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10 hours and counting...

So I've just been reminded that there is less than 10 hours left of my internship and as I have a couple more things to fit in before I leave on Saturday morning I guess this will be my last post from Boston. It seems like the time has absolutely...

Published 02-Aug-2012 20:07 by Alasdair Drennan

Filed under: Boston, National trust for Scotland Foundation USA

Week 6/7 - Going for Gold!

I write this blog on the Sunday evening preceding my final week here in Boston, knowing that this time next week I will be back in the UK (and most probably tucked up in bed as it will be the middle of the night and I'll be feeling very jet lagged...

Published 30-Jul-2012 2:07 by Joanne Greener

Filed under: Boston, Heriot Watt, Liberty Mutual, 2012, Olympics

Life in and out of Boston

Rather alarmingly, there are less than two weeks of the internship left. Time seems to have flown but at the same time it feels like a very long time ago that I was sitting waiting in Heathrow for my flight to Boston. I've realized that I'm going...

Published 25-Jul-2012 18:53 by Alasdair Drennan

Filed under: Boston, Advice, National trust for Scotland Foundation USA

There's still lots to do!

I cannot believe how little time I have left here in Boston and it still seems like there is a lot left to do. The pace at work has picked up and I'm busier than ever. I won't say too much at the moment, but one project has developed into another...

Published 19-Jul-2012 18:38 by Alasdair Drennan

Filed under: Boston, National trust for Scotland Foundation USA, Tourist, Alasdair Drennan

Week 4/5 - fuzzy wuzzy bear?

So it’s nearly the end of another week and considering week 3’s blog come in the middle of week 4 this blog is going to play a bit of catch up and have both the end of week 4 and week 5 in it. (I know it’s now week 6 but just bear* with...

Published 17-Jul-2012 19:06 by Joanne Greener

Filed under: Boston, Heriot Watt, 2012, 4th July, Liberty Mutual. Collaboration.

All blogged out?

Since coming back from New York I don't really remember pausing for breath and it was only when I sat down to write this that I realised how much had happened in the past week. The biggest event of the week for me wasn't 4th of July but was in...

Published 11-Jul-2012 13:22 by Alasdair Drennan

Filed under: Boston, blog, National trust for Scotland Foundation USA, Alasdair Drennan, Embarrassing Pictures

The one where we sat around not doing anything

My last post didn’t really say much about what we were up to here in Boston outside of work and I wouldn’t want anyone getting the impression that I wasn’t making full and proper use of my time out here so here is an update about what...

Published 03-Jul-2012 16:58 by Alasdair Drennan

Filed under: Boston, New York, Tourist, NTSUSA, tshirt, Duck Boat

Learning to handle the heat!

I’ve titled this post “Learning to handle the heat” because it seemed to fit as a description for my great experiences in the last couple of weeks living in Boston as a Liberty Mutual intern. If any of you have read the blogs of the...

Published 26-Jun-2012 17:51 by Tala Byrne

Filed under: Boston, Liberty Mutual, Irn-Bru, Networking, Scotland, 2012 Scholar, Weather, goals, Irn Bru, personal markets, objectives, aims

It's getting hot in here

As a Brit, it'd be unusual to travel to a foreign land without commenting on the weather. It turns out this is not as quintessentially British a pastime as we have been led to believe – it seems that the weather is an internationally recognised...

Published 22-Jun-2012 21:05 by Alasdair Drennan

Filed under: Boston, National trust for Scotland Foundation USA, Alasdair Drennan, NTSUSA, Heatwave

From Tanned Tenants to Tinned Tennents

It’s been a week of enterprise, work, history, academia…and Irn Bru? Yes, that’s right, in only my second week here in Boston, I’ve managed to track down perhaps the only supplier of the orangey sugary delight that synonymizes...

Published 21-Jun-2012 15:19 by Jamie Cook

Filed under: Boston, Project, Liberty Mutual, HOT, Web Design, Weather, HR, Tennents, Connect, Irn Bru

A "Brave" new post

I thought I'd write an extra post this week because, thanks to the National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA, I was given the opportunity to attend the Boston preview of the film Brave which is released in the US on Friday and in the UK in August...

Published 21-Jun-2012 2:56 by Alasdair Drennan

Filed under: Boston, Scotland, HOT, Brave, Alasdair Drennan, NTSUSA

Week 1 - time flies....

So, week 1 in Boston is over and already I have experienced so many things and come across so many people (it would be difficult not being an intern at a company as big as Liberty Mutual - 4000 employees in Boston alone!!). My journey began last Friday...

Published 16-Jun-2012 0:50 by Joanne Greener

Filed under: Boston, Heriot Watt, Liberty Mutual, Fenway, product management

What a week!

My first week in Boston has been nothing short of incredible. High winds in London meant that my flight there was delayed and so I missed my connection on to Boston - meaning a five hour wait in Heathrow. This was the point at which events took a turn...

Published 15-Jun-2012 17:47 by Alasdair Drennan

Filed under: Boston, National trust for Scotland Foundation USA, Tourist, Brave, Facebook, Alasdair Drennan

Connections with the Boston Mafia

The toil of choosing the name of your first blog post can be a daunting challenge. This first week of this Saltire escapade for many has no doubt mirrored my turbulent first week here in Boston. In just under a week I’ve flown across the world,...

Published 15-Jun-2012 17:16 by Jamie Cook

Filed under: saltire, Boston, Liberty Mutual, Liberty Mutual. Boston, intern, 2012, Relationships, Connections, New England, Web Design

Less than a week to go...

On Friday I'll be leaving Edinburgh for 11 weeks. I'm going to miss the Edinburgh Festival and the once in a generation opportunity to see the Olympics take place on home soil in London. However, there is good reason behind the madness - I am...

Published 03-Jun-2012 9:34 by Alasdair Drennan