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HeatherNew Media Intern |
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Heather Daniel is a recent University of Oregon graduate and confirmed caffeine addict. Before signing on with R2's interactive department, Heather taught English in Paris where she learned French street slang and spent her free time touring the city's bakeries. When not busy writing blogs and editing website content, Heather trains for upcoming marathons and plans her next international travel adventure.
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Heather's Posts
Many times as I proofread a client website, the musical score from “Mission: Impossible” will start playing in my head… you know which one I’m talking about. The one starring Peter Graves and Martin Landau.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k55NuWQCh78
I imagine the mysterious voice telling me that my mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find all errors [...]
The Department of Corrections
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
The Proofreader’s Bible
“Should there be a comma in this sentence? Or should we just go with the way it is?” I spent 10 minutes yesterday pondering this question. And I’m still thinking about it today. As a Quality Assurance Coordinator (fancy-schmancy title for “proofreader”) part of my responsibilities is to make sure that [...]
Addicted to Wi-Fi
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
This weekend the Wi-Fi connection in my apartment vanished. I spent 48 solid, uninterrupted hours without e-mail, YouTube, Wordpress or even so much as a weather update. Productivity skyrocketed. I actually read a newspaper, mopped the floors, cooked a balanced dinner and organized my closet. Who knew that I spent so much valuable time wandering [...]
Let me tell you a story… about beer.
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Australia is famous for many things, not the least of them being Vegemite, dingos and Nicole Kidman. But were you also aware that Australia has been a hot bed for some amazing beer commercials in the past decade?
TV ads are tricky beasts. Most of them are so banal and un-entertaining that viewers forget [...]
‘Tis the season to blog
Friday, December 14th, 2007
Today our department is buzzing in anticipation—Mitch and Mike seem to have made a full recovery from the disappointing college football season. Patrick and Christina are battling East Coast weather while on a book tour, and most of us used our lunch break to do last minute shopping for today’s annual gift exchange. The [...]
What does the Internet look like?
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
The Internet is dominated by social networks. There are the giants like Facebook, MySpace, Flickr and Twitter, as well as thousands of sub-genres that center around special interests and specific groups of people. These can include hosted community message boards, blogs and special-interest websites.
Wherever we look on the Web we are constantly invited to join [...]
What kills a website
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
While walking to work this morning I passed in front of my favorite furniture store –never mind that I can’t afford their minimalist tea kettles. Affixed to the store window is the phrase:
“The difference between mediocrity and excellence is attention to detail.”
I love this quote. What an inspirational way to start the morning. This bit [...]






