I am beyond jealous… beyond envious… and it’s all my fault. Last week I stumbled across a blurb on ilounge about a weekend hack-a-thon in San Francisco dedicated to the iPhone. It looked like something that at least one person from my team needed to be a part of. A bunch of geeks breaking open the iPhone and developing web-apps and sites that would function well in the mobile environment. (and with that note, most everyone reading this just left the page.)
I’ve been working on a playlist for Bucket (a.k.a. Chris Shelton). He hasn’t asked… I’m just throwing out a set that might work well for a summer party… at Bobby and Rhonda’s… on the back patio… around the pool… with Phil smokin’ some ribs…
To blog or not to blog, that is the question…. Contrived. 100% Contrived, i know, but I’m tired of saying bloggity, blog, blog.
Last week, the PRSA (Little Rock Chapter) held its monthly luncheon, and a friend from work invited me to be one of her twenty-or-so guests. I am glad that she did. Thanks Brandi.
Adam Broitman came to town to discuss the way buzz is buzzed these days. Though Adam’s message (listen to it here) was brief, it was a potent sermon on the value of interaction in communication. And since advertising is my J-O-B, I need to learn as much as I can about communicating well.
I forgot to mention that on our little float trip we took over 500 photographs. Tourists. I am really glad that we did. They are like gold for me. It’s been great to look back through them all and relive the memories. Take the jump, and check out a slide-show of some of the pics… Read the rest of this entry »
Way back in 2004, some good friends of mine were planning the trip of a lifetime… hike down the Bright Angel Trail of the Grand Canyon to raft the Colorado River. A nine day float trip through one of the eight wonders of the world. They had been planning the trip for about six months, when one member of this testosterone-party had to back out, and they needed a sixth person to fill their raft. If I have only one talent… filling empty space may just be it. Let the photo shoot begin… Read the rest of this entry »
Of course, mp3s on the dude abides are here for sampling purposes only. Music moves me, and i like to share rare, mostly cover songs. If the owner of any of the songs posted here wants them to be removed, please send me an email. Additionally, please don't direct link to any individual tracks. If you like an artist you hear here (either the original artist or the one performing the cover), then please go buy them.
Why does it feel so wrong to say the client is not always right? Take a job in advertising, and if you don’t learn this fact by the end of your first month, you are probably too much of a people pleaser and you should move on to another career. I’m not trying to be [...]
Here is the modern version of advertising’s dirty little secret: Social media marketing is not for you. OK, that is not entirely accurate – let me temper the statement a bit: Most likely, social media marketing is not for you. It is time to put the brakes on the rush to go social – at [...]