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  • Legends: A Photo Essay

    This is my fourth and final year in The Legends A Cappella. It is the only a cappella group at Quinnipiac University – but that description alone doesn’t describe everything the group is.  It is said that the group was… Continue reading

  • Filming and Editing a Video Montage

    Reading and Writing This week, I created a montage for my church, Elevate Life. (Scroll down to the “Create” section of this article to watch the full video). The project was a ton of fun to work on – and… Continue reading

  • Using Irrational Thinking to the Designer’s Advantage: The Ethics and Implications of Behavioral Economics

    I recently went to my local Barnes and Noble to “check out books.” It’s what I do – I’m a book love who loves the importance of reading. But going to the bookstore is a trap for me. That’s because… Continue reading

  • Unboxing Emotional Experiences

    If you’ve ever bought an Apple product, you must be familiar with the sleek white boxes in which their gadgets arrive. Opening the box is a whole experience – you have to lift the lid, which slowly detaches from the… Continue reading

  • These Advertisements Tell A Story

    Pictures talk. When you look at a picture, you hear as much as you see. Pictures freeze moments in time, serving as reminders of the things of the past. In essence, pictures can tell stories as much as your talkative… Continue reading

  • Focusing on What Actually Matters

    One of my favorite teachers ever was my high school marching band director. Apart from teaching a lot of music-related skills, he also had a strong interest in leadership – a passion which was then passed onto the other students… Continue reading

  • Call Me Ethical

    When I was in elementary school, there was a funny video of then President Obama circulating online. Someone on YouTube had taken certain words the president said in his speeches, and compiled them to sound like he was singing Carly… Continue reading

  • The Good, The Bad, and The Strategy

    To compete, you have to compare. Comparison has its negative connotations nowadays. I typically find a lot of posts on social media reminding viewers not to compare themselves with other people. And while I do believe that comparison can be… Continue reading

  • A Slack-tacular Social Media Campaign

    Slack (apparently) is an acronym that stands for “Searchable Log of All Communication and Knowledge.” I’m a big fan of Slack, having used the platform in my professional career. It makes it easy for me to send messages and important… Continue reading

  • To Link or Not to Link?

    A lot of my posts on LinkedIn contain links. The reason that I do this is simple: the thing that I want to share exists elsewhere already. It wouldn’t make sense to copy it into a post. Once, I posted… Continue reading