Happy Birthday, Julien Smith

To the man who coined the phrase: "Your podcast is not a f***ing toaster!"

Block Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Spoilers on Twitter with Pipes

A few friends have expressed concern that some spoilers from Harry Potter 7 would find their way to Twitter. After all, the book is already available (illegally) for download online, and lots of spoilers are floating around everywhere. For fans who want to remain unspoiled, a media blackout may seem like the only option, even on "friend" networks like Twitter. Happily, you don't have to go dark on Twitter entirely - just use Yahoo Pipes to filter out spoilers.

Starry Night in Second Life

Hat tip to Mitch Joel and CC Chapman for this wonder.

Ninja School of Marketing Graduate Michelle Wolverton

So for the past few months, I've been teaching some of the basics of what I do in digital marketing to an "intern" of sorts, Michelle Wolverton, ever since we met up at a Matthew Ebel concert in Second Life. Virtual Hot Wings, our first major project, was sort of like the semester project, and her thesis was a contest called Famecast, for independent musician Natalie Gelman. Chel, as she likes to be called, decided just after VHW to take up a new media career in independent music promotion, and Natalie's talents fit the bill for new media promotion.

Facebook Tip: Multiple Group Admins

A tip for those marketing on Facebook who are in danger of being flagged as "spammers". Be SURE your groups that you have on there have more than just the group founder as an admin. There may come a day when your personal account on Facebook is suspended or disabled entirely, and Customer Service gives you a giant "NO" when you ask to have it re-enabled. If you are the only admin in your Facebook group, that group is deader than disco because there will be no one to manage it. Always have at least two admins, preferably more, so that if that day comes and you have to sign up with a new personal account, your co-admins can "re-admin" your new account.

Truth hurts.

41% of Americans believe Saddam = 9/11, 6 years later

Warning: political post ahead. If you don't enjoy politics (I was a PoliSci major for my undergraduate degree), skip this post!

Free movie tickets from the Start Cooking Team

Julien Smith messaged me this afternoon to let me know that StartCooking.com is offering free sneak preview tickets to No Reservations, starring Catherine Zeta Jones, on July 24th at 8 PM. You must make your reservations no later than Monday, July 16. Want to go?

I Hate You, Wal-Mart, For What You Have Done to America's Mind

In chatting with Marketing Over Coffee co-host John Wall, I reached a conclusion with him: Wal-Mart has unleashed an incredibly destructive force on America, one which is tearing the country to bits.

PodCamp New Orleans!

After a great discussion, the unanimous vote is for a PodCamp New Orleans, so we're beginning the process of organizing and building this event. The domain names, podcampneworleans.com and podcampneworleans.org were bought tonight - like most PodCamps, we'll use the .org and redirect the .com name. Next steps: