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December 4th, 2005

Slingbox!

Just found out that I won a Slingbox. Cool! This brings my online booty to two iPods and a Slingbox. I’m a lucky sucker!

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December 3rd, 2005

Santa Claus is taking orders

UPDATE: Just noticed that Santa Claus sent one of my wishlist items back to my ‘for:Bren’ tag. Cool! You should check yours, too! (link at the top of your del.icio.us page). This is like sitting on his lap, but without the whiskey smell!
Looks like Santa Claus is on del.icio.us. He doesn’t have anything bookmarked, but […]

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November 27th, 2005

Open Space rocks

I put on my first staff retreat last Monday. Well, first staff retreat in the new job. This one was a little bit different and, I’ll venture out on a limb here, a little bit better than any other retreat I’ve been to.
A while back I was chatting with Matt Homann on the phone (because […]

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November 7th, 2005

HELLO my name is ouch

You may have heard of Scott Ginsberg, the guy who wears a nametag all the time, every day. Looks like he took the next logical step and had his trademark nametag tattooed to his chest. Oof. That’s committment to your craft.
He says it hurt and I believe him. I had waves tattooed around my ankle […]

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October 31st, 2005

Think before choosing

Holy smokes, this made me laugh out loud! I didn’t really get the first one, but then realized that the first one, "Who Represents", translated into their domain, whorepresents.com reads like "Whore Presents." Now that you’ve got the idea, go look at the rest. :-)

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October 30th, 2005

Happy birthday-ish, Slacker Manager!

Well now. It looks like Slacker Manager is rolling through the 12 month mark. Let’s take a moment to look back at where we’ve been…
I remember officially launching the blog on November 1, but backdating two posts to 10/25 and 10/28, just so it wouldn’t look quite so desolate around here. Taking a look at […]

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October 26th, 2005

Help Al

Just read on the LexThink blog about Al Robert, an attorney and blogger in Louisiana. Katrina turned his life upside down, just when he finished his clerkship and now he needs to find some work. Check out his full post here. Al’s an engineer turned environmental consultant turned lawyer. Here’s what he says:
Despite my efforts […]

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October 21st, 2005

From Flock

Whoa. I’m typing this from the blog editor in Flock. Very cool. Flock has lots of very cool things. I’ve only spent three minutes on it, but if it keeps going like this, it’ll replace standard Firefox in a heartbeat.
Get yours here.

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October 21st, 2005

Friday mailbag

It’s that time again, the Friday mailbag! Okay, I’ve never actually had a mailbag day before because nobody ever writes to me, but I’m not letting that stop me. The following letter may or may not have been completely fabricated by me, purely for my own enjoyment:
Dear SlackManager:
I read your post about the blackberry and […]

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October 8th, 2005

The Mighty Blaster!

I had a birthday the other day. Got running pants from my wife, got a Mighty Blaster from my mom. What’s the message there, huh?
Anyway, the Mighty Blaster is pretty cool. It’s basically a big old cylinder/piston with a pipe at the open end that spouts fog that’s made from some mysterious liquid. The liquid […]

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October 7th, 2005

Fark’d again

Looks like I’ve been "fark’d" again. The last time was a while ago on the main blog, and this time it’s the AllBusiness.com blog that’s taking the hit. I still can’t get over the sheer number of people that site pushes around.
Welcome Farkers!

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August 26th, 2005

The class of 2008 2009

For the last few years, folks at Beloit College have prepared a "Mindset List" for each incoming class of Freshmen. It’s a good reminder, to me at least, of just how differently they perceive the world. Great stuff for marketers to remember…
Some highlights:

They
don’t remember when "cut and paste" involved scissors.
Pay-Per-View
television has always been an option.
Jimmy
Swaggart […]

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August 4th, 2005

Penetrating insight

Now, I’m no master marketer, but I do try to pay attention to the messages that I’m being sent.
A friend recently alerted me to the new corporate identity package that Cogswell College has adopted. I don’t know about you, but I think there’s something really wrong with that logo…

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June 29th, 2005

The healing power of donuts

I am fast approaching the end of my FMLA leave–I go back to work on Friday (just in time for the long weekend!). It’s been a fantastic six weeks home with the family, getting to know our new son. As much as I’ve enjoyed being home, I have the distinct feeling that no matter how […]

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June 1st, 2005

Update

Well, I’m back, kinda. If you didn’t miss me, all the better. But while I was away from the blog some nice things happened. Most importantly, Asher, our newest family member, came home–I’m pretty excited about that. I’m also pretty excited about my six weeks of family leave from work!
Slacker Manager hosted the Carnival of […]

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