Highway to Hale

There has been quite a bit going on in the SM world lately (a few Facebook changes, Twitter’s horrible retention rate, a realization that some professors simply don’t understand SM, possible errors with Twitter’s retention rate data…etc.), but things are crazy around here, so I offer you some updates about some things happening in the life of Scott Hale.

First, I’ve been fortunate to jump on a project with my friends over at Deep Bench called Mrs. Dude’s Boob Fund. I’ll let the link do the talking, but its a great true-life story of sacrifice, love, mothers, and breast cancer. While the story is heartwarming, the goal is to raise a bunch of money for breast cancer research so nobody lives the story over again. A donation makes a great Mother’s Day gift and some really great people over at Enthusem will send your mother a card for her special day letting her know that you have made a donation in her name. To make things better, a donation of $75 or more will also get your mother a sterling bracelet. So, if you have some money, please donate. If you have the time, tweet about the fund. If you tweet, @ reply to Ellen (@theellenshow) so the Boob Fund can make a television appearance and raise a healthy stash of cash in the attempt to eradicate breast cancer.

Enough promo for a fun project for a wonderful cause I’ve had the joy of working on with a couple other dudes that could not identify a boob if it walked up and smacked them in the face. On to promo for the sjhalestorm family of networks. I created a Flickr account yesterday. Of course, the account name is sjhalestorm and you can find the account at http://www.flickr.com/photos/scotthale. Why did I wait so long to join one of the hottest SM sites on the interwebs? I do not have an answer for this, but now you can check out a bunch of photos I’ve taken throughout the year for the campus newspaper. Obviously, the editors don’t use all of the pictures I give them, so think of this as a behind-the-scenes tour. I failed to read the fine print and uploaded a bunch of recent pictures and hit my monthly limit within one download. Next month, look out for a variety of graphic design projects and photos that I took outside of news assignments. I also joined FriendFeed…so subscribe to that if that’s what you’re in to.

Finally, I’m doing everything I can to avoid Swine Flu (the illness and the conversation – still trending on Twitter). I suggest you do the same. Also, note my latest addition to the blog – a Twitter widget that lets you know my last five tweets. This probably is not as exciting to you as it is to me, but I’d love to chat with you on Twitter.

Does your agency have an interactive/integrated marketing unit? Does that unit need some help? Shoot me a tweet or an email if you or anybody you know answered yes to these questions because, while I’ve had some conversations about my plans starting in May, I still have not nailed down any plans. Graduation is near and I wouldn’t call what I have “senioritis” because it is simply excitement to start doing more interesting things and start helping out the real world.