From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Quality writing matters

January 30, 2009

I originally posted this as a comment at ChrisBrogan.com, but since all that gets buried under the huge weight of his traffic, I though I would put it here as well.
Quality writing matters. Attention to detail — even in a blog — matters. It communicates your personal brand. Is your personal brand sloppy, unkempt, a [...]

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It is not about the weather, people

January 29, 2009

Barack Obama made one comment about schools closing because of a little bit of snow. According to the Washington Post, he said:
My children’s school was canceled today… Because of what? Some ice? . . . We’re going to have to apply some flinty Chicago toughness to this town.
And he wasn’t really talking about the weather. [...]

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Bart Simpson will always be 10 years old

January 28, 2009

Here is the secret to the sustainability of The Simpsons: Bart Simpson will always be 10 years old.
At first, this statement seems a bit puzzling, but think about why other social media icons have fallen away. The Brady Bunch grew up, the kid from Two and a Half Men is now a teen-ager, Eddie from [...]

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Design by committee

January 26, 2009

This is really only funny to people who have never been in these kinds of meetings. Another reason to never, ever go into graphic design.

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Four stages of a on-line service company

January 25, 2009

I was reading and commenting on a post by Bob Scoble in which he rails on Facebook for bumping Joel Comm due to him having too many friends, fans, etc. which probably just amounted to a whole bunch of traffic out to Joel’s friends for which he should probably be footing the bill.
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The Mac OS goes to the dogs

January 25, 2009

Steve Jobs, we dogs think it was a mistake to start naming the MacOS X after cats. Really, not cool.
In the interest of Think Different, may I propose a name for your next version? Snow Shepherd

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Nellie McKay, The Dog Song

January 23, 2009

Thank you, Teri Lussier for sticking a tune in my head I can’t shake.

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Chuggly bubbly

January 23, 2009

I want to hire this guy to do my 1-second. Call me!
Its the old Burma Shave road signs. Always in fashion. Always works.

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Be careful what you send people, they may just laugh at you with the world watching

January 23, 2009

This is just funny and clever stuff because it is in context. The dogs leaping into the pool isn’t bad viewing either.

And if you are a lawyer or a company with a lawyer and feel the need to send me a cease and desist letter, for anything I have done, said or will do and [...]

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Annoying little kids at the New York Times

January 23, 2009

Today, the New York Times is “the annoying kid at the magic show shouting, ‘I know how you did that trick!’”
Why did you have to spoil the illusion? Did we really need to know this? Why couldn’t you just let the magic happen instead of stirring a pot nobody needed to watch?
There are facts and [...]

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Businesses that look small are huge, as long as they stick to the knitting

January 22, 2009

Television adds ten pounds. It also add a few hundred square feet to a restaurant if featured on the Food Network or the Travel Channel. Case in point.
Last weekend, we were in St. Louis for the NSCAA. Our one goal was to seek out and eat a Pointersaurus pizza at Pointer’s Pizza. For those of [...]

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Celebrating clever

January 22, 2009

This is really clever! And the users now have a piece of artwork they can hang on their fridges.

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Obama uses a MacBook Pro?

January 22, 2009

This photo appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the NY Times. Probably others. Thanks Pete Souza, Official White House Photographer. I’m not sure if we can use these photos. Do tax dollars pay for the official White House photographer? Pretty sure someone will slap my paw if I’m wrong.

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How we are all connected

January 21, 2009

Today, I heard from a long-time reader who emailed me just to let me know she was still reading and that she had been enjoying the blog ever since she first saw it.
Wow! Whenever I get an email like this, it is truly a humbling experience. Even though the DogWalkBlog gets lots of traffic, when [...]

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Congratulations, Mr. President

January 20, 2009

Following that speech, my new resolutions for 2009 and beyond are:
- To reject negative thinking and reject anyone who says, “That is not possible” and seek out those who say “How can we do that.”
- To reject any and all who speak racists comments and to speak up without hesitation, whether friend or not.
- To [...]

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Blame the terrorists.. again

January 19, 2009

Generation Y isn’t lazy, impatient, demanding, high-maintenance and self-absorbed. They are just living life fully, in the moment, every day. Why? Because of terrorism.
Huh?
Yes, says Tamara Erickson in a recent podcast posted on Bnet.com. GenY came of age during the era of terrorism and that affected them so much that they seek to be in [...]

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Why thinking different is important

January 18, 2009

Thank you Karina for leading me to this.

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Why do we keep eating?

January 17, 2009

Why do we eat? The simple answer would be that if we did not eat, we would die. But that is not entirely true. Science can provide us with a pill we can take that would provide exactly the nutrition we need — no more, no less — to keep our bodies healthy. Yet, we [...]

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Sarah Palin, please grow up, shut up, go away or learn some English

January 14, 2009

In a CNN.com blog post yesterday, Ms. Palin is quoted as saying:
I would think we all tear up during the national anthem at the beginning of a baseball game, don’t we? That’s an alikeness between Alaskans and New Yorkers.
Sigh. I think she meant to say something like “common bond” or “the bonds that united as [...]

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