Kristen Hengst Smith's Barbarian Blog

Shakira, Shakira!

kristen@barbariangroup.com(Kristen Hengst Smith) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:47:24 -0400

You may have heard of her – the singer/songwriter/dancer/humanitarian/superstar. It turns out when she’s not going platinum, she’s starting and contributing to foundations that hugely vastly enormously improve the lives of kids around the world. She’s pretty amazing, that Shakira. And it was time to have a website to match.

Credit Where Credit is Due

kristen@barbariangroup.com(Kristen Hengst Smith) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:42:12 -0400

This morning I was passed a link to a blog dedicated to the full-time mocking of Pete Hoekstra and his dramatic tweet.

While perusing its offerings and enjoying yet another MEME it hit me. There is an unsung hero at work here. A behind-the-scenes contributor offering everything it has to the thankless job of delivering declarative humor to monitors everywhere. It is the heart and soul of the MEME genre. It is you, Impact…

Cool By Association

kristen@barbariangroup.com(Kristen Hengst Smith) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:43:31 -0400

Justin Timberlake’s middle name is Randall. His first two solo albums have sold more than 18 million records worldwide. His wikipedia article names “beatboxing” as one of the four instruments he plays. He owns a car wash just outside of Memphis, and has a golf handicap of 6. He does excellent impressions of his celebrity friends, and still remains the type of gentleman who will ask if it’s okay to have a snack during a meeting. In fact, he’ll even offer to share it with you.

This is the type of JT info you once had to painstakingly scour the entire worldwide web to find… until now.

Tweaking Today

kristen@barbariangroup.com(Kristen Hengst Smith) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:42:06 -0400

A few posts have been written about Bill’s excellent new website Tweak Today. Well, I’ve been tweaking here and there, and I think today’s is the best so far…

2009 New Year's Revolutions

kristen@barbariangroup.com(Kristen Hengst Smith) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:57:05 -0500

1. Track finances on mint.com

2. Optimize email workflow

3. Learn soulja boy dance

4. Bring lunch (most likely a direct result of mint.com tracking)

5. Visit at least 1 new country