My first week: Head shots, Craziness, and RSS feeds save my life

I started my new internship at Weber Shandwick this past Monday. Everyone is extremely nice and helpful and it feels like I will fit in here. Being my first experience at a PR firm, I have a lot to learn about my clients and the industries they are in, and basic functions of an agency like logging my billable hours and all that good stuff.

My favorite part about the new gig… I am already extremely busy and have a lot to do. Which is exactly how I like to be! C’est parfait!

I took business head shots (left) and I’m somewhat satisfied with the results. Not crazy about the hair, but what can you do?

RSS Feeds are saving my life

Before this week I really didn’t use RSS feeds. I’ve used Google Reader in the past, but I wasn’t extremely fluent in it and I mostly used Twitter to follow my favorite bloggers.

I’ve been thrown into work on clients from industries I know NOTHING about. This week RSS feeds have been saving my life. I’ve easily gathered feeds from media outlets in the industries and I’ve been able to stay on top of what is going on and slowly learn the jargon.

I set my RSS feed up in Outlook and Google Reader for when I’m at home and I already sense they are going to be a great part of my day. Does anyone have any tips/tricks/recommendations for an RSS newbie?

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