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Re: 3 Reasons Why Adulterated Honey Is Not Real

Mariana_Evica — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:51:36 -0000

You have a typo in the first paragraph. Sub out "money" for "honey". "It gets worse. Even though “pure” honey produced in the U.S. hasn’t been directly adulterated with sweeteners, the natural process bees take to make the money has been extremely – and terrifyingly adulterated."

Re: Sorry, Foodies: We're About to Ruin Kale

Mariana_Evica — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:51:59 -0000

Kale is also a known goitragen, suppressing necessary metabolic functions of the thyroid. I'll tell you right now that obsession with juicing goes way overboard for some people. Digestion begins IN THE MOUTH, with the secretion of saliva, while chewing. Also, some nutrients are more bio-available cooked -- like, oh, you know...calories... seriously.

SOME green drinks are great, particularly seasonally in the spring and summer. Respect season, quantity, frequency of all foods, and you'll be healthy.

Also, lastly, the vast majority of people eat little to no kale, cabbage, spinach, collards, chard, etc.. That's WAY worse than the tiny fraction of hipsters who take their juicing too far. Let's worry about getting the widest array of fresh, nutritious food into the greatest number of people (especially populations in cities with economically disadvantaged folks comprising so many!) before we think that THIS ^ is news.

ALL people have a birthright to self-care, including proper nutrition. It's not that difficult to put it within their reach. That's what I care the most about.

Re: Teen Could Get Two Years for Facebook Photos with Jesus Statue « KRON4 – San Francisco Bay Area News

Mariana_Evica — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 09:20:41 -0000

OMG, a sane and well-informed comment, what are the odds?!

Re: Feds put up signs telling cats to stay away (Psst! Cats can’t read.)

Mariana_Evica — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:24:34 -0000

*cats can't read

Re: The Technology Adoption Lifecycle – @Nextdoor

Mariana_Evica — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 10:37:04 -0000

I'm always interested, from both a cultural and market-analysis basis, in where conversations will happen. "Can't stop the signal," as it goes in the Whedon-verse of Firefly/Serenity (which I assume you have seen).

I'll be looking forward to checking this out, actually, because you mention it has as strong suit: locality or hyper-locality. I want to use social media to connect with people very geo-specifically, and in a way that doesn't actually violate the EULA. Technically, if one sends Friend Invites on FB to people one does not yet know, you are violating their EULA.

And I think this potentially out-links LinkedIn. The wheels on introductions there are through a pay wall, or a labor-intensive, more organic networking, and that's not my favorite way to make connections, either.

The invite you link to wants to think I'm from Woodbridge, by the way :) So I feel I have to be aware of Nextdoor. I'll see if it will let me join from that invite, despite my not being a Woodbridge-ian. -ite?

Re: Prison author Bonnie Foreshaw granted clemency hearing following new information comes to light (Document)

Mariana_Evica — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:26:10 -0000

It's Andy Thibault who is to be praised.

Re: Watch an Artist Have a Meltdown and Destroy a Canvas With Panache

Mariana_Evica — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:39:53 -0000

Um, "rant" aside, crits are a requirement in school, and she says, "This class is bullshit," so we know it's school. Unfortunately, you don't get to choose to opt out of crits. They *are* a bunch of self-important haters, but students don't have the luxury of just not going.

And while I understand "how much have *you* sold", i.e., what qualifies them to judge anyone's work, selling is never much a gauge of anything except marketing. People are, in general, loathe to spend money on art.

I like your advice about being prepared to not sell it, but doing prints of my stuff and selling it less expensively was a good way to get my name out there and sell stuff at Open Studios when I was more active in my art-ing :) I think it's really cool that the internet has brought about Etsy and DeviantArt -- a real coup for artists!

Re: Bras Make Breasts "Saggier", 15-year French Study Reveals

Mariana_Evica — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:53:31 -0000

Bullocks.

Re: Easy Vegetable Egg Soufflé

Mariana_Evica — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:47:38 -0000

This looks like a FANTASTIC recipe, but just FYI, since you're making a point of posting a recipe, you might want to know that this is not a souffle :) This would be a frittata or a casserole, but souffles have distinctly different ingredients AND methods.

