So I finally wrapped up the wedding tour (link to absurd dancing photos), and came down with the flu this weekend. After sleeping most of the day Sunday I was back in the game for The Beancast and back to work to close out the quarter. It’s interesting that the Bailout was shot down, talk about Marketing in Action. For my opinion on the bailout, please refer to this article in Time...

Seth Godin had a link to a Business Week article that had him taking some shots from academics. I had to laugh at criticsm leveled by those who have a vested interest in maintaining the impression that what’s important is analysis and strategy. There’s no shortage of armchair quarterbacks. Execution. That’s the hard part. Building a product, leading a team, being profitable...

Today was an interesting day, I ran through a huge range of emotion on my ride home. I started out thinking about the new Sony PSP 3000 that’s going on sale next month, which I don’t really need, but would like to check out. I listened to the back half of a NY Times podcast on religion that was quite thought provoking. Everything from how the 60′s have changed religion, to...

I’m watching the Launch Broadcast right now with our video pro. They are working with the RED camera. I think I need this. Popularity: 1% [?]

This gap is clearly evident in Guy Kawasaki’s post of his Powerpoint extreme makeover. The only issue is the classic ghetto marketing conundrum – you already need to be cool to be able to afford a graphics artist that really rocks.  But you get what you pay for… not only does it look great but it extends the message and his story. This is critical because although they...

The M Show made an appearance this weekend: Direct link to file You can also get more marketing goodness from The Beancast: Direct link to file And for audio variety, I post things that I want to check out to my Gigadial channel, you can subscribe via iTunes to get the same stuff automatically – it’s like I’m hunting down interesting audio content for you. Subscribe in...

I am a big fan of this show that at least does something. When you think about it, every other show exists only to sell ads. So I had a widget for Extreme Home Makeover here, but it broke the formatting for the page so it’s gone. Popularity: 1% [?]

The latest video edition of the digital photography podcast Tips from the Top Floor has everyone from the Portland, Maine photo workshop that I was at over Labor Day Weekend. Check out the video, and if you want to see the pictures, here’s the flickr tag. Working on our modeling skills was interesting, here’s me doing the “White guy lamely attempts street cred by standing...

Shel Holtz, of FIR fame, was writing about editing podcasts and I started to comment but after it got to three paragraphs I thought it would be better to just bring it over here. I’m not buying the “no edits, no second takes” argument. You can rationalize it as “more energy, more real feeling” but the reality is that editing is a lot of work, and leaving that...

Over on Marketing Over Coffee a few weeks back we talked about manipulating perceptions – creating story and reality that the customer wants to see. This is nothing new, Seth Godin made the bold proclaimation “All Marketers are Liars”. While Mr. Godin’s title embraces irony, using the word “manipulate” creates a sinister impression that is rather severe....