Archive for February, 2008
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Marketer’s Confessional!
The folks at the December 2007 iMedia event in La Quinta, California interviewed me for a video on thoughts about interactive marketing, career advice, etc. The full video was posted today! You can check it out here: http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/18459.asp I’d like to thank the Academy in accepting this award
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Random Facts
Found this site today with a bunch of random facts and trivia (i.e. good dinner party chit-chat).
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Historic New York Philharmonic Concert in North Korea
The NYTimes has a terrific article about the concert performed last night in North Korea by the New York Philharmonic, and the largest contingent of US citizens to step foot in North Korea since the Korean War. Definitely check out the audio link to an interview (by Jeff Spurgeon) that I heard this morning on [...]
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Bridal Jewelry Industry Update
I’m working on a piece of business for a luxury goods company, and I came across the following round-up on the bridal jewelry industry. One surprise (to me anyway) is that the purchase cycle is less seasonal than I thought. There are plenty of graphs and compelling charts to share. Check it out (if this [...]
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Facebook – Groups VS. Pages
I found this great post on the differences between setting up Facebook groups vs. pages. Pages seem to kick-ass with regards to opportunities. Here’s the link: http://www.thegogglesdonothing.com/archives/2008/01/facebook_groups_vs_pages.shtml
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
American Dad – Langley Falls Post Headlines
I stumbled across the following Wikia site which includes the humorous headlines from the opening of American Dad. Some of my favorites: Optimist Drowns in Half-Full Tub Trans Fats Banned In NYC, Fat Trannies Still OK Bowler’s Union Strikes There are plenty more!
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
For Whom The Notre-Dame Bells Toll
Interesting article in the NYTimes about Stéphane Urbain, is the CBR of Notre-Dame (that’s Chief Bell Ringer). To rephrase: Mr. Urbain, a 40-year-old chemist by training, is the chief sacristan of the cathedral. As such, he is also the chief bell ringer. His role often brings mention of Quasimodo, Victor Hugo’s misshapen “Hunchback of Notre-Dame,” [...]
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Dystonia
I’ve been reading up on dystonia lately and wanted to share some of the available online literature: Pulling the wrong strings Leon Fleisher: Dealing with Dystonia – an chapter from Oliver Sacks’ fascinating Musicophilia Dystonia Overview Focal Dystonia in Musicians: From phenomenology to therapy Those who know me know that I have studied piano with [...]
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Marcus Roberts is the man…
As an avid musician and listener to many kinds of music–in particular jazz–I’ve followed Marcus Roberts for a long time, back to my early teens in the 80′s. Along with an 8 piece band, Marcus Roberts absolutely shot the moon this past weekend, revisiting Deep in the Shed, an album he released in 1990, at [...]
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Microo
Tom Hespos passed along the following translation from PR-Speak to Engligh of selected portions of the Jerry Yang’s company-wide memo regarding the Microsoft takeover bid. Quite funny….