Make no mistake, I am NOT criticizing the ingredients or methods -- and it looks absolutely delightful. But it is definitely not a souffle. Souffles are produced when you separate the eggs, incorporate the yolks and other ingredients (traditionally wheat flour, which I am not, of course, recommending) and then separately whip and fold in the beaten whites. The rising of the flour, along with the fluffiness of the beaten egg whites is what gives souffles their SIGNATURE loft, beauty and texture, indeed the ingredients and method DEFINE it. I've never attempted (as a fan of Nourishing Traditions and all things primal and natural) a substitution of almond or coconut flour -- I don't know what the result would be. Might be fun to find out.

Again, LOVELY recipe, great ingredients but in the future, you might wish to classify anything similar as a frittata or simply a casserole. The use of eggs in a baked casserole does not classify it as a souffle :)

Re: Dangerous Minds | Chris Isaak’s rarely seen ‘Wicked Game’ video directed by David Lynch

Mariana_Evica — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:57:49 -0000

Ah! Brilliant. Now I not only *hear* Ray Orbison in Isaak, I can see it too, in how Lynch handles the costumes. This is pretty sublime.

Re: Do We Really Need Likes?

Mariana_Evica — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:50:06 -0000

It's the old cart vs. horse. Number of likes is not that meaningful in and of itself. Likes are only the first step in reactive/responsible engagement. And you really don't need to count the likes to know whether or not your community is engaged because they behave as if they are engaged by participating and clicking through.

Getting enough actual "Likes" on Facebook is, of course, a real issue, but that's not mechanistic either, but rather, (and always!) a function of real people interacting with one another. We've seen time and time again what a waste it is to try and invent the conversation; better to go where the conversation is and participate.

Brands, as an abstraction, can only truly interact via their engagement with people. This happens one on one in emergent media spaces like facebook and happens as individual brand evangelists get behind good content (when it comes to blogs and ideas) and products (to advocate and cheer for what they believe in).

Trust is a fully interactive and interdependent and dynamic process, not a static end result.

Re: Reusable Toilet Paper- Family Cloth

Mariana_Evica — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:53:42 -0000

I would totally consider doing this if I had little ones still. I see nothing wrong with it and love the frugality. It's highly civilized, actually! I used to buy baby washcloths (luxury!) and use them instead of baby wipes when my son was itty bitty. He had a happy bum :)

Re: 14 Must-Have Gadgets for the Geek in Your Life

Mariana_Evica — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:40:54 -0000

I hope it's not lame to simply say how fantastic this post is! I'm literally chasing down a few for my geek <3

Re: From Junk to Spam to Waste

Mariana_Evica — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:16:10 -0000

Though I agree that poorly executed marketing dominates every type and medium, it's in Social that it is at its most exciting. The interactivity and specificity has evolved on Facebook, for example, such that if one spends even a modicum of time honing ones preferences for Sponsored Stories, that those ads now are incredibly specific -- I never see anything irrelevant in my Sponsored Stories any more!

As the number of advertisers on Facebook increases, the opportunity for interactive to become more hyper-local and ABOUT community is surging. I'm excited that local artists and events show up in Sponsored Stories, as do specialty companies that align with my very specific personal preferences.

Real headway could be made by making ALL advertising more interactive and allowing consumers the opportunity to approve or disapprove of marketing messages. We see Google AdSense taking advantage of this as well as Hulu.

The SECOND this comes to broadcast TV, it will be a revolution.

Re: The (Illegal) Private Bus System That Works - Lisa Margonelli - National - The Atlantic

Mariana_Evica — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:28:13 -0000

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Re: This Too Shall Pass

Mariana_Evica — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:14:58 -0000

Geoff, you're so right about calamity and hardship honing our appreciation for joy. Life is definitely filled to the brim with opportunities for contrast and it does make life richer. I'm really sorry, for now, however, for the grind that recovery after disaster represents. It's especially tough watching your family grapple with it. Even there it can be said that with the proper dose of compassion, it helps build character in children as well. Giving maximum opportunity for not just adults but children as well to pitch in to help others will help heal sore feelings. That's the stuff of community-building as well -- a topic you need no coaching in.

As for Trey, I'm still too stunned to believe it. That's the kind of event that really makes you wonder who's suffering right now, and not saying anything......Thanks for letting us in to just be witnesses. Sometimes that's a help.

