We’re watching some Degrassi Junior High tonight and a bit about the U.S. invading Canada came up. Now, it may surprise you that my public school education didn’t discuss the multiple times we invaded (War of 1812, Fenian Raids of the 1860s), or planned to, our northern neighbors. First I heard of an invasion was …
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How Can You Resist the Chevy Tahoe?
Chevy decided to open up the art direction of their new Tahoe to the world. Brilliant idea. This falls under the ‘spell your name right’ category of publicity. From my perspective, it doesn’t matter if people create ads critical of the vehicle, they’re still creating ads for the vehicle. Which means they’re talking about the …
Forrester Confirms Podcasting Isn’t Interesting
Recently, I was asked for a list of the top 25 podcasts. Period. Like a list of top foods, another attribute is required to have any value (fruits, husband-wife chatter, technology, frozen, music, independent, sparkly). I’ve said it before – Podcasting is more like voicemail than radio. Forrester’s Charlene Li backs me up with two …
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Loving the Market – Hating the Marketer
“Dependency breeds resentment. Marketers resent consumers, because marketers are dependent on consumers.” – Dave Rogers Dave nails a mentality that’s troubled me for years. Whether marketers and their customers or agencies and their clients. There’s an underlying resentment rampant in the ‘creative’ world – and I just don’t get it. Part of it feels like …
Amazing Race Season 9 Episode 6
I’ve said it before, BJ & Tyler are the best AR team yet; well-traveled, playful, multi-lingual, beards. The fake sign-up list was brilliant. Also brilliant – the Dentists requesting a clue not from the designated grounds keeper. Detour: Big Fish or Little Fish Big Fish. Big Fish. Running through the city with swordfish is much …
Pre-Amazing Race Season 9 Episode 6
Hey all. CBS changed the time Amazing Race is on. Now, Tuesday is just Garbage Day. Not Amazing Race & Garbage Day. Anyway a couple things in preparation for tonight’s installment. There’s some other Amazing Race bloggers: flyairdave Scrappy’s Amazing Race 9 (Looks like Amazing Race fantasy sports style. Also looks like Scrappy’s in Mpls.) …
That Giant Buzzing Sound You Hear is Me-dia Filtering and Aggregating
Fellow local me-dia mogul Chuck Olsen got some nice press in the Sunday Strib this week. A nice write up, and I’m glad Chuck got the press – he deserves it. Afterwards though, I had the distinct feeling that the Strib, in their haste to cover every base, actually missed the interesting bits (that you …
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A Use Case for Identity XML – Demographic Surveys
Stowe Boyd’s running a reader survey. I’ve followed Stowe from Get Real to /Message and thought I’d check out the survey. Standard demographic stuff; age, gender, household income, zip code, employment status, profession, internet usage, etc. Those common questions attempting to build an anonymous picture of people without actually getting involved with them. Reading through …
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I Own It
It’s been a rough week for podcast-network overlords. First, Keith and the Girl dug into the Podshow Contract then Eric Rice responds with a smack down. Then, Graeme and Frosty in It Radio break the news that I’ve been making quietly acquiring podcasts for my own evil podcast network. No, it’s not safe for work …
Five More from SXSW 2006
Modern Swinger by The Pink Spiders If you’ve been following this series (or this blog in general) you’ve probably picked up on my preference for dorky white guys with silly songs. The Pink Spiders also fall into that category. This song specifically reminds me of Caviar’s “She’s Flawed Like a Diamond”. Honey I Been Thinking …