Now you may not care. In fact, if you’re a loyal follower of my antics over here, you probably don’t care about the new blog. And that’s OK. Just know that things may be a little slower over here as I shift my attention to there… and other places.
But I do have some new fun stuff to tell you about. And I’ll still do that here from time to time. But I’m posting over there about 3x a week if you need more of me. And hey, who doesn’t?
The article on ErgoFiction is now live. And no, it wasn’t one huge commercial for the serialized free audiobooks we help distribute on Podiobooks.com. At least, I don’t think it was. You decide.
When I wrapped up Ignite Phoenix #4, I said that had reached the end of my three-part series on Big. I sat out — as in, in the audience — for Ignite Phoenix #5 and a bunch of people asked me what I would be doing next! Guess I didn’t bore you — at least some of you — to tears. I had lots of good suggestions from those who saw my prior talks. Many thought I should go Small, but I see small as a different type of big. Yeah I’m strange.
After batting a few of my own ideas around, the topic of Weird rose to the top. There are lot of things that aren’t big or small but are damned weird, and I want to talk about them. So that’s what I’ll do starting March 30th. And I’ll follow the same progression as before, with my first talk on Weird Time. No, you won’t have to bring your International Baccalaureate high school physics teacher with you. Hi, Charlie. Though I think he’ll like it, too. Expect what you’ve come to expect from me in these short talks — a different way to look at something you’ve been surrounded with all your life.
Thanks to whomever green-lighted my talk. I’m happy to see some of my good friends also got the nod. It should prove to be an interesting night!
It’s been one of those months. Sorry. But though I’ve been neglecting the blog, I’ve not been neglecting fun.
Here’s a bit of stupidity that Jeff and I came up with some time ago that has finally been green-lit. Green-lighted? Green-lanterened? Anyhow, it’s all about the little-known monitization angle and history of Twitter.
You know about Podiobooks.com, right? Pushing around 80,000 episodes of close to 400 serialized free audiobooks out to thousands of listeners every single day. Some listeners opt to make a donation to a book, and the author gets 75% of that. Yeah, I’m a hell of a guy.
I use PayPal [...]
There are probably better, more productive ways to spend a Friday evening, but fuck it. I like to get together and have a few beers with friends.
More often than not, I’m doing that at #evfn, or East Valley Friday Nights. #evfn is shorter. And yes, dammit, you need the hashtag. And yes, dammit, it’s lower-cased. [...]
Tonight’s Social Media Club Phoenix will be doing a deep-dive into the world of Facebook. The session is all about tips, trends, and tactics for winning Facebook marketing. Some really smart friends of mind are on the panel. If you’re in Phoenix and are free tonight at 6:30, you should go.
Prior to that, [...]
Ask a dozen social media experts to define social media and you’ll get a score of different answers. I don’t understand this. The concept just isn’t that hard.
I sat down with local-legend Jeff Moriarty to prove that very fact. Luckily for us — hell, for you – Joe Holt was there to capture the definition [...]
Last year, over 100 people came together for a common cause: the cause of taking off our pants and riding on the Light Rail.
OK, so we didn’t try and cure cancer. But we sure had a lot of fun! We got great local, national and even international news coverage. Rumor has [...]
Over the last 45 days or so, I’ve used this blog to see if I could change my focus. Specifically, I wanted to know if I could write posts tailored to entrepreneurs, organizations and businesses. I’ve been encouraged by those entities, whether at speaking engagements or as a consultant, to talk more on business topics. [...]
It’s hard to become the biggest at something. For companies, it often means understanding market opportunities, what the masses want and beating the hell out of the competition in price. It’s not a field in which individuals can play without being a part of — or leading — an organization.
It’s [...]
What if you threw a revolution and no one came?
Contenture is shutting down. No, you probably never heard of them and probably won’t miss them. And since I didn’t even know of the company until I saw notice of their demise, I won’t presume to offer cogent reasons why their [...]
There’s been a lot of talk lately about tribes. Much of if focused on how to build them. If fact, we operate within tribes on a daily basis. As this video from TEDx USC points out, everyone is in some stage of tribalization. Even those on the outside looking in.
No new insightful blog post today, though I’ll return to that shortly.
Instead, here’s something for the media producers out there. Let it act as a reminder that what you see as the final product likely is not a true representation of what the camera captured. It’s short, but I laughed until I nearly peed [...]
This post inspired by a nice soak in the steam room, my little reward for breaking my 1+ year sabbatical from working out.
None of us have it figured out. No one has achieved perfection. Supreme enlightenment is at best unattainable and at worst a scam.
There always remains a stone unturned. [...]
The future is almost here. No, really. In a few days it will be 2010. That’s the future.
As of late, I’ve been writing a lot about business. Specifically, how the digital world changes what it means to be “in business”. A catch phrase I’ve been using over the last year [...]
Given the choice, I think every business would choose to be remarkable. Certainly no one in business wants to provide a bad business experience. But I’m more troubled by those in business satisfied to deliver a staple experience.
Staples are things you have to have, or need on a regular basis. The [...]
For the past year or so, an idea for a new book has been rolling about in my brain. I registered a new domain for it today and want to start formalizing my thoughts. Much of that will come out in this blog. That may spill over to the other domain. And I’ll [...]
My inner math geek squirms a bit each time I pass along this equation:
CwF + RtB = $$
That’s inspired by Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails and simplified to the above by Mike Masnick of TechDirt. It describes the approach Nine Inch Nails is taking to marketing and business [...]
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