Re: When to Tweet

Mariana_Evica — Thu, 19 May 2011 09:40:36 -0000

This has been on my mind, so I'm coming back to add my two cents. I think what is becoming apparent is that more so than any current social platform, Twitter is a broadcast medium that has increasing *real time* impact, not unlike television and radio *used* to. The engagement and conversation components lift Twitter out of the old tech rut and into a new category. It's not what we thought it was going to be, but that's ok, that's the organic web and we know to value how things change and evolve.

Facebook seems less dependent on this real time component. I never think about when people will be "on" facebook -- and it seems like they're always "on" to me anyway! But I'm making an assumption there. I'd like to see these kinds of metrics applied across all social media platforms to see what emerges.

Re: Become a Homepreneur with a Free Website from Network Solutions

Mariana_Evica — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:26:11 -0000

Hrm. I get a 404 error when I go to the link. Is this because the offer was *really really really* limited-time? If it's still a go, please let me know. :)

Re: 12 Days of Business Tips Holiday Sweepstakes: nsBizTip #3

Mariana_Evica — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:48:04 -0000

Great post, and I have something to add (of course!) - pay does motivate many employees, and it does motivate me, to a certain extent. I would say a significant number of employees, particularly the most creative and innovative are motivated and rewarded by having a *voice*.

When the President of the company I used to work for visited my department and insisted he had an "open door policy" I took him up on it; my colleague and I visited him and shared observations and a vision for change at the company, and were fortunate enough to create an entirely new department, with ourselves as co-heads of the department. It was the most rewarding and extended period of motivation I've had to-date in my career!

This experience will continue to inform my own policies and protocols in relating to employees in perpetuity.

Re: Isolationism on the Rise -- Political Wire

Mariana_Evica — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:38:03 -0000

I know the verbiage here comes from Drake's piece and the Pew poll, but really, isolationism is an unfortunate misnomer. "Non-interventionism" is much more accurate, and even then this term does not fully elucidate the shift in public opinion.

The truth is that now that this administration has betrayed the anti-war left and demonstrated its commitment to "pipeline politics", people are understandably nervous -- especially with the Bush administration's corporatist TARP program (and others heartily continued and initiated by the current administration) creating deficits so large as to boggle the mind.

The not-spoken-of tragedy here is that this reaction from "the common man" is tied almost solely to misgivings about taxes being raised and sons and daughters being sent to "war" and very little cognizance is lent to an understanding of blowback, the repercussions of which most certainly bear heavily on national security.

Re: Collecta Turns Internet’s Ocean of Data into a River of Real Time Information

Mariana_Evica — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:24:37 -0000

Am I correct, Brian, in saying that no search engine or proprietary app can search Facebook for conversations, trending topics or conversation agents of influence? I'm assuming Facebook's still too much of a walled garden for that, yet.

Because the conversations on Facebook seem richer to me (and not as limited by the character limits of things like Twitter), I'm waiting for that information revolution.

Re: Dominos Learning Painful lessons about the Social Era

Mariana_Evica — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:12:12 -0000

Awesome post. That location of Domino's is also missing promotional opportunities, as well. They could easily reach out to the local community, inviting people to come and talk to them, sponsor an anti-hunger outreach program, etc., not to mention Free Pizza day, etc.

I know the traditional PR strategy is to "duck and cover" when a crisis hits, but I think there's nothing as trust-building as radical, personal transparency. Crises are always opportunities for engagement. Hosting a chat on twitter, since that is where the conversation is already happening, would be great. Eliciting comments and suggestions about product and service in such a setting might be powerful.

Re: Case study: Twitter solving financial aid problems

Mariana_Evica — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:32:39 -0000

This is a great example and I've seen it happening a lot, too, on facebook and twitter both. All participants can access exactly the people they need to be speaking with. It might seem obvious, but don't forget: most social networks have a search function that can greatly speed your access to information. Financial aid officers need to hop on board and participate where the conversations are happening.

Re: College Admission Offices lead the way with social media!

Mariana_Evica — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:16:17 -0000

Thank you for this post! This corroborates what I have found in my own research. Hope you don't mind my linking to you - in October I did a post on Web 2.0 in Higher Education, and this warrants an update! I agree more data is needed on depth of penetration, but it does make some trends very clear!

Re: Micro?

Mariana_Evica — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:54:34 -0000

I think you're probably right here, Chris. These are new words for things that already have names, in many cases. Remember "niche marketing"? It's really just marketing. All these pre-fixes (new, social, micro, hyper, etc.) will fall away on their own as the "new" methods become regarded simply as "methods".