During my trip to The Fortress of Solitude for November to avoid the blogosphere I had a friend ask about the best way to record a phone interview. It was more strategy than tactics and Tim Street called me out for shoddy workmanship. Since I had begged off on blogging for the month this was [...]

Even though I said I was taking November off, I’m back again. A friend asked me about recording a phone interview and I wrote so much that I thought it would be a shame not to get a post out of it too.
The Phone Tree Option in Order of Sound Quality:

Best – Skype to Skype
Still [...]

I really liked the look of this session, and the content is great if you are into shooting video.

Advanced Sound for DSLR’s from Steve Weiss, Zacuto USA on Vimeo.

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I had a Marketing Over Coffee listener ask me about using Manticore (Email, web analytic, demand generation) with GoToWebinar (Online meetings). I thought that this was too much “Inside Baseball” even for MOC, but it fits here.
Do you typically send out your webinar invitations as part of a Manticore Demand Booster Process? It gets sort [...]

I am going to be passing this over to the Marketing Over Coffee audience later today or tomorrow, but I figured that since there are a lot of Bostonians that read over here I’d give you guys first crack.I have a pair of tickets to The New Marketing Summit coming up on the 14th and 15th at [...]

I’ve had to fill out a bunch of forms recently for a number of different events. New events can be very exciting, covering hot topics and having no established old guard to leave the FNG’s feeling left out. On the other hand, with things being done for the first time, often on the fly, things [...]

A couple of days ago I noticed a twitter post from Forrester Analyst Jeremiah Owyang that made it sound like he is considering switching to the Dvorak keyboard layout. I felt I was in a unique position to respond after having switched to Dvorak about 5 years ago.
As usual, Wikipedia has a fine overview here [...]

While talking about trade shows last week Johnny T. writes in:
Hey John -
As an events producer, I’m always curious WHY companies exhibit and sponsor. What are you trying to get out of SDWest? How do you define success – is that more of an art or science for your company? Maybe that’s a 2-part question [...]

Ok, maybe not save your life, but at least take some of the headaches away:

Never check a bag
SeatGuru
Bring twice the money, half the clothes
Remember that for nearly all business travel there are still stores where you are going. Only pack the things you need, not things you might use
iGo universal charger – unless your laptop [...]