Make Music with Gumballs and MIDI
Hat tip to Erik Carlsson for the link to this insanely cool idea. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziIdjrR_MRs[/youtube]
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Have you had your coffee today?
Your Marketing Over Coffee, that is. It’s the weekly show I do with John Wall of Ronin Marketeer and The M Show in a Dunkin Donuts in Framingham.
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Skyhook Wireless, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Big Brother
Interesting takeaway from Macworld today: Skyhook Wireless has driven around the US and Canada, mapping 23 million Wi-Fi hot spots to a GPS. Even if you’re not connected to the hot spot, the beacon service knows which hot spots you’re near, so when you use the Maps application on the iPod Touch or iPhone, you…
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MacWorld takeaways for podcasters & new media
A few initial thoughts… 1. The MacBook Air is a lovely product, designed for the road warrior. I foresee great uses for it for conferences and things, but it’s not going to be a media machine. 80 GB will go awfully fast. 1 USB port and no Firewire are also inhibitors. Look for Multi-touch features…
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Why Social Media and New Media Can Be Mentally Damaging
Why Social Media and New Media Can Be Mentally Damaging In a recent discussion with my teacher, Mr. Mark Davis, one of the topics that came up was how we remember things. At one point, the conversation turned to social media and new media, and how new media can be incredibly damaging to our perceptive…
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A Choice with Grief
A Choice with Grief You have a choice with grief that results from loss, from death. On the one hand, you can choose to let it consume you, to let it haunt you, sapping your vitality away, until all that is left is a mere shell of what once was a human being. This was…
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Metcalfe's Law and Network Promotion
Metcalfe’s Law and Network Promotion I’ve had a couple of conversations recently involving social network marketing. One of the things that has been on my mind lately is network size. With social networks and social media, once your network reaches a certain size or focus, it has value in and of itself. Ask Chris Brogan…
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Why You Keep Buying Seth Godin's Books, Even Though You Already Know The Material
Why You Keep Buying Seth Godin’s Books, Even Though You Already Know The Material Marketer and author Seth Godin is renowned for his short, punchy, effective books about thinking about your business. He’s a bestseller, and his books are widely lauded. Yet inside his books, there’s nothing supremely groundbreaking. You can summarize his last few…
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Jared Spool has an awesome job ad
Jared Spool over at UIE posted this incredible job ad. I love it because it’s innovative in its approach, clearly sets expectations, and conveys accurately not only a sense of what’s expected of the candidate, but also where the company is going or could be going with the right person. Kudos to Jared and the…
