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08 Mar 2010

This Is What 40 Looks Like

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

There’s a terrific post over at Women Grow Business today on “the incredible disappearing woman” by Liz Scherer, one of WGB’s regular contributors. As editor of WGB, you could accuse me of being biased, and I suppose that would be understandable… though not, IMHO, accurate, but that’s neither here nor there.

When I read through Liz’ post, these words of Gloria Steinem when told she didn’t look 40, as relayed by Mollie Katzen, struck a particular chord with me:

“This is what 40 looks like.”

What an incredibly empowering phrase.

I celebrated […]

By Shonali Burke|Mar 8, 2010|Categories: Personal|Tags: 40th birthday, ageism, empowering women, gloria steinem, liz scherer, london, mollie katzen, Women Grow Business|14 Comments

In Perpetual Motion: Reflections On a 2.0 Vacation

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

That’s me coming out of a London phone booth on Heddon Street last week. If any David Bowie fans are reading this, they’re nodding their heads; and if the rest of you are scratching your noggins wondering what I’m going on about, here’s why Heddon Street is legendary to Ziggy Stardust fans, of whom my husband is king (and therefore, by association, am I queen).

In perpetual motion

You’re also probably wondering why I chose a photo that’s a bit fuzzy to illustrate this post. I did so because it captures me in motion, and […]

By Shonali Burke|Mar 4, 2010|Categories: Personal, Social Media|Tags: abbaworld, bryce keane, david bowie, elvis, heddon street, howard riefs, kristin wadge, london, richard bagnall, russell pearson, sheema siddiqui, Social Media, tom aikens, vacation, ved sen|11 Comments

London Calling

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

I love London, no two ways about it. And next week’s first Twitgigs Experiment is another reason I wish I lived a little closer (just a wee bit).

What’s Twitgigs, you ask? A Twitter-gig, of course. But for a more-than-140 character description, my friend Rax Lakhani (who’s organizing it) says it’s a Twitter-enabled experiment at organizing a great evening of live music, and using the platform to enhance the audience experience.

Three bands – Essay Like Nephew (@EssayLikeNephew), The Seal Club Clubbing Club […]

By Shonali Burke|Jul 28, 2009|Categories: Social Media|Tags: concert, elvis, essay like nephew, experiment, london, mike dingham, music, rax lakhani, seal club clubbing club, Social Media, the vibe, twitgigs, Twitter|6 Comments