Beware the Ides of March.  It will bring you only links…
It is a slow business news day indeed when the most interesting article in the Wall Street Journal (reg required) is about a pack of narcoleptic dogs that have been serving science at Stanford University for the last 30 years. The dogs make popular [...]

A few weeks ago, I blogged about heading to Austin for the creativity free-for-all that is the South by Southwest Festival and my excitement over the possibility of seeing Ze Frank in person. Here’s what transpired.
Saturday night, after surviving SXSW registration, I joined a good percentage of the interactive community that had converged on Austin [...]

As an American my view of Africa is through the eyes of Disney. Just walking into the Federal Air lodge puts the Animal Kingdom to shame. It’s authentic with smells and accents of language and the simple yet engaging décor. My flight to the bush had 12 passengers. A mix of Euros and Brits and [...]

Well it took me about a good 24 hours to get over 24 plus hours of travel. As I staggered into the welcome reception for the JoBurg conference the friendly smiles and engaging talk warmed me up and gave me the burst of energy I needed to pull off a 45 minute presentation on Word [...]

There are citizens out there who are asking to be called into service as citizen marketers! A couple in Seattle has offered the remodel of their kitchen up on eBay to the highest bidder. In the words of Chuck Snavely, owner of the kitchen for sale,
“Spending millions to put your corporation’s name [...]

As I received our umpteenth (enter long string of expletives here) RFP this year, I couldn’t help but notice a lot of the same language and requests in this one that we’ve seen before.
So I said to myself, “Self, I wonder if there is some sort of template these people use and just plug in [...]

Every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 5:30 I drag myself — I mean I jump — out of bed and head for the gym. Where I work out and spend some time with someone I am madly, insanely in love with… Ira Glass from This American Life. I am addicted to his NPR show. Really, [...]

Adpulp posted this a week ago (via MediaPost), but I still can’t get over it:
A new Forrester Research study found “a major rift between marketers and agencies with some harsh survey results: On aggregate, agencies scored a dismal Net Promoter rating of 21%, showing just how few marketers in the fourth quarter of last year [...]

Monday March 5 Johannesburg
After a 10 hour flight from London I’m here. I also owe a big thanks to Nadine’s aunt (Justin’s girlfriend) Rondele for picking me up at the airport and then drving me to Sandton. I have to say I’m very impressed with SAA (South African Airways). Very clean plane and excellent service. [...]

Wired.com has an interesting and informative article about the rise in popularity and effectiveness in social rating systems. For example, a study found that eBay accounts with a high customer feedback rating, earn an average of 8.1 percent more per transaction than ones with negative ratings. “It was the first hard proof that a feedback [...]