Alex Priest

September 11, 2010
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Life Update

As school, work and other commitments make my life crazier and crazier, I’m still going to do my best to keep you updated on what’s happening with my life, with the occasionally social media insight–when I’m not writing them for … Continue reading

August 31, 2010
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Don’t Blink

This is a quick piece I wrote for one of my marketing courses, but thought you might enjoy reading it here as well. Chapter 5, “Kenna’s Dilemma,” in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink, is a fantastic bit of insight into market research … Continue reading

August 28, 2010
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1500 Miles

This week I crossed 1500 miles on my bicycle. I’ve had the odometer since early last summer, so it’s been just over a year–with four months of that year spend abroad in Copenhagen (where I put God-knows-how-many-miles on my bike). … Continue reading

August 25, 2010
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Going Once, Going Twice… SOLD!

So evidently I’m a cheap date. Well, maybe not that cheap. At tonight’s CitizenGulf DC fundraiser for recovering the gulf from the BP oil spill, I and several others auctioned off one date with ourselves to the highest bidder. I … Continue reading

August 5, 2010
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Becoming a Networker

Around this time last year, I was a fairly timid yet ambitious rising college junior, finally venturing out to my first real networking event. It was a Mashable-hosted tweetup on Capitol Hill, and I wandered in feeling totally overwhelmed. I’d … Continue reading