What I Learned from the Oscars

I’ve long had a love/hate relationship with gratuitous awards ceremonies and the Academy Awards in particular.
My thought process went along these lines: Firefighters and police officers put their lives on the line on a daily basis for a pittance of what overpaid celebrities are paid.  Teachers give their professional lives to improve the lives of [...]

Mayoral Fashion

Offering style advice and commentary to Baltimore’s new Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake’s look in today’s Baltimore Sun.

Moderation Please

Let’s make this clear for once and for all, moderating is not censorship

Marketing Snowmageddon

Unless you’ve been living in a cave this winter, you’ve probably noticed that there’s been lot of white stuff (or gray stuff if you live in NYC) on the ground lately.  In fact, other than Hawaii, every other state has been liberally dusted with snow this winter.  So much snow has fallen that even the [...]

More To Love

It would seem that director Kevin Smith AKA “Silent Bob” is not quite so silent after all.  Sometime over the weekend he gave public voice to the fact that he was insulted mightily by the powers that be over at Southwest Airlines who deemed him too large to occupy just one seat on a flight [...]

I’m Not A Fan

There’s something inherently broken if not altogether annoying about Facebook’s fan feature. Where else but the internet can you find a faux friend, slight acquaintance or former high school classmate sending you an e-mail suggesting you publicly profess your admiration for them and agree to accept an undefined amount of spam to further their goal?

Buzz (Zzzzzz)

Google’s newest launch Buzz, has the social networking world atwitter- though not necessarily impressed.

Image via Wikipedia

A bit late to the game, Buzz is a somewhat simplified way of interacting with those in your social network in short, sporadic messaging bursts.  While Twitter, Facebook and the rest rely on people actively seeking out connections, Buzz instead [...]

Perchance to Sleep

It’s no secret that I have chronic insomnia.  Sadly, my sleeplessness seems to be as much a part of me as my dark hair or oddly colored eyes.  I’ve toyed around with the idea of starting a blog (don’t groan- doesn’t the world need yet another vanity blog?) dedicated to my pursuit of sleep, the [...]

Deadheads, Marketers & Social Scientists

The band managed to take their creative skill of creating long unscripted jamming sessions into an actual business model of creating more nebulous fan driven marketing systems in the midst of their rigid business protocol.

Your Headshot Reminds Me Of Fabio

This morning, inspired by a stack of headshots (that I have to go through to choose a likely candidate for an unlikely job) I did a quick riff on Twitter about some headshot poses that don’t inspire confidence.  These were my top four:

The *Gun* oh yeah baby, I want to hire you with that headshot.
The [...]