Introducing: Mastering Facebook in Kindle and Paperback
February 21, 2012 – 8:53 am | Comments Off

I’m excited to announce that I’ve turned the last 2+ years of Facebook blog posts into a book focused on Facebook: exciting campaigns, product development, virality, and platform developments. There are 200+ screenshots in the …

Read the full story »
Web 2.0

Mobile

Advertising

Social Media

Web Design

Home » Archive by Category

Articles in Pop Culture

Free Starbucks Pike Place Roast on Tuesday April 8th
April 7, 2008 – 10:12 pm | 4 Comments

Want a free cup of coffee tomorrow?
Just roll into your local Starbucks at 12est / 9pst for a free serving of Starbuck’s new Pike Place Roast – a smooth drip coffee that is being …

Burger King Breakfast of the Future Commercial
April 7, 2008 – 4:35 pm | 161 Comments

I can’t get enough of this TV spot.
Burger King uses power ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky and I have always loved their ads. They continually create hilarious, viral ads that somehow always find …

Web 2.0 + Fast Food = Sonic 2.0
April 5, 2008 – 1:12 pm | 2 Comments

I love the Sonic commercials.
The latest pokes fun at the web culture and the much-overused Web 2.0 phrase (I’m of course guilty). Sorry for the poor quality:

YouTube RickRolls April Fools In
March 31, 2008 – 7:32 pm | 251 Comments

In general, I don’t understand why April Fools jokes on the internet have begun on March 31st – but apparently that’s now standard. I also struggle with April Fools internet ‘jokes’ because they are mostly …

Get A Life T-Shirt
March 31, 2008 – 3:51 pm | 261 Comments

Love it.
And yes I grew up playing Mario.

You can buy it on SplitReason.

Happier Days on Wall Street (And How to Celebrate April 15th)
March 18, 2008 – 1:31 pm | 379 Comments

I’ve gotten too many emails in the last 72 hours from friends saying that the markets have caused havoc their New York / Chicago lives… Then Amazon sent me a merchandising email that reminded me …

The $700mm 3D Movie Conversion… Hollywood’s Scared of your Living Room
March 12, 2008 – 8:30 pm | One Comment

If you haven’t seen U2-3D movie yet – do yourself a favor and hurry to the local Imax. Not only was it superb, it is now the future of the movie industry (which I am …

Food Thoughts – San Francisco’s Waterbar, Peet’s, Top Chef and more
March 12, 2008 – 8:26 pm | 3 Comments

Flying Alaska Airlines today for the first time and have thus far been unimpressed… as far as ‘cheap’ airlines go, I am very loyal to Jet Blue. After twittering about this probably being my last …

Mark Cuban Chimes in on Jason Calacanis’s Start Up Rules
March 10, 2008 – 9:44 am | 690 Comments

Great blog dialog this weekend that started when Jascon Calacanis wrote his rules for running a start up. Mark Cuban then chimed in and I love his commentary – particularly his advice about only hiring …

Big Honcho Media and Semi Pro = Very Impressive
March 4, 2008 – 8:11 pm | 215 Comments

Several weeks ago, I was approached by Big Honcho Media about running a Semi-Pro promotion on SportsWrap. I’ve been approached by many media / marketing companies – but Big Honcho Media was really terrific. …

Starbucks Ditches T-Mobile for AT&T – And Offers Free Internet!
February 11, 2008 – 8:15 am | Comments Off

Exciting news for coffee and internet addicts like me:
Starbucks has decided to ditch T-Mobile for AT&T and offer two free hours of usage a day (an extra two hours costs $3.99). Brilliant move for …

Netflix Chooses Blu-Ray… Exclusively. Yet Another Indication that HD-DVD is Dead
February 11, 2008 – 7:31 am | 6 Comments

I’ve written about Blu-Ray’s domination over HD-DVD and this latest development is even more telling.
When I purchased my Sony PS3 for Blu-Ray movies, I immediately signed up with Netflix as I didn’t own a single …