January 2012
3 posts
“Electronics are our talismans that ward off the spiritual vacuum of modernity;...”
– Fever Dream of a Guilt-Ridden Gadget Reporter
“It’s not enough to describe yourself merely as a bored mommy,...”
– How to Become Your Company’s Storyteller | Entrepreneur.com
“Portlandia” is an extended joke about what Freud called the narcissism of small...”
– Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen in “Portlandia” : The New Yorker
December 2011
10 posts
“Egos can destroy the very best ideas. Entrepreneurs who are committed to solving...”
– 5 Essential Characteristics Of The Entrepreneurial Mind : Innovation :: American Express OPEN Forum
“network television continues to waltz along, attracting advertisers in big...”
– Rules for the New Ways of Watching - David Carr - NYTimes.com
“Social is not a feature. Social is not an application. Social is a deep human...”
– Stop talking about “social” » THINK OUTSIDE IN
“KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait — The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the...”
– Nation & World | Elated, last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war | Seattle Times Newspaper
“Aol needs to decide whether it exists for the benefit of stockholders, users and...”
– Why Heather Matters « Uncrunched
“It’s time to bury the “360-degree touchpoints” nonsense and...”
– The Ad Contrarian: Think Like A Prussian General
“Microsoft has been more successful at partnering with telecom operators like...”
– With TVs, Microsoft Is Right and Apple Is Wrong | Epicenter | Wired.com
“Since Aristotle, there has been at least lip service to the idea of teleology, a...”
– How the Internet Is Ruining Everything - NYTimes.com
“The iPhone is like a pristine, planned community with credit and background...”
– tenfour – Reggie Needs a New Phone!
November 2011
12 posts
“Citing research indicating that nearly half of potential American car buyers...”
– Ford Funds Documentaries for Eco-Conscious Site SHFT | News - Advertising Age
“According to Doug Firebraugh of SocialMediaBlogster.com, there are seven...”
– Tiny Wisdom: Knowing Why We Pull Out Our Gadgets | Tiny Buddha: Wisdom Quotes, Letting Go, Letting Happiness In
“I received an email from a recruiter seeking a social strategist with 10 years...”
– People on the Move in the Social Business Industry, Nov 12, 2011 « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing
“Content marketing must include strategic planning, content creation,...”
– 7 Business Goals of Content Marketing: Inbound Marketing Isn’t Enough
“I’ve built my career as one of the web’s leading technology journalists by...”
– Marshall Kirkpatrick’s Blog » After Four Years as ReadWriteWeb’s Lead Writer, Here’s My Next Adventure
“So is it a surprise that brands are still continuing to be caught red-handed...”
– Is Advertising Becoming More Honest? - Forbes
“Christine Bunting, head of Special Collections at McHenry, said that while...”
– Deadheads get a sneak peek of UCSC Grateful Dead Archive - Santa Cruz Sentinel
“The rhetoric of Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin and Rick Perry about the “real...”
– New Confederacy Rising — In These Times
“The mightiest adversary that snaps great empires like twigs isn’t...”
– America: Excelling at Mediocrity - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
“the next time someone asks why you are so feverishly committed to doing what it...”
– MediaShift Idea Lab . Lessons From the Entertainment Industry for the Digital Entrepreneur | PBS
October 2011
14 posts
“What does Microsoft offer advertisers that rivals can’t?
What you currently...”
– First Mover: Frank Holland | Adweek
“UrbanAirship was born just a few short years ago, when a team of unemployed...”
– Startup Shocker: SimpleGeo Gets Acquired by UrbanAirship
“At the DOC NYC Film Festival on Wednesday, Mr. Spurlock is expected to join Thom...”
– A Filmmaker Wants to Help Others Use Product Placement - NYTimes.com
“Open your eyes marketers! Your marketing plans are a smorgasbord of expensive...”
– Tom Asacker: Is marketing evolving?
“I frequently meet startups which believe that advertising dollars will make them...”
– Digiday - Bridging the Divide
“To be truly literate, though, you also need to be able to think critically about...”
– Why New Media Literacy Is Vital for Quality Journalism
September 2011
4 posts
“The more my writing days become diluted with free-content writing and other...”
– Writer Unboxed » I Think My Model is Breaking Down
“The multicultural marketing exec — whether she works in-house or he works...”
– As Sun Sets on Multicultural Space, Execs Must Adapt | The Big Tent - Advertising Age
“I don’t claim to be a journalist,” Mr. Arrington said, though he breaks news and...”
– Michael Arrington, TechCrunch Blogger, to Invest in Start-Ups - NYTimes.com
August 2011
7 posts
“Since its mid-1990s launch, the online magazine Slate has been a study in...”
– Slate’s Layoffs Signal Flaws in Web Model - WSJ.com
“Half a century ago, McDonald’s was one of the first advertisers to understand...”
– No Room for Promises in Advertising - BusinessWeek
Do Gooder - Do good, better.: Do Gooder of the... →
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Alex Bogusky is a designer, author and marketer who left his role as an advertising executive at Crispin Porter + Bogusky to become an “insurgent in the new consumer revolution”. He believes that ‘fear is the mortal enemy of…
“she honors what I’m doing. And I think that is the most crucial thing, to...”
– Working-Class Poet Levine Named Nation’s Next Laureate | PBS NewsHour | Aug. 10, 2011 | PBS
“In the era of “reactionary workflow,” when we’re always eager...”
– Why We Should Keep Wi-Fi Off Airplanes : The World :: American Express OPEN Forum
“Systems Dynamics for Smarter Cities, as the app is called, tries to quantify the...”
– IBM Partners With Portland To Play SimCity For Real | Fast Company
“The stories our leaders tell us matter, probably almost as much as the stories...”
– What Happened to Obama’s Passion? - NYTimes.com