Apr 10, 2012

I love it when people share great stuff on social media. Thanks to friends, family, and acquaintances, I’ve stumbled across this, this, and plenty of other gems. Due to many self-introduced layers of filtering, my Facebook, Twitter, etc. feeds are filled with content from people I know I like.  That’s layer #1.  Layer #2?  I like to think that most...

  Mar 23, 2012

You remember flash mobs, don’t you? A group of people show up at a predetermined place and time—the northeast Christopher St. station entrance (6:00 sharp, Friday night); the halal stand on 39th and Lex (12:30, Wednesday); Madison Square Garden, next to the hawkers and left of the cab line (tonight, 7:30)—and momentarily wreak havoc to draw attention to...

  Mar 20, 2012

Austin, Texas is a special place, a small island of liberal sanity—or insanity—thriving, somehow, in the red-state South. The city motto, “Keep Austin Weird”, is a brilliant bit of branding that gives the locals a license, along with some encouragement, to be different. And perhaps more importantly, the motto lets visitors know what to expect because,...

  Oct 10, 2011

We’re not big conference people around here. We have a difficult time justifying the need to attend any gathering described as a “networking event.” And as much as we love (and are pretty darn good at) doing what we do for a living, it’s the rare occasion that we define our roles in life by it. It’s not that we’re anti-social or snobby—at least we...

  Mar 23, 2011

There’s no need to make an insulting blanket statement about the marketing and revenue potential of mobile apps and sites, or to launch into endless exposition about these new platforms’ expansive reach. These things are a given, and marketers and non-marketers alike know they need to get in on the action. It’s the what, the how and the why that are less...

  Feb 16, 2011

A few days ago I attended the Vivienne Tam fashion show with a friend. Her company was a sponsor, so we got the star treatment—backstage access, front-row seats, all that. While doing our thing backstage, I spotted a tall, blonde model (what are the chances?), surrounded by photographers. She was posing with an iPhone that had a thing popping out of it....