March 8, 2013

Light Sculpture for Bay Bridge - Love the fun face lift to the Bay Bridge! Mothers of Invention—Women Who Made it Happen- In honor of Women's History Month, some inventions created by women.

March 5, 2013

A friend of mine recently completed an intensive, month-long training to be a yoga instructor. When she wasn't practicing headstands, she chatted with me about how she was learning to structure a class.

March 1, 2013

Welcome to March! Here's what was happening around the web this week: Everyone has had something to say on Yahoo's work from home policy change.

February 26, 2013

We’re excited to have a guest blogger featured on the Brilliant Blog this week. Neil Cohen shares his insights on Yahoo’s new no work from home policy.

February 22, 2013

A few things that made us think, and made us chuckle this week: Passionate, Creative Thinker Seeks a Job: How to fix a personal brand that's a total cliché- The importance of a personal brand in a job search (perhaps descriptors like “good communicator” should be added to our list of words not to use). Men Tweet Like This, Women Tweet Like Thiiiiiiis- We were soooooo excited to read this interesting study on gender differences in tweeting.

February 21, 2013

My husband is in the midst of a job search. After launching a successful mobile/social start-up, and then spending some time with the company that acquired it, he's ready for a change.

February 15, 2013

It's been busy around here this week, but we were still about to find a few bits of brilliance to share with you:A short and sweet history of conversation hearts- Impressive how conversation hearts have been able to stay current over the past 144 years by continuing to update their messages (Tweet Me, anyone?) Happy belated Valentine’s Day!

February 12, 2013

This year, Google is (again) No. 1 on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list.

February 8, 2013

Another round of brilliance on the web this week:Top 10 intranets are ‘genuinely enjoyable’ to employees- What goes into an award-winning intranet? A look at two companies that scored a spot on Nielson Norman's top 10 list.

February 5, 2013

This past weekend, my husband and I got more than we bargained for on a trip to Big Sur. Upon arriving at our hotel, we discovered that it was a bit more rustic than we had anticipated - no TV, Wi-Fi, or cell phone service.

February 1, 2013

This month certainly seemed to fly by for the Brilliant Ink team as we've been busy working on big things for 2013. This week we sent out our newsletter and welcomed our new Winter Intern, Christina.

January 29, 2013

If you had to describe your life to someone who doesn’t know you, what would you say? How would you explain it?