It was my cousin’s and his girlfriend’s birthday party today. We went to P.F. Chang’s. I’ve never been but it was delicious! I got the ginger chicken, which was … [Read more...]
Watching: Movies, and More
By accident I fell into watching two AFI 100 movies today—North By Northwest and Some Like It Hot. North By Northwest was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I think … [Read more...]
AFI 100—Godfather II
It's a snowy, sleeting night in the Chicagoland area. It's a good day/night for some great moview watching. First, I watched The Godfather, Part II. Adding to … [Read more...]
Day 2—Long Weekend Extravaganza
I added another notch to my afi 100 belt with The Godfather today. I'm surprised I haven't seen this movie before, but seriously neither parent had me watch it. … [Read more...]
AFI 100—All About Eve
Adding another notch to my AFI 100 belt, I watched All About Eve tonight. A movie about a starstruck fan that connives and swindles her way into the theatre … [Read more...]
Tunes by Luka: AFI Brings You Yop 100 Songs
In my quest for all time anything lists, I came across the American Film Institutes's Top 100 Years, Top 100 Songs—a century's worth of classic songs ingrained in … [Read more...]
Recent AFI 100 Addition
Recently watched ... Tonight I watched Sunset Boulevard (No. 11 on the AFI Top 100 list). It was pretty interesting. Neat black and white movie. Probably not one … [Read more...]
Another Notch on the AFI 100 Belt: Wuthering Heights
In my efforts to slowly knock off the AFI 100 Movies list, I watched Wuthering Heights this weekend. Starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier, the movie is … [Read more...]
Watching the AFI Top 100
American Film Institute's recommended Top 100 Movies of all time. Bolded are the ones I have seen. I've also only counted movies I've seen in their entirety. … [Read more...]
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One of the best things I've ever done in my career is work with Kate Hamilton. Her enthusiasm for all things editorial, not to mention her energy and passion for any project she's involved with, is contagious. In addition to being a natural born leader, she's also a creative type, a thinker, a stickler for details, and someone with incredible vision and the drive to get things done. I always marvel at how she is constantly teaching herself new things. She always seems to be ahead of the curve on anything related to social media, and she also has an eye for design. This lady rocks! And she continues to be a mentor to me and others in journalism and communications.
Kate has been a fantastic resource for all things digital, whether redesigning my website on Wordpress, fine tuning my social media profiles, or understanding Google Analytics. She's an excellent communicator, and I will absolutely hire her again in the future.
Kate is a real professional and a pleasure to work with. She is a great communicator and always put her client's (my company) interest first. She is tremendously personal and had a great understanding of our business and how she could help it. She is great and is a tremendous asset to any company.
Kate is a wealth of knowledge who served as a tremendous mentor for all of our team members while constantly improving processes and workflows. She’s a tremendous project manager, pays great attention to detail, and is able to demand results from her team with respect. At LoganSquarist she has built and led a team of dozens of volunteer contributors committed to her vision of a community resource. I would happily work with Kate again anytime!
Kate did and excellent job with our website. We have received several compliments on how nice it looks and how easy it is to navigate. She also went above and beyond to make sure that we were able to update and the website ourselves through Wordpress. I cannot gush about how awesome she is and how happy we are with the site and her dedication to the project.
I worked with Kate during my time as a community manager at Lightspan Digital while Kate was my direct manager. Kate’s communication practices really taught me how to navigate the sometimes complicated agency world. As an account manger, Kate smoothly orchestrated 10+ accounts at one time as well as help me manage and prioritize tasks in my role. Kate was a role model during my first few years in the professional world and continues to be so to this day.
I met Kate through the Association of Women Journalists (AWJ) and immediately was impressed (and inspired) by her creativity, drive, work ethic and use of social media. Her passion for journalism, digital media and communications overall is evident in the projects she takes on, including LoganSquarist, an online news outlet that she founded that uses social media to socialize the neighborhood. What I admire about Kate is her vitality as well as her desire to keep learning and growing personally and professionally. Kate is a modern-day renaissance woman who is multitalented (ask about her travel, knitting and marathon exploits!) and who brings instant value to any team or organization.
Kate has an incredible amount of drive when it comes to LoganSquarist. In the six months that I’ve been involved, I’ve watched the site grow from a pet project to a respected community publication. This success can be attributed to Kate’s technical and leadership skills. From building out the site to off-hours community management and a consistent flow of content, the site improves by leaps and bounds on a weekly basis. When it comes to team management, Kate delegates tasks in an organized and efficient manner, making her an all around great and inspiring person to work with.