Happy Birthday, Julien Smith
To the man who coined the phrase: “Your podcast is not a f***ing toaster!” Happy birthday, Julien Smith.
Month: July 2007
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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…
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Starry Night in Second Life
Hat tip to Mitch Joel and CC Chapman for this wonder. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxVDVggLqsA[/youtube]
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Truth hurts.
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,…
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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! 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…
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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?
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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. Lowest price mentality. In sales, we usually talk about three dimensions of a product: – Quality – Service – Price Generally speaking, you…
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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: Create the organizing team. Who wants to…
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Podcasting Goes Mainstream
Podcasting has gone mainstream. How do I know? Sunday morning televangelists are encouraging viewers to subscribe to their podcasts. Welcome to the revolution, guys and gals.
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How PodCamp Led to Sex
… or more accurately, the Sex 2.0 UnConference being organized by Amber Rhea. I’m very psyched to see Amber take the lessons she earned from PodCamp Atlanta and apply the UnConference model to a completely different industry and a completely different genre. Here’s hoping it is as wildly successful as the PodCamp UnConference series is.…
