The Reinfather Trilogy
<This post has become our annual xmas season special. Enjoy…and may yoose keep ya’s noses clean, be good earners and stay in the good graces of the Reinfather for another year.> Last night was the…
How’s It Working for You?
I don’t write about politics often, but the situation in Massachusetts just begs discussion. Since the election a scant month ago, Massachusetts has been rocked once again by scandal, evidence of blatant corruption and put…
The Smurfs Would Like To Harvest Cabbage
As I sat in a meeting this morning, scanning email on my iPad, up popped this message: “The Smurfs would like to harvest cabbage.” The darned push messages…it seems every application on the iPad now…
BK & Seattle’s Best – a Lesson for Marketers
“We’re #2, we try harder” is a marketing strategy that has served Avis well for years. This morning I saw a corollary to that strategy, “we’re #16, we don’t even bother to try.” In the past couple…
Welcome to the Future – Virtual Time Share
Tomorrow, many are predicting that Apple will announce iTunes is moving to the cloud. Like everything else. Welcome to the joys of virtual ownership. This is the place were we never really buy anything. We…
Music Video: Keith Jarrett
It’s been a while since we had a jazz video. For some reason I had this little bit running around my mind this morning. Enjoy… Keith Jarrett performing “Autumn Leaves”. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io1o1Hwpo8Y[/youtube]
Boston Biz Journal: Companies Vulnerable to Social Media Threats
It’s may be well trod ground, but it’s still a topic that needs to be considered: What to do about reputation-damaging tweets or critics mobilizing on social media websites like Facebook. This week we get…
Fox News Parody on Social Media
Possibly the funniest social media bit I’ve seen in the past year… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8g3AFnT_Hk[/youtube]
Initial Impression – the iPad
I’m now one of the kewl kids again…I have an iPad. While I’ll admit a fascination with the concept of the thing, it wasn’t on my acquisition list. You see, between my iPhone or one…
Friday Music Video: Levon Helm on Letterman
Levon Helm, playing “Tennessee Jed” off his “Electric Dirt” album live on the David Letterman Show in 2009. Tremendous version, great sound, well worth the listen… For those who don’t know, Levon doesn’t travel much…