A week ago, I ran into Mya. She's the forty-something intern I posted about in  "It's Almost As Good As A Bigfoot Sighting." She's still in school. Unfortunately, her internship ended a little early, due to company lay offs, but she just had a couple of interviews for other internships that went well. She's confident she'll get one offer. I'll say a little prayer.

That got me thinking about other people I've posted about. So I asked myself, "Hey, whatever happened to...?"

Eric Stiles and Nick Larson
To protest high education costs, they created "The First-Ever Crowdsourced Portfolio Campaign," so they claimed. Basically they were willing to pay you to help them build their portfolios. I don't think it was the best idea in the world, but I gave them credit for building a little buzz for themselves (good and bad). So I went back to their site and there haven't been any posts since February. I tried looking them up on Linkedin, but there were too many people with the same names. If the experiment worked, I guess they would be patting themselves on the back and telling us about the jobs they landed. I guess it really pays to just stay in school.

Google Ad Campaign?
Speaking of creating buzz, Tristan Smith, a copywriter just out of school, created a Superbowl ad this year for Google, "Parisian Love." It's still generating hits on YouTube (over five million, in fact). I wonder why Google never created other spots?

Erik Proulx
Laid off from his ad agency, Eric became an inspiration for the unemployed ad community with his documentary "Lemonade," which has had screenings across the country. He is currently embarking on telling Detroiters' attempts to overcome adversity with a second Lemonade film . But like many, life has a way of tripping you up. Still he keeps getting back up and moving forward, as you see here . If you're not reading his blog, "Please Feed The Animals," please do for a bit of inspiration.