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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-31)

Strange fees? Rental cars=rip off

After traveling all day and a stop in Chicago, we finally arrive in Detroit.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-24)

Great graphic from Wired detailing the Cowboy’s new...

Day of focus groups today. At least I’m doing the interviews today.

“After controlling for other factors, U.S. marriages tend to...”
— WSJ

“Apple is many things, but one thing it isn’t is any more...”
— NYT

trying out mozilla ubiquity, and loving it.

Don’t give thanks.

Thanks to Jonathan Deamer, I now know about tipjoy, a San...

ads ARE NOT the new online tip jar

social networking niches

is there a place for niche social networks? I think so, especially if they are mass niches (I know,...

Insane climb for 30 min and this is the view. Along the way...

Ideo’s multi-touch concept. I’m not sure how it’s different than any of the other...

“AMC’s series about New York’s ad world a...”
— rep-am.com

Observation: spicy food is highly correlated w warmer climates - Cajun, Caribbean, Mexican, Thai,...

product innovation: walkers

I was watching an elderly woman try to use her walker today, but it was difficult for her to...

does anyone actually think otherwise?

http://twitpic.com/8sh8 - At a giants game

Bob Costas is annoying.

Olympic Advertising: Who Won?

Interviewed 10 people this week. Phew.

Actually watching focus groups today instead of conducting the interviews. I like being in front of...

do you use delicious.com anymore?

I’ve just realized that I haven’t used delicious in about 6 months. Why? the simple...

Red Foreman on cats. what a great show, and a great clip.

“Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it...”
— Television: The Timid Giant,...

All day meeting, sitting on the floor in a dark theater style room

Isaac the cat killed a bird today.

“Sadly, our iPhones, laptops and games consoles are being...”
— Wired Blog

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-17)

“India may be changing at a disorienting pace, but one thing...”
— NY Times

These are the popular film clips on Hulu. This is certainly...

“we should be thankful for our absent-mindedness. It saves us...”
— PsyBlog

This is exciting to see.

Day 2 of using eBags’ Downloader laptop backpack and loving it.

Tagline, stupider

A side effect of watching the Olympics (at least for me) is that I’ve been watching a whole...

Is wordsmithing passé in this experiential...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-10)

the most inneffective ads that work

Music in the park in Los Gatos, CA.

Continuing the music in the park streak w an Allman Brothers cover band.

At San Jose Jazz Festival.

“Under the proposed law, Illinois residents would get slapped...”
— Chicago Tribune

Keeping commitments in the ad business

“Launched in 2000, the site (mlb.com) was backed by all 30...”
— bnet

“People who own cats are 40% less likely to die of a heart...”
— Jay Leno (via dawnowar) (via...

why does email dominate our work day?

reason: it is easier to react than create (or be proactive).

Checking out Bookmark: BlueOrganizer - Quick Start at http://tinyurl.com/56azvx

“Only in the tech business are companies born with neither a...”
— Adam Lashinsky, Fortune.

What kind of Green are you?

Just saw a rainbow.

“As of May 2008, 31.3% of elementary school students, and...”
— wikipedia

Another disingenuous dancing alert

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-3)

This was one of the many contraptions that attempted to take...

I stumbled upon this amazing rose garden north of downtown...

The concert pianist at the Portland airport is an excellent touch.

Portland has a ridiculous # of people w clipboards trying to get me to save the earth, children,...

I wish lululemon clothing were cheaper.

Just realized that I’ve been using the same bar of soap on my face that @kwilly uses on her...