You can check out the latest audio program live from Studio N. The lovely Carin vs. the Cranky old man. I hope your weekend went well. Welcome to a short week. Popularity: 1% [?]

It’s friday, you should really take a time out and listen to a podcast. Why don’t you check out what Christopher Penn has to say about Google Android on the latest episode of the world’s finest marketing podcast. Popularity: 1% [?]

Seth Godin had a good post today stating that Gift Cards are for Chumps. First, I would state that the term “chump” is vastly underutilized, so I’m glad to see it. Second is what I feel is his more important point: Christmas has become a holiday about shopping, not about giving. I’ve noticed that the purpose behind purchases made with disposable income has changed. I...

Today I spent most of the day on a return flight from San Francisco. I flew out back on Tuesday and was working the QCon show through Friday. We then stayed at the Columbus Motor Inn (ultimate bargain) for the weekend to hang out with my brother and a guy named W. About 10 years ago I lived in Walnut Creek for about a year and I still miss that area. If not for family in the East I would...

Live! From San Francisco! Another shot from the GOAT to the Man of Steel! Bahlactus has Spoken! Popularity: 1% [?]

My friend Ron sent over a question asking for clarification on this post from Google – they are doing placement targeting and CPC for placement targeting. What does this mean? Here’s a play by play to get you started. Back in the dark ages of Google Adwords (like 2 months ago), there were two places to run your ads. You could buy words that would show your ads when people...

This weekend, after the pulse pounding Michael Bay-esque software development conference, my dear wife dragged me off to the mall for some shopping (as in – she shops, I sit around and do nothing). Luckily I had a secret weapon in my arsenal. I had received a postcard earlier in the week from American Express telling me about their new members lounge at the Natick Collection (the new...

One day we were walking the dog and a big contractor truck drove by and honked his horn. The driver was on the side of the vehicle farther away from us and I could see him throw something over the roof of the truck towards us on the sidewalk. I caught one of the Milk Bone dog biscuits and the other hit the ground right next to Hannah, the world’s greatest dog. This happened a few times...

I didn’t get around to the normal cross-channel pimpin’ yesterday. You can check out my singing voice on the latest M Show! (the last 20 seconds if you don’t want to put up with the rest of the world class content.) Popularity: 1% [?]

So I was called out on twitter this weekend. I posted: “Sorry, I can’t see any value in utterz… anyone…. anyone…”. All I’ve seen are posts in Twitter that link to the Utterz recordings. In true new media style I got a twitter back from the founder! “simedia @themshow fan of your blog. how can we improve utterz to provide the value...