WAOD!

Suzanne Reisman — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:51:19 -0500

Thanks for this awesome interview!

Suzanne Reisman, Contributing Editor - Feminism & Gender
Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants

that's one amazing woman!

mashadutoit — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:45:56 -0500

And on top of everything else:

Most people don't know this, but I've taught myself how to do 3D animation

That is one amazing woman!

Another DTV Experience

Megan Smith — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:23:05 -0500

I got an email from one of my Tweeple, @ShannonRenee about her experience with the digital switch:

Yes, the digital conversion didn't work too well for me. I learned I now need to
buy a digital antenna. I didn't know I needed one of those, my parent's didn't
need one for their tiny kitchen set. I'm not sure I'm gonna try to hook-up my
other tv for awhile. It's summer and not worth the effort.

That last part I totally understand.

Megan
BlogHer Contributing Editor, TV/Online Video

Megan's Minute

Thanks For The Advice

Megan Smith — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:09:36 -0500

Thanks for the advice, I'm sure that will help quite a few people who may still be having trouble.

And humans being what they are always seem to procrastinate.

Megan
BlogHer Contributing Editor, TV/Online Video

Megan's Minute

It's all about the antenna

vomviersen — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:17:16 -0500

Hawaii switched over to digital back in January, and when my husband and I were helping my parents and aunts get ready, we found that the antenna was a very important part of the picture. The antennas that ended up working best were digital, huge, and cost $50 or more. My parents eventually ended up purchasing a basic Dish Network subscription as the digital signals in their location were quite a bit weaker than the analog signals for most stations.

One thing that surprised me, then and now, is how many people waited until the very last minute to switch.

vomviersen :: Kathi Wilson
http://rottweilers.brilliant-disguise.net/

self-discipline leads to peace

Nordette — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:05:47 -0500

Thank you, JoAnn. "self-discipline leads to peace" That statement is true indeed. To be more self-discliplined is one of my goals.

Nordette Adams is a BlogHer CE & you can find her other stuff through Her 411.

Releasing Non-essentials

alaJoAnn — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:19:21 -0500

I down-sized a while back, and haven't had TV service in a year (although I cheat by watching some programs on Hulu) - and it's better than OK because I found a creative outlet (for me,a blog site). For sure, not having your usual "fixes" allows unresolved issues to surface, but that kind of thing also motivates you to improve your life, to be more resilient, to seek a new personal vision. It's really true that necessity breeds invention, and that self-discipline leads to peace. Allow a void to manifest, and there's new space to fulfill a dream or two.

Warm regards,

àlaJoAnn

Very kind of you. :-)

Nordette — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:24:06 -0500

Most people usually don't do that but write something about their like or dislike of Oprah or what she means or what gives Oprah the right to xyz. I actually don't mind it b/c it keeps the conversation lively.

Teaching children to be happy with what they have is good. :-) Some of us are raising wimps who get depressed over every little downside of life because they think they deserve to and must have it all.

On "The Secret" it's a "new age" philosophy akin to positive thinking based on the laws of attraction and also related to "you reap what you sow" or karma. It was discussed here at BlogHer a while back. Some people love the philosophy, others hate it saying it blames the victim and smacks of "magic thinking."

Nordette Adams is a BlogHer CE & you can find her other stuff through Her 411.

It Factor has nothing to do with work

Nordette — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:03:54 -0500

The "It" factor goes back to the concept of the "It" girl, Clara Bow, 1927, and is applied to people who have an undefinable charisma that seems to attract others. In other words, star quality, and the adjective is often used to explain why you can have, say, someone like Britney Spears, who while she works hard may not be as talented a singer nor as pretty as another singer who works equally hard, sometimes harder but who never seems able to attract a super-stardom fan base. Talent scouts seem to have an atenna for knowing who's got "it" and who doesn't.

On the negative side, people like Hitler and Charles Manson also have an "it" factor, an unusual magnetism.

No one denies Oprah's hard work, but it would be naive to deny she was in the right place at the right time with the right "it" for the moment.

The "It" factor is not related to the saying "I'm not cut out for it." It's more akin to someone realizing she or he is not photogenic because it's true. There are some attractive people don't photograph well. There are others who look ordinary in person but fantastic on camera. So, to say someone is either photogenic or not photogenic has no bearing on whether the person works hard in front of the camera. It's something a person can't control.

Nordette Adams is a BlogHer CE & you can find her other stuff through Her 411.