Remember kids, it’s LIVE TV. Apple Declines comment.

Fun little note about Apple’s PR team form the AP:
Apple’s media blitz wasn’t without its glitches.
On NBC’s "Today" show, co-host Meredith Vieira ran into problems trying to get the iPhone to work, laughing that "this is why gadgets drive me crazy."
With a team of Apple representatives hovering off-screen, Vieira was supposed to receive […]



BATting practice, AirPool, and People who shout into their cell phones

I got hit in the head with by a bat yesterday.
Went to the Singapore Night Safari. Lots of fun - No question - Only problem, I couldn’t take photos of anything. It’s dark. (Because, you see, it’s a NIGHT Safari…) and you can’t use your flash. So photos of all the animals were out. But […]



Guy gives interview without clearance, gets deservedly fired

Paul McNamara at Network World sent me this little blog piece about how an unnamed employee at an unnamed company gave an interview without permission and got canned for it.
Sorry to sound like the heartless bastard here, but if the company had a rule about talking to the media without authorization, then that’s exactly what […]



MSNBC Anchor Mika Brzezinski is My New Hero

Thank you, Mika. I thank you. My colleagues thank you. The whole world… Thanks you.
Thank you.

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Something on which the President and I agree

In a recent television interview, President Bush was asked what he thought of the excuse that people are too busy to exercise.
Bush said, "I don’t buy that. I think you set priorities in life, and if exercise is one of your priorities, then you do it."

I couldn’t agree more. In the conference at […]



Trend Alert: The Business Chip

I wanted to wait until after the conference ended to see how these went over. And I’m thrilled to report that they were the hit of the show.
I got the idea after Lili from Online Tonight gave me one of hers a few months ago. So I had them made, and figured this show would […]



Fido Dido is back!!

Back in 1992, I was at Boston University, shopping downtown somewhere. (I had no style back then.) I have style now. Shut up.
Anyhow, I remember that one of the first shirts I ever bought because of the message, as opposed to "I need a shirt," was a Fido Dido t-shirt that read, simply, "Normal is […]



Someone get me a Diet Coke

Did anyone happen to notice that Taco Bell sent two delivery boys to Paris’ Grandparents house to give Paris her first meal upon her release from jail?
I saw this repeated on CNN, the BBC, and the local Singapore news several times over the course of the evening, because I was up from 3am on. I […]



Be careful what you wish for…

They say be careful what you wish for… When I opened the conference today, I jokingly promised that I’d let the audience know as soon as Paris was released.
Sure enough, the Google Alert came in AS I WAS PRESENTING.
"And one of the things we really need to know about the niche marketing environment is exactly […]



Oh yeah - I’m doing WPR in about six hours

Should have mentioned this - Doing Wisconsin Public Radio to talk about Marketing in about 6 and a half hours - 7am EST. Tune in if you’re in Wisconsin, I suppose… http://www.wpr.org/