Last week I was out at one of those "cheap" bookstores that have popped up all over in strip malls. I was meeting a friend for some buffet goodness when lo and … [Read more...]
Tunes by Luka: Fall Out Boy—This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race
Here are my song recommendations for this week: The All-American Rejects—It Ends Tonight Lily Allen—Smile Chris Brown—Run It Fall Out Boy—This Ain't … [Read more...]
Tunes by Luka—The Vday Schmeeday Edition
In a special holiday edition of tunes by luka, I looked through one of my playlists titled "Days of Loving You." The playlist is built around love songs—of love … [Read more...]
Tunes by Luka: The Dears—You And I Are A Gang Of Losers
Here are my song recommendations for this week: Barenaked Ladies—Grade 9 Neko Case—Mood To Burn Bridges The Cranberries—Pathentic Senses The … [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...]
Tunes by Luka: Elvis Presley—Viva Las Vegas (Vegas Style)
Here are my song recommendations for this week. ABBA—The Winner Takes It All Ray Charles—Blackjack Sheryl Crow—Leaving Las Vegas Bob Dylan—House of … [Read more...]
Tunes by Luka: Hellogoodbye—Here (In Your Arms)
Here are my song recommendations for this week. Judy Collins—Both Sides, Now Claude Debussy—Suite Bergamasque - Clair de Lune Gloria Estefan—Bad Boys … [Read more...]
Tunes by Luka: One Hit Wonders
You remember that group that became an instant hit when a certain nine-year-running sitcom chose it as its friendship anthem? How about the singer crooning over … [Read more...]
NPR 100—Most Influential Musical Pieces
National Public Radio released "The 100 Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th Century" in 2000 featuring interviews, commentaries and other findings … [Read more...]
Tunes by Luka: Seven Days of Christmas Tunes, Day 7
This year I thought it would be fun to have seven days of Christmas song recommendations. Here's the selection for day 7. And as always, check out other song … [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 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.
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 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 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!