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Category Archives: Thinking out loud
The analog still rules. My takeaway from #140conf NYC 2012
Comments OffThe #140conf was held last week at the 92Y in New York City. We were there. It seems like every year, going to the conference is like being at Woodstock; the one in 1969, not the fake ones that tried … Continue reading
Why Seamus keeps dogging Mitt and what Melissa Harris-Perry got wrong
Comments OffYesterday during her show Melissa Harris-Perry, Melissa weighed in on the dog kerfuffle with Mitt Romney and Seamus (pronounced SHAY-mus) and more recently, with Barack Obama eating dog meat when he was five years old in Indonesia. (video below) She … Continue reading
Mugging for social media
Comments OffIf you’re gonna make a movie that features a dog and that movie wins Best Actor and Best Picture of the Year, we’re gonna have a thing or two to say about it. I’m talking about The Artist starring Uggie … Continue reading
Find your little heart place
Comments OffYesterday, a friend of mine who lives in New York City sent me a box of cookies from Levain Bakery. If you have never had a cookie from them, go right now and get one.. or two. I’ll wait. Aside … Continue reading
Who are you?
3 CommentsOn Nov 15, The New York Times published a story about Facebook forcing Salman Rushdie to use his real name — Ahhmed — on his profile, even as he is commonly known as Salman. Facebook makes the argument that forcing … Continue reading
Puppies of Mad Men
5 CommentsAnyway, it got me thinking that if Mad Men started off with a puppy, there has got to be a ton of other puppy references throughout. So I am going to find them and add them here. Continue reading
Water pressure
15 CommentsI spent a huge chunk of my 20s and 30s traveling around the country for my corporate employer who no longer graces the list of the Fortune 500. I have stayed in thousands of hotel rooms and all of them … Continue reading