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

Happy birthday, Julien Smith.
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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 [...]

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

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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 [...]

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Close your eyes when you don’t want to see
Stay at home when you don’t want to go
Only speak to those who will agree
Yeah, and close your mind when you don’t want to know
- Billy Joel, “Everybody Loves You Now”
This is a picture of the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, captured by Europa in 2007. [...]

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Warning: political post ahead. If you don’t enjoy politics (I was a PoliSci major for my undergraduate degree), skip this post!
At his press conference Thursday, the president characterized the current state of war in Iraq as a showdown with Al Qaeda and warned that withdrawal would risk “mass killings on a horrific scale.” Critics have [...]

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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?

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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.
Lowest price mentality.
In sales, we usually talk about three dimensions of a product:
- Quality
- Service
- Price
Generally speaking, you want a balance among the three. [...]

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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:

Create the organizing team. Who wants to be [...]

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