Entries from April 2008

April 30, 2008

Twitter & Common Craft

Twitter is going through a resurgence this year, a lot like Facebook did last year. Interesting how 2.0 sites seem to need some incubation time before exploding into the mainstream. But that’s not what this post is about.
I use Twitter to keep track of trends and the people that are setting them. Sure, I also [...]

April 29, 2008

Tight Baggy Comments

I love when the Comments are funnier than the Blog post they’re commenting on. It happens a lot in the world of Gawker Media. Case in point: Tight Baggy Jeans Achieve Holy Grail Of Pants.
The Funny includes:
“Trust the Gorton’s fisherman.”
“Wearing this mess, with the right shoes, one could easily affect the look of a retarded [...]

April 28, 2008

Mitch Joel

This guy has been one of my Social Media Heroes for a while now. I get inspiration and motivation from his brain via RSS and while listening to his Six Pixels of Separation podcast during my commute.
Here, in a recent post, he takes a satellite-high, big-picture look at Marketing and Advertising:
“Think about it - what [...]

April 25, 2008

Customer Service Renaissance

The relationship between consumers and commercial interests is experiencing a vibrant rebirth of what we’ve come to know as customer service.
Brands like Zappos and websites like GetSatisfaction.com are proving that customer service is the new marketing.
The consumer will ultimately benefit. And businesses will too, but not before slogging through a Darwinian obstacle course that will [...]

April 24, 2008

More White House Intelligence

White House says North Korea gave Syria nuclear help.
Hmm. Where have I seen satellite photos proving the existence of WMD before…?

April 24, 2008

The Sartorialist

If you know me, you know I love clothes. More so than my heterosexuality might imply. I own more shoes than my wife does. Don’t judge.
Another thing I love is social media, so it should come as no surprise that The Sartorialist blog ranks high in my RSS feeds.
From Scott Schuman’s Bio:
I started [...]

April 19, 2008

Demetri Martin is Funny

I always liked this guy on The Daily Show, but only just now discovered this year-old video on the YouTube.