little known facts

Doing good work for "Them" can only come about when you make the time to experience the world in every way possible. These are the things outside of the world of advertising that inspire me to make more innovative interactive advertising.

random, but important

I am a certified Yoga Instructor
Yes, I'm flexible. One full year of training including philosopy, anatomy and teaching experience left me with a piece of paper, amazing friends, a solid home practice, and the ability to turn myself upside down on my head!

Je suis un cours de français
Tout ma vie, j'ai souhaité parler le français couramment. Donc, je lis les livres français, j'ecoute les chansons français, je ne vois que les films français, et je bois beaucoup du vin!

I am a dual citizen
I am both a Canadian and British citizen, meaning I can live and work anywhere in Canada and the European Union, for as long as I want. I know, I'm a lucky girl. Thanks Dad!

I love to travel
I have invested most of my free time and money into exploring this amazing world. From the tip of South America to a remote town in northern Canada, from the west coast to the east coast of North America, from Bath to Granada, and many places in between, I still feel like I have only just begun.

I write
I have spent most of my life painting, printmaking, sculpting, and drawing. Yet, I find more satisfaction and personal expression through writing. Although I am a novice when it comes to writing professionally, the years of art history papers, writing for the university school newspaper, countless journal entries, and incessant documentation of my life has helped me hone my writing abilities. And one day I will do something about it.

I'm known for...
Cute sneezes. A loud laugh. Sometimes being bossy. Sometimes caring too much about others. Loving JD Salinger. Loving short stories. Wearing funky nylons. Giving financial advice. Trying to do too much. Working fast and efficient. Being extremely organized. Always having Plan B (and maybe C). Eating extremely healthy. An advocat of organic produce. A dancing queen. A wine (glass) snob. A foodie. A music junkie. An art history geek. Being obsessed with everything French.

where I go on the internet (when not looking at advertising sites)

Flickr
Flickr is a community unlike any other on the internet. The site is beautiful, functional, easy, innovative. I have used flickr to do art projects, record my travels, and make amazing friends.
www.flickr.com

TED: Ideas worth spreading
By far one of most favourite sites on the world wide web. Video lectures by some of the worlds greatest thinkers, artists, designers, scientists and business people are collected into one beautiful, functional engaging design.
www.ted.com

Last FM
I was slow on the uptake of this site but now that I'm here, there's no going back. This database of music that users tag give you the chance to hear music related to the music you already like. Instantly you can discover bands you've never heard of that are just plain brilliant!
www.last.fm.com

Facebook
I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook. And I know I'm not the only one. I have never seen quite an internet phenomena before. So quickly it became a part of social activity. You meet someone and become "facebook friends" and suddenly a mode of communication (and knowing ALL about each other) suddenly opened up. Further, so many people started checking the site, not once a day, but many times a day making it a media buyers dream. But facebook is tricky to use for advertising...so it's a good thing I've been watching closely what's working and what's not.
www.facebook.com

Martha Stewart
OK, I'll admit it. I actually go to this site quite often. Because I love to cook and it has the best recipies out there. And it's pretty (a bit messy in places, but I'm sure the original comps were gorgeous). However, since I am perfect target market, I think this site really nails it. I can find, store, and print recipes with amazing ease. There are large beautiful photos which inspire me to cook. It gives me things I want, so I return on a frequent basis. Which at the end of the day is what all sites want: more visitors, more hits.
www.marthastewart.com

Wikipedia
Wikipedia rocks my world and I'm not sure what I ever did without it (I vaguely remember using Microsoft Encarta back in the day, but it was pretty bare). This collective encyclopedia is by far one of the most useful tools on the web, and while it is not 100% reliable, it's perfect for the quick overview of that one little thing you need to know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_director