Popular chants heard around the Cotton Bowl:
“Don’t lie you know you applied”
“Thanks for the free money”
(In regards to the Texas logos Oklahoma fans purchase and place upside down, we really do appreciate the royalties)
“OU- second best team from Texas”

To top it off, I absolute love this excerpt from the Daily Texan:

“When it comes down to it, we still don’t quite understand why there is such animosity between our schools. I mean, after all, we have a lot in common. For example, we all applied to the University of Texas out of high school.”

Haha.
If you haven’t already read the Daily Texan correspondence with The Oklahoma Daily–YOU SHOULD………and OU wonders why their journalism program isn’t accredited. “We are Texas. What starts here changes the world.” Don’t be jealous jokeoklahoma.

Hook’em

Chris Pitre from ChaiONE

Being fresh out of college and new to the Houston area, I felt a little anxious as I walked into the Houston Technology Center on Friday morning. It had been a while since I attended an event without my Austin Geeks, my close network of peers. I had already immersed myself in the Austin start up scene and migrating to the Houston market was a new challenge. However, I was ready to understand what all the Houston buzz was about. The quality and amount of information shared at the event was astounding. Among the valuable lessons encrypted into my memory were:

• How to be a millionaire: How to build an iphone app and publish it to the Apple store.
• Everything you need to know about intellectual property: Incorporating laws and ideas.
• Sales: is not just a profession, it is a skill set. You have to develop your ability to influence and persuade.
• Speed dating 101: You must be able to describe what you do and engage others in three minutes.
• The art of pitching: You must be able to present your company’s value in less than three minutes in a way that is simple enough for the audience to embrace and understand.
• Relationships are key: the importance of relationships over technology.

Speed Dating

Start ups from a variety of industries were present, as well as a dynamic group of people from all ethnicities and ages. The most valuable insight reinforced was the importance of relationships.  Tech fads come and go but their innovators do not.  People want to work with others who listen, understand and care. Your ability to communicate with others will undoubtedly determine your businesses’ success. If you are a Houston area business professional or recent grad interested in innovation and connecting with top notch professionals, I encourage you to attend barcamp style community gatherings—this is your opportunity to network with brilliant minds and sharpen your ideas.

The lovely Erica OGrady

Don’t’ spend countless hours frustrated on Microsoft Word check out JobSpice, a new startup that is looking to help users build web-friendly resumes that are as good looking as they are easy to customize. Here’s what Techcrunch had to say.

Read the details via @mashable.

Photos taken on our AMAZING post grad trip to San Francisco in May.

My college bestie, Archana, is headed to Edelman PR in Chicago.  I’m going to miss her dearly, but I know this is the next step in her adventure.

There may or may not be a tear rolling down my cheek.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” — Mark Twain

Shia loves me

Archana made this for me a couple weeks ago. I love it.