Archive for the ‘freshish thinking’ Category
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
I got an email today from Hewlett-Packard, from all people, about the new book "A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder" by authors Eric Abrahamson and David Freedman. It was a soft sell from HP and was included as a link from their small business monthly email.
The authors ...
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
The Age of Conversation is an eBook (not to be confused with Ewok, for those playing along at home). The eBook is a collaboration of 100+ bloggers on a variety of business and advertising topics.
Gavin Heaton and Drew McClellan are organizing and compiling the content. I signed up ...
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Monday, April 9th, 2007
"Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can." [via]
Henry Drummond, (1851 - 1897)
Scottish theologist and scientist
What have you done to stretch your limits? This can be professionally, physically, mentally, you name it.
Professionally: Try taking on additional responsibilities, getting training, picking ...
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
International Shutdown Day: March 24, 2007
I admit, I'm addicted. Addicted to smart phones, electronic gadgets, computers, and blinking lights in general. I'm pretty much available 24/7 in one way or another, and don't sleep as much as I should. Even on vacation in Jamaica I located ...
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
This has been on my brain for a while, ever since social networks started to gather steam: How can businesses take advantage of the user-generated content that is being created?
I work for an Ad Agency, so more specifically, how can advertising agencies utilize the general audience to help come up ...
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder of Pandora, stopped by to visit Barkley today, and will be holding a Kansas City get-together at the Screenland Theatre in the Crossroads tonight at 7 PM. Check out the Pandora blog for details.
If you haven't heard of Pandora, it is a ...
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
via AdPulp, a story about an optician that is abusive to a reporter who is investigating complaints about his company, all caught on camera.
What caught my attention was that the optician had to be out of his mind to think that everything wasn't being recorded. I mean after all, he ...
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Thursday, February 15th, 2007
If you haven't made it to coffee morning yet and live in the KC area, stop on by and join the conversation.
Type A personality:
Who: You and other local advertising junkies
What: Chat about advertising, life and a plethora of other random topics while drinking some tasty caffeinated beverages
Where: JP Wine Bar ...
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
With all of the controversy around CEO compensation (the average CEO received 431 times as much as their average employee received in 2004), I thought I would point out a bright spot: Whole Foods CEO John Mackey.
Bob Nardelli, the former CEO of Home Depot, walked away with $210 million when ...
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