Archive for June, 2010

Happy Social Media Day!

As I foreshadowed earlier this week, today is “Social Media Day.” To celebrate this new found holiday, Mashable, Meetup, and local communities have organized events throughout most cities around the United States. I plan to make a stop at two of the meetups tonight. The first of which being Boca Raton, FL and then later [...]

Social Media

Quote #15

Perfection is the enemy of progress.

Quotes

Mashable Meetup

Mashable.com has named this Wednesday, June 30th, “Social Media Day.” To promote the day, Mashable has promoted the “holiday” by suggesting that cities around the world host their own local social media meetup. Through Meetup.com, there is now 569 meetups slated for the day. Search for one close to you. I will be attending and [...]

Social Media

Wide World of Sports

Yesterday was one of the most exciting days in recent sports history. Here’s why: Landon Donovan scored the winning goal in extra time (91st minute) to allow USA to not only advance to the knockout round, but to also take first place in the group. Mahut vs. Isner at Wimbledon became the longest tennis match [...]

Business

Not So New York

Don’t misinterpret the title of this post. I’m not saying I am “bored” with NYC or that my latest visit wasn’t an amazing time and experience. Instead, I’m going to talk about how I could never see myself living in the city. Mainly due to the pace and lack of upkeep. Whenever New York City [...]

Writing

Late Show With Letterman

Many thanks to Jessica Dao for getting me all access to the Late Show with David Letterman taping yesterday. Watching David Letterman, Paul Schaeffer, Anton Fig and guest Miley Cyrus really made it a fun day. http://twitpic.com/1xn5c0 More great pictures will follow soon.

Film

Quote #14

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

Quotes

How Long Is Your Race?

There are a lot of companies out there that are running the race. Look around – tons of brands are present everywhere we go. We now create conversations with them, get spammed by them, and have the ability to reach out to them whenever we want. The problem is that a lot of these companies [...]

Business

Quote #13

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

Quotes

A World Without Web Analytics

A few weeks ago, Google announced the unveiling of a beta product that allows users to ghost themselves from Google Analytics tracking. In other words, the Internet’s current obsession with privacy precautions are forcing invisibility into the default setting for users. While this pivot is only in its infancy stage and it will take a [...]

Social Media, Tech