Marketing Bloggers Converge in NYC

Last weekend, dozens of the most creative and influential marketing bloggers from around the world gathered at Blogger Social ’08 in New York City. They came from near and far, including Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and all over the U.S. While most are finding it hard to describe the weekend in words, ...

Chicago’s Best Blogs

The Chicago Tribune just profiled me as one of Chicago’s Best Blogs. Like Ad Age and the Power 150, this is a nice traditional/social media crossover, and I’m discovering lots of fellow Chicago-based bloggers.

Joy… to the world

Posted by on Apr 4, 2008 in Marketing | No Comments

I’m totally pulling a Perez Hilton here, but this is a plug for a completely underground and unsigned music artist named Joy. I’ll let her song – “Automatic” – speak for itself, but not before sharing this story: I recently played “Automatic” for my wife, who was sitting in the other room. I asked her ...

The Story of Journalist Henry Stanley, I Presume

Posted by on Apr 3, 2008 in Educational, Media | No Comments

The story of journalist Henry Stanley starts out with Dr. David Livingstone. Livingstone traveled to Africa in 1840 as a missionary/explorer/physician and spent most of his adult life traveling the continent. “In 1866, Livingstone set out at the head of an expedition charged with the task of finding the headwaters of the Nile River. His ...

Logobama 08

Posted by on Apr 3, 2008 in Social Media, Technology | No Comments

Create your own logobama. Source: NOTCOT.ORG

Nominated as a Top Interviewer

Posted by on Apr 1, 2008 in Social Media | No Comments

Last week, Rohit Bhargava asked bloggers to “virtually interview” him about his new book, Personality Not Included. I asked what may be considered the two most important questions of the author: 1) how is your book different from the tidal wave of other “new marketing” books on the shelves now, and 2) what’s up with ...

The Mile-High Club of Skyscraper Construction

Posted by on Apr 1, 2008 in Educational | No Comments

This proposed $10 billion (USD) skyscraper will reach one mile into the atmosphere – more than two times the height of the Burj Dubai! This I-can-build-a-taller-tower competition has officially gone CRAZY and will soon give new meaning to the mile-high club. According to the Daily Mail article (from March 31, so this isn’t an April ...

The Pixel Couch

Posted by on Apr 1, 2008 in Technology | No Comments

Nod: swissmiss