May 2010
39 posts
April 2010
14 posts
I am going to start a media relations blog. I’ll call it “Life’s a Pitch”. That’s all.
Taking 5: Facebook Platform
nerdology:
A strange thing happened to me the other night at a bar while I was in LA. I was taking to a girl and as we were parting ways she handed me her iPhone, Facebook app open, and said, “send yourself s friend request.” Jaw, meet Floor.
Foregoing the phone number / email address and leaping directly to a web service that everybody uses is exactly the kind of experience I should...
From the New York Times:
Costing hundreds of dollars a pound, these beans are found in the droppings of the civet, a nocturnal, furry, long-tailed catlike animal that prowls Southeast Asia’s coffee-growing lands for the tastiest, ripest coffee cherries. The civet eventually excretes the hard, indigestible innards of the fruit — essentially, incipient coffee beans — though only after they have...
Watchblamethesky:
Au pied de la tour Eiffel.
It’s a takeaway show!
Could a "Disloyalty" card actually make customers... →
thatssodigital:
A great example of thinking ahead of the immediate opportunity, and some longer-term strategic vision. Sure, James could have created a traditional “loyalty card” that rewarded his customers for recency or frequency of visits, or even monetary value, but realizing that cards (and loyalty) are a dime-per-dozen James did something different (and awesome).
By persuading trials...
“Obama is not a brown-skinned anti-war socialist who gives away free healthcare....”
– John Fugelsang (via fyeahsocialism) (via jewdar)