How cool is this. As any marketing person knows the best way to grow a niche business is to help to grow the entire industry. It appears Samuel Adams gets that if more and more people move from Miller Lite and Budweiser to microbrews they are going to pick up some of that new […]

Our society appears to be so fast-paced that just about every phrase is turned into an acronym. Well it would appear somethings this isn’t the best idea.
A few days ago in Seattle it became public that a new line opening up in December of this year would be called the South Lake Union Trolley. Or […]

It is always a wonderful thing to witness an individual realizing their dreams. Even more so when that person is your father. Growing up my father worked 24/7. I can’t recall a single time he ever bought anything of substance for himself. Instead the money always went for things my mother, my brother, or I […]

Sand between my feet, sun on my face, the sound of the surf only feet away. How wonderful a feeling. First extended break in a long time. Should be back on August 7th.

Here is a link to an interview with the Chairman of CEO of Fox News, Roger Ailes. I find it interesting he says, "you know" more then 75 times throughout the interview.

A day or so ago I suggested you donate to NPR and PBS. I kind of got the order of posts, well out of order. Do this first, then if you wish and can afford give money to lister supported media.
Find a local charity and give a young child a warm winter coat, wool […]

This holiday season I’d like to make a suggestion. Open your checkbook and send $100 to PBSNPR station. and your local If these media outlets didn’t receive "contributions from viewers like you," I doubt they’d be able to air two hours on String Theory. The same goes for public radio. For the past year […]

Here is an interesting blurb from AdFreak I just couldn’t pass up.
727 Communications is taking a crack at contemporary office-gimmick chic. The Copenhagen agency took a grounded British Boeing 727 jumbo jet, rechristened it Lady Patricia, then put the entire aircraft inside its new hangar-shaped office building and designed a terminal around it.
The jet is […]

Advertising Campaigns

Mozilla Firefox Grassroots
Apple iPod TV
Virgin Atlantic Inserts
George Bush 2004 
 

Books

The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki
Checkpoint, Nicholson Baker
The Fabric of the Cosmos, Brian Greene
American Dynasty, Kevin Phillips  

Books (business)

Free Prize Inside, Seth Godin
Wordcraft, Alex Frankel
Defensive Design for the Web, 37Signals
Unstuck, Keith Yamashita 
 

DVDs/Movies

Fahrenheit 9/11 […]

Well sort of. Back in August, after spending a dozen or so hours in Basecamp I wrote a post here saying how impressed I was with their project management software. Well, Jason Fried saw fit to lead with a quote from my post, in their 2005 Fast 50 entry. "Praise and rave reviews have been […]

Ok, this is a little over-the-top. Hardee’s has just introduced a 1,420 calorie hamburger with 107 grams of fat. It includes two one-third-pound slabs of Angus beef, four strips of bacon, three slices of cheese and mayonnaise on a buttered sesame seed bun. The sandwich alone sells for $5.49 or $7.09 with a medium fries […]