Pop17

Sarah Austin. News, comments and interviews around micro fame online. Pop17 is a two-to-three minute daily exploration to track, analyze and understand the new cultural phenomenon of online micro-celebrity. Who are these new influentials? What are their stories? How have they leveraged their online successes? These are the kinds of questions we will explore everyday at Pop17. Grab an RSS feed! Or you can find me on Twitter and YouTube.

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"Art is for everyone" - Keith Haring, cultural and political icon. ArtPoint in February, the month of love. (at DeYoung Museum)

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"Art is for everyone" - Keith Haring, cultural and political icon. ArtPoint in February, the month of love. (at DeYoung Museum)

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Rocking my @casatoroma #casatoroma #diamonds on #18k #gold with my cute #outfit #Valentino #red #boots #burberry #dress #girl #glam #fashion #jewelry (at Encore Tower Suites)

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I was too late to #WeMoThat it was already WeMo’ed (at Las Vegas Convention Center)

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Did the C and A burn out? Or did I hack that so you'd know I'm from Cali? I totally pulled a #WeMoThat (at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas)

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Did the C and A burn out? Or did I hack it so you’d know I was from Cali? I totally pulled a #WeMoThat #CES2015 @HardRock (at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas)

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#CES starts tomorrow and I haven't slept in two days. Sometimes I don't want to be in the spotlight. Totally wish I could #WeMoThat #ces2015 #tech #codingFTW #IoT #sleep #zzz (at Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas NV)

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All girl code teams are not a #unicorn The #codingftw at #atthack using #wemothat to build solutions for #autism @womenintech @LininoWoman @altoanthem @elenawalom @frompeera #ATTDevSummit (at Palms Casino Resort)

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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from the Austin sisters! Xo Sarah and Rebekah @rebekahjaustin #christmastree #Christmas #xmas

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Ugly Christmas sweaters aren't part of our wardrobe. #fashion #babes in #toyland Friends are just the same as family. Happy holidays to you and yours! #Christmas #holiday

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My best kept shopping secret? EBay #ebay see the Versace heels I'm wearing? I got them on a major discount and they had only been worn twice. This extended pointe was the style a couple seasons ago, but it's so classic that it's not going to go out of style and adds a little bit of an edge to my typical work day outfit. #Versace #heels #shop #style #fashion (at Ebay Paypal Campus)

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Yahoo! Employees mistook me for Marissa Mayer at the holiday party. If I wasn't so tan I could probably have fired people and they would have cleared their desk on Monday. Darn that trip to Thailand making me so beautiful. #yahoo #holiday #party #fashion #tech (at Belvedere Island)

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Post Yahoo! Holiday party, we made it to the kitchen to raid the fridge #yahoo! #yahoo #holiday #party #campus #fashion #tech #dress #style (at Yahoo! Inc)

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Game on! @Intel Extreme Masters in San Jose @SAP where the best video game players in the world face off for the fame and glory #game #gamer #extrememasters #sap #intel #girlgamer #womenplay #cosplay #geek #video #games (at SAP Center)

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Girls night at Rosewood on Thursday and you know what that means... Cougar night! #rosewood #Christmas #holiday #christmastree #sandhill #paloalto #madera #hotel (at Rosewood Sand Hill)

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At the gates of Wat Pho; named after a monastery in India where Buddha is believed to have lived #Thailand #travel #education #bangkok Prior to the temple's founding, the site was a centre of education for traditional Thai medicine, and statues were created showing yoga positions. #fashion #picoftheday

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Grand Palace, a consortium of intricate buildings at the heart of Bangkok, Thailand. The palace has been the residence of the Kings of Siam (aka Thailand) since 1782. #tourism #travel #thailand #fashion #picoftheday #photooftheday #palace #Bangkok #women #friends #bff #sightseeing #history (at The Grand Palace And The Emerald Buddha Temple, Bangkok)