Guitar: Reborn

Recently I have re-ignited my passion for music. I guess I have distanced myself enough from the business of music to fall back in love. (Note: the more involved you are in the business side of music the less you like music... its true and it sucks). 

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Charisma Goes A Long Way

Yesterday, the above clip spread like wild fire through my twitter and facebook timeline. I sat at work, cracking up and loving every second of it. Then I sent out a marketing group wide email falsely titled "Best Practices" and shared the video. Not one person chastised me for my abuse of a distro list, and instead everyone thanked me because they loved it. 

Obviously most of my friends and coworkers are liberals and Obama supporters. But watching this clip reminded me of my first politics courses in London in which we endlessly debated the importance of charisma in the US political system. Ever since Kennedy and Nixon had the first televised debate, it's been obvious how policy falls to the wayside of charisma. This is not to say that I disagree with the POTUS, or feel like he has weak policies, but just watching this one clip made me smile and warm over. It made you forget how wrought with turbulance the first term was and instead reminded me of the "HOPE" that was promised. 

And I still see that potential. It's just amazing how a little clip goes a long way and almost makes it possible to forget all the promises that were never brought to fruition. 

Batman is Badass

A couple of weeks ago I was pretty sick and had to stay home from work. So what did I do with my time? I watched cartoons. Superhero cartoons to be exact. I downloaded a whole season of Young Justice and a new animated movie called Justice League: Doom. Even though both had a huge cast of characters (from Superman to Martian Manhunter) all I got of it was that Batman was awesome. 

Needless to say I am super excited for the Dark Knight Rises this sumer

The Challenges of a Digital Native in an Analog Organization

Recently I read an article titled "Why Digital Talent Deosn't Want to Work At Your Company." on Fast Company. The article got a lot of things right and got me thinking about my own experiences, and that of my friends, in traditional corporate environments. And one of the most obvious pains is making non digital natives understand what exactly a digital/interactive marketer does. 

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My first Kickstarter: Pebble

I just backed Pebble, the e-ink watch!