Hi, I'm Margie Newman. I blog about public relations, social media, careers, productivity and geek stuff.

Questions from the interwebs: “what is this Chic Geek thing?”

I’m routinely asked what the heck Chic Geek is and what it has to do with FlackRabbit. And well, nothing, really. It’s actually a separate technology and productivity writing gig for Her Nashville magazine. It’s a true honor to be a contributor – it is also the fulfillment of a New Year’s resolution!

I link to the Chic Geek blog posts on my homepage and usually link to the online version of my monthly column as soon as it’s posted.  I don’t pull a feed of those print columns on my site, but here are the links to a couple of my favorites: Read More…

A credit card hiatus and some travel cash

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If you want to find something positive in our current economic crisis, it’s that folks are starting to re-think the use of credit cards and frivolous spending. And by “folks” I mean me.

I’ve always been a saver. I get that from my grandmother. But I’m also an impulse buyer who has historically used a credit card for shoes, clothes and travel. No more. To be clear, I don’t have nearly as much debt as the average American. But I still have it, which kinda makes me mad at myself.  So, on this day, January 1, 2009, I’ve got a couple of personal finance goals to share. We’ll call them “New Year’s Resolutions,” just for fun. Read More…

Goodbye, Picalicious. Hello, Vidalicious!

Vidaclious - a video a day for one year with The FlipI still can’t believe I made it an entire year with my picture-a-day experiment, Picalicious. You can read more about that here. Oddly enough, I’m pretty sad it’s over. But it’s okay because Dave is always thinking ahead. Not only did he buy me The Flip for Christmas,  he also surprised me with a new website…

Introducing VIDALICIO.US, a video a week for a year. OMG! I know!

So, if you liked Picalicious in all it’s fabulous photo and witty headline wonder – you’ll ADORE Vidalicious. Each week you’ll get to see THRILLING video such as my dog eating, my hubby painting, cookies baking and even me running down a hallway. And it’s not even January 1 yet!

Some details: I’ll be using The Flip for all of my videos, which are usually 10 – 25 seconds in length. I’ll post them to YouTube and then upload them to the site. At least one video a week, but I’m sure there will be more. Wish me luck! Not sure what the heck I’ll do for 2010; thankfully, I’ve Dave’s got a 365 days to figure that one out.

Oh! And it’s not a .com. It’s www.vidalicio.us.

I know, it’s very fancy. (Squeal!)

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End of an era: the last 10 days of picalicious

365-days-of-random-photos-of-my-2008As a handful of friends and co-workers are aware,  I embarked on a photo safari on January 1, 2008 with the intention of posting one photo a day for year until December 31. After a couple of months, it was always a struggle between fun and obligation. As of now, I’ve got 10 days left. Oddly, I’m really, really sad.

I set up Picalicious as a home for my daily photos thinking it would just be me, but then hubs joined in … then Jed, Becca and Cynthia. In the end, hubs and I are the last men standing, with the occasional guest post from Keith, Goad or Joe. On Jan 1, I will have I missed four out of 365 days. Not too shabby. Read More…