Weekly News Update
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– Already Pretty rounds up some awesome ideas on alternative uses for jewelry. (Pictured – a brooch cinching a blazer.)
– You Look Fab has some great advice on how to choose a pair of dress pants.
– Miss Manners has some thoughts on workplace “friendships.”
– A new issue of the quarterly, Forbes Woman, is out now. Meanwhile, Silicon Alley Insider wonders why there are so few women billionaires (inspired by the recent Forbes list of billionaires.)
– The Downtown Women's Club has some “blunt thoughts” on women's networking skills. Meanwhile, Hiring Partner suggests you keep a “me” file of your accomplishments.
– Finally: Lifehacker ponders which plants are office-friendly.
In Admin news…
– So, hi — if anyone cares who it is behind the blog, we came out of our anonymous fashion blogging closet this week.
– So now that you know who we are, do you mind telling us a bit about you? Please take this (super short!) survey here.
– Also… we are sooo close to getting 1000 Facebook fans, after which we can secure the URL “facebook.com/corporette” rather than what it is now: “http://www.facebook.com/pages/Corporette/20748085126”. If you haven't “friended” us yet, won't you please consider it?
Will you tell us the results of the survey? I’m curious as to everyone else’s stats.
Yes — will post a roundup after a week or so to let people know the results thus far…
Great, thanks!
Pretty sure you only need 25 fans to change your username here: http://www.facebook.com/username/ Although 1,000 is an awesome goal!
Wow, you are correct — back when they first introduced that feature you had to have 1000+ fans.
Um, that’d be Silicon….
Woohoo! You found a typo. Pat yourself on the back!
Seriously, let’s not turn into Above the Law here. Remember, we now know for sure that C (Kat) is one busy lady! Let’s not nitpick.
Seriously, let’s not turn into Above the Law here. Remember, we now know for sure that C (Kat) is one busy lady! Let’s not nitpick.
It’s a typo, not a personal slight. And if you feel compelled to point it out, you can be polite about it.
Thanks so much for the shout-out, Kat! I’m honored.
I love Miss Manners, aka Judith Martin. I have an ancient copy of ‘Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior’, which is both hilarious and useful. Probably need to get the update, though, the 1st edition was pre-internet. Most of it is still germane, though.
About the survey: I know I’m far from the only non-American who reads this blog. Perhaps you should have “black” rather than “African American” in the ‘race’ category. I can pick Caucasian, but a black co-worker of mine isn’t going to be able to pick “Nigerian Irish” from your survey.
I was just about to write the same thing. I put “other” since I am Nigerian, and do not consider myself to be African American. Checking boxes has always been an issue for me.
Ack — sorry, guys! I took the choices from the little demographics thing that Quantcast already has. (Clearly, the survey was far from perfect — next time I do it I will certainly note this re: race.)