Signal to Noise on Twitter
A couple weeks ago I sat on a panel at 140tc that was moderated by Guy Kawasaki about brand building on Twitter. There was a lot of great insight by all the panelists, and I had a great time in the conversation. However, there were a couple of disagreements that I wanted to elaborate on. [...]
The Starbicks VIA road trip is almost over.
Tonight we’re headed to Boston. This is the last big push, ten hour drive today. Then three and a half to New York tomorrow. After Tuesday we’re all done. This trip has been filled with so many great memories. Here are my stats from the trip: – 2 countries – 17 states, 1 province (including [...]
On the Road
I’ve always wanted to drive across the country. I figured it would be to either visit all the major league baseball stadiums, or to follow Phish. Never thought I would be doing it for my job. Two weeks ago I found out I’d be spending the last two weeks of September with 10 strangers filming [...]
Ultimate Music Throwdown 2009
I have a Republican (he says he’s “libertarian”) friend that listens to metal. We argue often. We’re both stubborn. Recently there was a discovery that we both love REM (must have been a sensitive time in his life?). I can’t argue with a man about the album Monster. It’s a great album and defined a [...]
Thoughts on Trending Topics
Twitter’s Trending Topics is one of the reasons that Twitter has become so successful. Revealing the public consensus to the simple question of “what are you doing?” is one of the most enjoyable parts of being a part of Twitter. When my favorite band, my favorite baseball team, or my favorite coffee company show up [...]
Virtual Analog Tweeting
I was just commenting this week how people hide behind Twitter. I’ve never seen anybody yell #FAIL at a business or person in real life, but they tweet that all the time. This is some funny stuff:
location, location, location
What is the future of location based social networking? Location is the most important part of real estate and in baseball it’s the difference between a Cy Young award winner and a minor leaguer. It’s also something that is making it’s way to most mobile phones and conceivably laptop computers someday. The benefits are vast, [...]
It’s the Fourth of July and the Mariners are contending ?!?
Don’t look now, but this Mariners team might actually have a chance to make things interesting. The injuries have been a bummer, the left side of the infield is not what it could be. Junior’s bat has been disappointing, but he still has a flair for the dramatic (and I’ll take a .220 batting average [...]
the July two music report
Grizzly Bear Veckatimest This album is sonic candy. I heard once that they are the east coast’s version of the Fleet Foxes. That’s kind of true. I really enjoy the timbre, melodies and how the bass player blends in with the rest of the band. It’s authentically catchy. These guys were meticulous in their song [...]
Getting coffee @Starbucks.
A real time look at when Starbucks is mentioned on Twitter. It peaks every morning around 8am … This is a great site to analyze trends on Twitter: http://twist.flaptor.com
Meet your new customer.
Lately, I’ve found myself saying, “they should be doing this if they want me to come back,” a lot when it comes to buying products or services. For many reasons, my wife and I are the new consumer, Digital Natives. I don’t think I’m being narcissistic: rather, the new world requires different thinking. I’ve had [...]
Bonnaroo 2009
I spent this past weekend in the middle of Tennessee. It took me 24 hours to get there via plane, and I spent the next 24 hours without any luggage. But I’m not going to talk about that here, I’ll save that for a future post about how American Airlines could have used Social Media [...]
The hectic race to nothing.
Next weekend I’m getting away for a long weekend in Tennessee. There’s a huge music festival going, and for four days I plan on wandering the grounds with no real plans, sipping beer, and watching some of the most talented bands on the planet. I’m really looking forward to getting away with no real agenda. [...]
chaos theory
I’m bumming around Vancouver today for the Convergence 09 conference. This evening after getting some food I decided to take a walk onto one of the piers. The weather was nice and i thought the view would be worthwhile. While walking down the pier I turned around to watch the city. It might have been [...]
The long ride
Last weekend I rode my motorcycle to Chelan, WA to meet the week old offspring of my friend Matt. To date, this is the longest ride I’ve ever taken dwarfing a trip last summer by 80 miles. My sv650 is definitely a city bike, but the seating position is upright enough that long rides aren’t [...]