The first year Jen and I were back in Minnesota, we hit the State Fair twice. This was the year they debuted deep-fried Snickers bars on a stick and deep-fried Oreos (BTW, Yea on the Snickers, Nay on the Oreos). If you attempt the Snickers bar, eat it as you leave the fairgrounds, wash it …
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Advertising Either Credits or Discredits Both Brands
Kristina from BrainTraffic and I were discussing podcasting over lunch today, specifically – relationships between advertisers and podcasters. As always, we concluded the most logical, credible solution is the conventional, NPR-esque, announcer-mentioned sponsorship IT Conversations is exploring. As Kristina stated, this model helps guarantee the both podcaster and advertiser are interesting and appropriate to the …
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Stinson Auto Brought the Neon Back to Normal
Back when Saint Paul the Auto Repairman fixed my tie rod end, he noticed the front brakes needed to be done and warned: “You’re going to lose a caliper.” He also warned the alignment was off. To go straight, turn the steering wheel 60 degrees off normal. No, Jen didn’t want me driving the car …
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Two Thoughts on Cooperation
The first two posts I read in the news reader this morning were on cooperation. Both with the same “conflict is generally unnecessary” point. I thought you’d enjoy. “…cooperation is the norm, it’s conflict that needs to be explained.” – Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution “…everyone in the organization that wants customers on a regular …
An Emotion Connection Tells Us What Matters
In Newsweek’s cover story “Reading Your Baby’s Mind” on baby’s brain development, new research is profiled into the “babies learn foreign languages easily” phenomenon. The research states, a baby can easily learn a second language easily only if the secondary language is spoken by someone the baby has an emotional connection with. “…without the emotional …
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First Crack 55. The Wall Art Demo with Jen
Get your Trading Spaces and HGTV fix in the first First Craft video-cast. Jen walks you through how to make your walls more interesting with a few inexpensive, blank, pre-stretched canvases and some stylish wrapping papers. Watch the Wall Art Demo with Jen [17 min]
CollegeRecruiter.com is Podcasting
Over the weekend we set up and launched the CollegeRecruiter.com podcast using BetDirCaster. Integration into their existing site went quickly. More quickly than I anticipated. I’m excited about podcasts like this; timeless information to a niche audience in 10 minutes or less. This also gave me an opportunity to tweak BetDirCaster. It now; formats the …
Yes, We Value Your Attention. Thanks.
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Where Everyone Prefers Your Name
I’ve been a customer at RCU for as long as I can remember. For all those years, our relationship has been just as I like my relationships with financial institutions – uneventful. They’re upgrading their system and sent out a letter alerting customers to the changes they might be expect and when to expect them. …
Yes Dave, Light Roasts Have More Caffeine
“File this under unconfirmed but curious factoids. I heard, in a Toronto coffee shop, that mild coffee actually has more caffeine than the strong stuff” – Dave Winer “A dark roast increases body and decreases both acidity and caffeine. A light roast has less body, but higher acidity and caffeine.”