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Re: Happy Third Birthday, lamiki!

hexrob — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:05:32 -0000

Happy 3rd Birthday Laura Michelle Kimball ! May you live long, lamiki is your nickname? you are marketer, social media community manager, etc and i am a autocorrect fails funny messages provider, I provide it for entertainment and to create joyful moments.

Re: Sunday Serial: 46 Lessons in 4 Blog Posts

Jorge Hill — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:53:48 -0000

Awesome article. Thanks for this wonderful information. Keep it up.

Re: Happy Third Birthday, lamiki!

Laura Kimball — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:01:35 -0000

Thank you, Pat!

Re: Happy Third Birthday, lamiki!

Laura Kimball — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:01:30 -0000

Thanks, Debbie!

Re: Happy Third Birthday, lamiki!

Pat Rhoads — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:50:01 -0000

Happy third birthday, Lamiki! Here's to even bigger accomplishments in the future.

Re: Happy Third Birthday, lamiki!

Deborah — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:08:13 -0000

Happy Birthday....may you have many more!!!

Re: Happy Third Birthday, lamiki!

Laura Kimball — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:35:40 -0000

Oh, Kate, I remember meeting you too! And how during coffee I came to the realization that, my God, this girl is asking ME for advice on blogging?! It was actually a really cool moment.

Thank you for being an amazing blogging friend. It's been a lot of fun watching you and your blog grow over the past year as well!

Re: Happy Third Birthday, lamiki!

Kate Retherford — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:01:43 -0000

Happy belated blogday!
I remember when we first met through a mutual friend. I was so nervous to meet this established blogger! I am so grateful that we had the chance to meet and you were kind enough to sit down with me and chat about blogging. It's amazing the doors that blogging, and social media in general, can open for you. I can't wait to see what's coming this year for you and your blog! Big things, I'm sure!

Kate
www.allthingskate.com

Re: 2012 Year in Review: How did we get here?

Harmony Hasbrook — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:39:04 -0000

Happy New Year Laura. I love this. All fired up!

Re: How Women See the World: Elles at the Seattle Art Museum

Laura Kimball — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:27:30 -0000

Thank you, Terry. Your experience with a female teacher makes me wonder how this exhibit would look through the eyes of a male docent. I took my husband through the exhibit last week, but it was during SAM Remix, which is an event where they essentially turn the museum into a night club. Walking around these pieces of art in a crowded museum with loud funk music is fun, but doesn't leave the same impression.

Re: How Women See the World: Elles at the Seattle Art Museum

Laura Kimball — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:25:35 -0000

Thanks, Lindsey!

Re: How Women See the World: Elles at the Seattle Art Museum

Terry Cabeen — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:05:37 -0000

I love your perspective on this. In high school, my (female) French teacher took us on trips to Chicago to see impressionist works in person. While most of the famous painters were men, I experienced them largely through a woman's perspective. After HS, my best friend (also female) entered an MFA program in photography. While I can name VASTLY more male artists than female, it's probably a more balanced view than some.

Le Centre Pompidou, though I've never been there, appeals to me more than any other museum in the world. I am very much looking forward to seeing it one day.

Thank you so much for sharing this, asking questions, and opening minds. Love it.

Re: How Women See the World: Elles at the Seattle Art Museum

LostInCheeseland — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:22:30 -0000

I REALLY enjoyed this! Love the collection and would love to see it in person.

Re: http://lamiki.tumblr.com/post/35288847592

Janet Janet — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:01:10 -0000

I like them too.

Re: When is it okay to quit?

KRISHANAJAG — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:35:03 -0000

What a simple yet important thought: Quitting is different from failing. I took a long time to understand this different myself. We millennials especially have a tendency to compete - with strangers, friends and even ourselves. We go through a constant re-evaluation of how better we can do or imrpove without necessarily prioritizing and letting go of some things. Letting a few things slip has provided me the clarity I needed through some phases of my life. The same goes to people actually- taking space and approaching a friendship with renewed positive energy sometimes helped strengthen and not destroy some relationships. Great post laura!

Re: Have you registered to vote?

Gary Keeter — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 02:15:05 -0000

Thanks Laura. This is the single most important Right that we as Citizens have to change the course of our nation for literally YEARS. Follow the debates of the issues that are meaningful to each one of us personally and vote your mind, vote your heart, whatever. Just VOTE. Everyone's vote does count. And if you don't vote, you have given up your right to voice your own opinion when your opinion really counts.

Re: Have you registered to vote?

MechanicJay — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:13:13 -0000

Re: College students. Depending on state law, you may be allowed/required to register in the town your college is in. Absentee balloting is extremely poorly executed in some places (Like NJ). Better to be able to show up and vote in person. The good news is that your particular college/uni should be able to help out with local requirements.

Laura, I understand your Absentee Balloting system is probably the envy of the rest of the country.

Re: The Value of Online Friendships and IRL

Laura Kimball — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:43:01 -0000

One of my favorite things about Twitter is being able to meet new people and jump into conversations that other people are having together (it is public afterall!). And because of that I've discovered things about my friends that I never knew about, and it's all due to a form of 'eavesdropping.' :)

Re: The Value of Online Friendships and IRL

Kallen — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:14:09 -0000

I guess I had just never thought about this. I will say that I've had wonderful conversations on Twitter, and I supposed I would consider those real.

Twitter took away the awkwardness that would be inherent of starting up/jumping into a conversation with people you didn't know in person.

Re: The Value of Online Friendships and IRL

Laura Kimball — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:09:20 -0000

I never thought about how important the other senses are when it comes to meeting a person and getting to know them. I have met a few people in person (or via video or phone over Skype) and their voices didn't match up to the voice that I created for them inside my head.

Part of the allure of meeting people online and communicating with them via text only is it's like reading a book—everyone is a character and you, the reader, can make up the voice and the other senses that make that character 3D. But when you meet them completely in real life, they may or may not match up with the character you've created them to be. Interesting to think about.

Re: The Value of Online Friendships and IRL

Laura Kimball — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:06:07 -0000

Thank you, Felice :)

Re: The Value of Online Friendships and IRL

Helmut — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:29:55 -0000

Thanks for your thoughtful post Laura Yes online friends are real. However, we are still sense deprived when we meet people online. While we maybe able to see and listen to them, we still can't touch, taste or smell them. I love the opportunities online brings with it. However, a person's reality consists of what he/she takes in via the 5 (or even 6 senses) not only 2. (Of course, combined with the filters he or she applies based on his / her past) In that sense, an online experience must be incomplete. I have felt that way quite a few times when I got to know people in RL whom I had previously gotten to know online. I just feel it is somehow a pity that we sit in a cafes being so busy with a smartphone or tablet while around us are "humanoids" we could experience with 5 senses ;-)

Re: The Value of Online Friendships and IRL

Felice Lam — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:36:17 -0000

Well said. :)

Re: The Value of Online Friendships and IRL

Felice Lam — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:36:08 -0000

Yes, online life is as real as offline life.

Like Pat said, you must remain real no matter what the environment. People can tell really fast if you're being fake or not!

Nice write up. :)

Re: The Value of Online Friendships and IRL

Laura Kimball — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:07:40 -0000

Thank you, Pat.

Alexandra's talk mentions about how some people are more "real" online than they are offline. Or they feel more comfortable talking about certain topics online than they do offline. There have been some things that I'm more comfortable talking about online than I am offline, and visa versa. But overall, who I am online is who I am offline.

I'm fascinated with the idea of having multiple personalities and personas, or people who are intentionally different online and offline, because I'm curious as to why. Though, as you mentioned, I think most people who act differently online and offline may not be aware of it...