Posted on July 26, 2007
See a great article, press print. Get an email attachment like a PDF, Word document or spreadsheet. Press print, take it with you. The paperless office of the future is an idea of the past. In reality, more paper than ever gets printed. Computers, internet content and bandwidth have combined to kill more trees, release …
Posted on July 24, 2007
Mary Wells Lawrence may be one of the brightest minds in the history of marketing and advertising. Several decades ago, she was working on an ad campaign for Alka Seltzer. Up until that point, the recommended dose was to dissolve one tablet in water. She found some research that suggested that taking two tablets in …
Posted on July 23, 2007
I read all the comments that you post. All of them. One my this blog’s readers, Chris Bonny, responded to my post last month, Outlaw Chicken Little Thinking, with an astute observation: “I attended a two-day PM class at the University of Chicago where several attendees called these very people Fire Starters: Adding value by …
Posted on July 22, 2007
Last week I bought the new Beatie Boys record (The Mix Up) and it has ruled my CD changer since. This is an all instrumental funk-soul-rock-reggae extravaganza. Diamond, Horovitz and Yauch are INCREDIBLE at their instruments and spared no expensive producing a fully organic and analog sounding vibe. Sample track 3 and you will click …
Posted on July 20, 2007
Google has finally failed to impress. Yesterday’s earnings announcement sent their stock into a rare freefall, bidding down 6% in after hours and early trading today. At this point, late in the day, they are still down over $25 a share. That has to hurt. Here’s the point. It had to happen. As Mark Cuban …
Posted on July 19, 2007
If you want to be a socially responsible, you have to know how your products are produced. If you don’t know the source, you may be contributing to social damage by buying or using this product. True leaders in the social century question EVERYTHING. In researching my next book, I’ve been looking into a personal …
Posted on July 17, 2007
Today I gave a talk in Baltimore. Right after the talk, I hustled to the Balitmore airport and after getting my boarding pass I got in a loooooooong line for security. How long? A few football fields’ worth! Signs claimed that I would only be in line for about 30 minutes, but the line was …
Posted on July 16, 2007
In 2000 I moved to the Bay Area to work at Yahoo headquarters. They had just purchased the company I worked for (broadcast.com) and I was extended an invitation to come out and be part of the team. Mostly, I went on meetings with potential mega-clients with our execs (Anil Singh, Jeff Mallett and Tim …
Posted on July 15, 2007
The first time I heard about the UK act, Hot Chip, was in an article in the LA Times (Hot Chip delivers a jolt). They played at Coachella, in the elctonic tent venue and wowed the house. Apparently, they were the buzz of this year’s festival. They are described as melodic bedroom electronica. I think …
Posted on July 11, 2007
This week’s video post is an excerpt from my DVD, The Likeability Factor. My point is that you can’t get people to like you. They will or they won’t, based on how you make them feel. Given that people do business, marry and listen to who they like, this is somewhat unnerving. The good news …
