Avenue A | Razorfish hosted a lunch panel (“Disruptive Technology for Fun and Profit”) with some of their own big brains and a Google rep to discuss all the “new” stuff, especially social media. Might not have had much for me to learn, but it was refreshing to finally hear from someone who gets […]
Yearly Archives: 2006
Cringely: How to Think Creatively
July 24, 2006 – 12:29 pm
I attended this session to see Robert X. Cringely speak. His self-introduction came across as so much self-aggrandizing, but it’s likely he has no name recognition with the audience so some credibility-fishing is called for.
Disappointingly, he had little to say about the proclaimed subject matter, but rather sought to introduce us to a history […]
ad:tech Chicago
July 24, 2006 – 12:08 pm
So, here I am at ad:tech. We came in late to the keynote, but got to watch the second half of a dry, read-from-notes tour of one agency’s “multicultural” promotions. It was littered with meaningless results numbers, and punctuated with a slide touting the success a major campaign that primarily cited impressions.
Aren’t impressions […]
Build your card
July 10, 2006 – 3:39 pm
The MINI Card is pure genius. Enter your VIN or choose your setup manually and they’ll print your credit card with a Cooper in your personal configuration. From the old films project through today, BMW continues to impress with innovative marketing ideas, executed well.
Growing into naiveté
July 7, 2006 – 8:09 am
George W. Knox, director of the National Gang Crime Research Center, said he has trained hundreds of police officials in how to cull intelligence on gang membership, rivalries, territory and lingo from these Web pages.
“In order to understand any subculture, be it al Qaeda, witches, devil worshippers or gangs, you have to be able to […]
James Raymond Noggle
July 4, 2006 – 1:55 pm
Welcome James Noggle to the world. At 8.9 lbs, he appears to be off to quite a healthy start.
Going plazes
July 4, 2006 – 9:43 am
Plazes has promoted their new version, essentially going from 1.0beta to 2.0beta. It’s very “Web 2.0” in design (except the corners are sharp) and it doesn’t look like anything has changed from the private pre-beta test. The new interface is much easier to understand, with simplified user and place profiles.
George’s chance
June 30, 2006 – 8:24 am
Ullrich, Basso (Ivan? Really?), Sevilla join Hamilton and almost every Spanish rider in suspension from their Tour de France teams, just before the start. Even Vinokourov is suspect-by-association.
Sure narrows the field for Hincapie this year. Here’s hoping that the team supports him like they did Lance (that means you, Popovych).
One holy, catholic, and apostolic…
June 21, 2006 – 2:04 pm
The first definition of the adjective cath•o•lic in Dictionary.app is (esp. of a person’s tastes) including a wide variety of things; all-embracing. See note at universal.
This morning Kristan and I went to the Basilica of Saint Louis for Mass (we’re considering it as a venue for the wedding). A guest homilist was in seeking […]
Cartoon justice
June 13, 2006 – 9:24 am
IM misfire from an overseas business partner:
1:52:46 AM redacted: Very important news!!! The artist who drew the pictures of the Prophet Muhammed (P.B.U.H)has died in a fire. He was burned alive. Denmark government is hiding the news from the public and everyone has got to know. Plz spread this…. (Its the price one must pay […]