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How to fail at fashion and social media all at once…

December 21, 2012 By Ellen

A bit of a turkey Earlier this week I had an interview for some work… something interesting that would slot nicely into the portfolio career. I was all organised – I’d read as much background as I could find, printed out CVs as requested, put on makeup and dressed as a grown up. A bit like a […]

Filed Under: cautionary tale, clothes, fail, fashion, fashion fail, journalism, Portfolio career, social media, twitter, work

My portfolio career: at last I have a ‘what do you do?’ answer

October 24, 2011 By Ellen

What do you do for a living? Erm, well, it depends… Since I decided to work for myself about four and a half years ago, the answer to that question has been increasingly vague. I usually say “freelance journalist” because that’s what I first struck out doing, but there’s much more to it these days. […]

Filed Under: journalism, Portfolio career, STV, work

I could probably rule the world if it wasn’t for this

April 15, 2010 By Ellen

I have a technorati rating of 415 which apparently is nearly half way to being blooming marvellous. I’ve just been followed on Twitter by Martha Stewart without following her first. And I have two contracts to sign this week. However, it doesn’t matter what I do I can’t make this go away for more than […]

Filed Under: confession time, in the world, internet, Is it me?, twitter, work

Putting the mouse down

February 17, 2010 By Ellen

Later today I’m actually meeting some real-life people to talk about social media. My former colleague and Scottish Social Media Guy Craig McGill has organised it. Now it’s a huge departure for me. One of the reasons I love the ‘new’ media is that I don’t have to go and talk to people. I can […]

Filed Under: blogging, internet, social media, work

My name in Lego, a happy box and a three-way split

February 12, 2010 By Ellen

Things I’ve learned from my children today. Lego sometimes makes me happy. I’m involved in a secret new blogging project – if I told you I’d have to delete you or unfriend myself or something equally nasty, so I won’t… yet. However, I was telling Boy Two that I might need to take a picture […]

Filed Under: Lego, Something happened in my life, the internet, things I learned from my children today, work, Write

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