Monthly Archives: September 2008

Things People Need You to Believe

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 … Continue reading

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Not Strategy, Not Analysis – Execution

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 … Continue reading

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The Theater of Daily Life

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 … Continue reading

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Adobe CS4

I’m watching the Launch Broadcast right now with our video pro. They are working with the RED camera. I think I need this.

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The Gap Between Cool and Everything Else

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 … Continue reading

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Weekend of Sound

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 … Continue reading

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EHMO Returning

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 … Continue reading

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Blue Steel

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 … Continue reading

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Editing Podcasts Makes them Suck Less

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, … Continue reading

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Manipulating Your Perceptions – Part 2

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 … Continue reading

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