Yesterday, I was walking along the streets of Boston, and noticed the biannual dumping of perfectly good stuff by college students on the sidewalks and streets. Mind you, this isn't just the dorm room poster collection or something - we're talking furniture in like new condition, clothing, lights, etc. - things that people with less money could use in their homes.
I've been shopping around the past few days for a terrific lead automation system for the day job, looking at all of the different vendors out there. One thread that's been common among all of the comparison discussions on LinkedIn, on blogs, etc. that baffles me is this argument:
While in the airport yesterday perusing a variety of marketing materials (aka billboards as I walked to my gate), I saw a bunch of different advertisements by companies about how much they care, from facility maintenance to oil to the airlines themselves. This inspired a late afternoon tweet:
There is no secret sauce
I read quite a bit of feedback and writing on a daily basis, from moderating forums to emails to blogs, and there are two word misuses that top my list of minor annoyances:
South by Southwest (SxSW) is a fairly large conference that offers attendees the opportunity to learn more about movies, music, and interactive (online) content at its weeklong festival. It's become something of a giant party and simultaneously for a lot of people, a way for them to validate their projects and causes by being selected to speak.
The following post is rated PG-13 for adult language.
On the most recent Media Hacks, we were discussing the Crocs extortion case, and this thought popped into my head:
One of the most interesting conversations at PodCamp Boston 4 was on the lawn, a discussion about race, gender, and social media. Lots of different viewpoints, from a belief in a glass ceiling in social media to an equally strong belief in the democratization of media and the power of us all to break out and succeed.
There are two basic kinds of secrets - secrets of information and secrets of experience.
