Creativity through the years – 2004
Over the next 25 posts, ending on my birthday, I will be covering an incredibly creative moment or idea from a year of my life AND one creative moment in either the marketing, advertising, technology or media world.
While my classes and scholastic experiences in school are really what helped me to decide where I wanted to be in the future, the 2 years I spent in a sorority also heavily affected my life. Actually, choosing to leave the sorority in 2004 was what made the most difference. I had great experiences in the house, and meeting the girls, planning events and building relationships. But I also learned how much I despised being a part of politics, the rules of “seniority” and the difference between real and fake relationships. These lessons have helped me greatly in the business world, and are partially what led to my desire to work for myself. I think the more that I worked for others, the more I felt I was back in that sorority – somewhere I knew I didn’t want to be.
The tech world (especially social media!) changed incredibly in 2004. In 2003, a very frustrated (and probably partially intoxicated) Zuckerberg, according to Wikipedia, was on Facesmash, Harvard’s “Hot or Not” website, and blogging about a girl who had just dumped him. Finally in early 2004, after deciding to hack into Facesmash, learning how to create a closed network for sharing thoughts with other students, and making it available to all Harvard students Facebook was created. When the site was created, it was only open to Harvard students in the area. It quickly expanded out to other colleges in the area, and then to high school, businesses and finally to anyone over the age of 13. While we can’t all be the next Facebook, what we can do is make sure we give all our ideas a chance.
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