Paul Newman was a guy I looked up to as an incredible human being. His talent on screen was unquestionable, but the actions he took to make the world a better place were something to which to aspire. To know that “Newman’s Own” products started as a gift to friends and ended up becoming a […]
It may have simply been intended for teaching the “n’t” contraction for “not” — but when I stumbled across this video this morning, it seemed more like a lesson in attitude. I’ve been thinking a lot about attitude lately. Perhaps it’s because I’ve encountered some ‘challenging’ ones that I have allowed to affect (infect??) my […]
EepyBird (those guys who did the Diet Coke/Mentos video) are back — and this time in an entertaining video experiment that uses Post It notes. The video below is entertaining, fun, amusing, involving, engrossing, tells a story, viral, engaging, and over three minutes long. Oh yeah, and it’s an advertisement for OfficeMax. If more attempts […]
Author Brad Meltzer (Book of Lies, Justice League of America) sheds light on the fact the house where Superman was born — the home of Jerry Siegel — has fallen into horrible disrepair and can only be saved by ordinary people. http://www.ordinarypeoplechangetheworld.com/ From the website:“The house where Google was created is saved. The farm where […]
Anyone who knows me knows I all but despise banner advertising as a means for reaching an online audience. Some banners advertising can be effective for that generic all-encompassing category of marketing referred to as “branding” — but if you’re actually trying to take advantage of all the tracking and measurability that online advertising can […]
Featured audio from Larry Winget —Discovering Your Uniqueness I like Larry’s take on this. “Discover your uniqueness and learn to exploit it in the service of others.” Listen to the audio linked above for the rest of Larry’s insight into this topic. Visit LarryWinget.com for additional content from the “Pit Bull of Personal Development.” I […]
I was really saddened to hear about the death of George Carlin this past Sunday. Carlin and Cosby were the very first stand-up comedians I’d ever learned about, and I still remember borrowing their comedy albums from the public library. Carlin was truly a creative genius and his material will live on for a long […]