Speaking of viral videos…

Here’s one of the better ones I’ve seen in a while.

It was sponsored by Gatorade, but you wouldn’t know unless I told you. That’s the genius.
 

Will travel for money

My friend Guy (that’s his name, and his gender) sent me a note yesterday.
He was frustrated. You see, Guy and I share a dream that a lot of people probably have – we’d like to travel the world, drink gallons of strange liquor, eat foods we couldn’t pronounce, see exotic locales and basically high-five one another [...]

A Good Monday Link

It’s Monday.
You’re going to need something refreshing.
In light of that, here’s a link to a site devoted to the Year of Creativity – 2008. Go there. When you come back, let me know what you’ve picked as your new business card.
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P.S. Hat tip to Andy Nulman for pointing to this.
Add his blog to your feed, it’s a constant [...]

The value in giving it away

Given the recent discussion here on the value of encouraging folks to “steal” your goods - I thought it was pretty interesting to see Seth’s post today on how his friend, Dave Balter, is giving away his new and otherwise $45 book for free as an ebook (click that link to head to Seth’s post to get it).
Balter put [...]

Don’t steal

This is the note I got when I tried to download an image from a photographer’s Web site.
I was going to post it here, proving to you that visiting to see the other photos was worth your 2-3 minutes. But instead, you’ll just have to take my word for it.
This begs the question – how [...]

The saddest brand in the whole wide world…

And even their supply of Nintendo Wii’s are picked over.
I’m bummed.

How big box retailers are doubling their customer base

I was in a meeting the other day, listening to a research consultant describe some of her experiences with big box retailers, a la Best Buy and Target.
It’s not surprising to hear about big companies losing touch with their customers. After all, this woman has made a career out of telling companies what their customers [...]

There is no such thing as a successful book

Just like there is no such thing as a successful magazine, or a successful blog.
There are only successful stories, shared by talented storytellers, written by talented writers, designed by talented designers, filled with photos from talented photographers….
Sometimes a successful story is 140 characters long, like a text message or a tweet.
Sometimes a successful story fills anthologies of [...]

A trash can worth mentioning

I moved into a new apartment and in doing so, had to buy a bunch of random stuff like a shower rod, some dishes, towels and the like.
It was pretty much an impulse shopping spree as I strolled through Target.
But one of the products I picked up is worth blogging about.
It’s a trash can, made [...]