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- I knew I was going to lose one day when I flew to India, but somehow I seem to have lost two. It "feels" like Monday to me, but really it's.
- RT @ssorokin: Very cook tool - check it out: Bottlenose 2.0: Taming The “Share-pocalypse” With A Smarter Social Media Dashboard | http:/ ...
- @RonSupportsYou @ezraklein Thanks, Ron. Ezra, now following you.
- Arrived in New Delhi. Settling in and unpacking. 23 hours in flight. Queue the Rocky Horror song: "Let's Do the Time Warp Today..."
- About to board a long flight-- fortunately I have +Daisy Whitney 's "The Rivals" to keep me company.
- @Namitaved Yes indeed!
- @mitensampat @quova I'm around. Usually easy to find right after the keynote ends. Look forward to seeing you.
- Getting ready to head to ad:tech New Delhi tomorrow-- long flight, but worth it for a great show: http://t.co/5YBLXtI4
- Just figured it out... it's @craigmod. Phew.
- Tweeps & FBers, there's a Tokyo-based expert on presentations. I'm blocking on his name. Can anybody help? DM or private email, please.
- Awesome coloring @ McMenamin's. http://t.co/M84njyMX
- New hat. Just like dad's. http://t.co/N9PDwnYF
- @kdoohan Wow! Photographic evidence! THANKS & ENJOY! #redcrosse http://t.co/3Cy8FNcm Hooray!
- RT @MediaReDEF: 20th Century Fox joins rush to produce made-for-the-Web shows http://t.co/eDubhxUq /via @MediaReDEF
- RT @RonSupportsYou: ‘Shatner's World’ on Broadway: Definitely on his own planet: http://t.co/SqYl9oeZ
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Category Archives: Culture
Mom for a Day. Oy Vey!
My wife Kathi left to teach in L.A. this morning and so I became the POD (Parent on Duty), also known as “Substitute Mom.” That was less than 12 hours ago & I’m totally frazzled. Unlike most of my posts, … Continue reading
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Portland Startups to work with Target, Coca-Cola, Nike, Google, Wieden + Kennedy
Our industry has relapsed into a high digital startup fever, but this time with a new twist— brands working directly with entrepreneurs in order to find the next hot digital companies at the earliest possible stage and to stay at … Continue reading
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Netflix’s Big OOPS– didn’t these guys take Psych 101?
Topline takeway for this post: Netflix has screwed up, turning unconsidered background choices into front-of-mind considerations. They don’t understand how pleasure and satisfaction work. I’m on vacation and somewhat unplugged, but I was still connected enought to receive a surprising … Continue reading
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Simile Search: Please Help This Writer!
I’m looking for evocative comparisons that talk about how one thing so automatically comes with another that we take the pairing for granted. Like, “the juice comes with the meat” (except it often doesn’t) or “the warmth that comes with … Continue reading
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Short Post: There’s More to the Amazon story than Fast Company conveys
Kit Eaton over at Fast Company (a must read in general) blogged today about Amazon’s announcement that it now sells more e-Books than physical books. Here’s a relevant snippet including a link to the Amazon press release: Since April the … Continue reading
Super Storytelling Smackdown: “Smallville” vs. “Thor”
This is a post about the difference between experiencing a story and remembering it later, a distinction that we pay too little attention to in the media world. I’ll talk about theater, movies, TV, Superman, Thor and Shakespeare, and there … Continue reading
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New Delhi arrival: first thoughts…
I arrived in New Delhi last night to attend and MC our launch of ad:tech New Delhi later this week. It was a pleasant trip (thank you Continental Airlines) if just a little over 24 hours in length. In a … Continue reading
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Fascinating TED talk by David Brooks
This is well worth all 18 minutes.
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The Shakespeare Brand: Yesterday’s iMedia Talk now UP on YouTube
UPDATE: More of the talk now embedded below. Yesterday I had the great pleasure of speaking at the iMedia Brand Summit– an event that I’ve been intimately associated with for years but at which I’ve rarely presented while wearing my … Continue reading
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Book Review: “Scrawl,” a terrific YA novel by Mark Shulman
Here’s the executive summary of this post: “Scrawl” reveals the inner life of a junior high school bully, a huge, violent, lower class, shambling boy named Tod Munn who is secretly brilliant but plays being an oaf to conceal his … Continue reading
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