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Does Finding Bin Ladin Help Marketing?

February 24, 2009

John Tierny posted a story to his blog last week that related to an interview I saw on, of all places, The Colbert Report. In it, Tierny reports on the study by UCLA geography professor Thomas W. Gillespie in which he applies two aspects of the island biogeographic theory to posit theories on where Osama [...]

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To share or not to share?

February 16, 2009

Like many of you, today I learned about the change in Facebook’s Terms of Service which essentially gave FB the right to “use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute” something that a user has posted, forever. My first [...]

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Time for a restart?

February 15, 2009

About the time I was pressing a crease in the top of my shirt sleeve a few weeks ago, the TV commentator’s words traveled directly to my gut. Now, a story in today’s New York Times puts an interesting bookend on my thoughts.
Should you back up a few steps?
It’s my habit to iron my own [...]

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Socio-political Networking?

November 10, 2008

Gareth Kay pointed this out in his most recent post. You should really make a quick visit to the transition web site because it is a case study in progress and something we could all learn from.
Regardless of ideology, this is a true example of a solid narrative arc.
FDR figured out radio.
Kennedy harnessed TV.
Obama is [...]

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Chicken Coops and Campaigns

November 6, 2008

Photo via flickr (http://flickr.com/photos/brandonchalk/)
Umair Haque has a post at Harvard Business on the seven lessons learned from the Obama campaign. It’s very thoughtful, clear and insightful.
There is always someone who can say it better. I knew there would be. I would definitely suggest you read it.
I’ve recently come across Umair’s writings and find them fascinating. [...]

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What’s The One Thing?

November 5, 2008

I’ve always considered myself a competent writer. Generally speaking, the process of stringing together coherent thoughts has never been something that has given me great difficulty. Heck, I’ve got a degree in journalism and have been writing over the course of my entire professional career.
But today, I’m stuck.
I’ve found it absolutely impossible to adequately reflect [...]

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