Any Angry Birds junkies in the house? “Hi, my name is Peter, and I’ve spent countless hours playing Angry Birds, when I should have been working.” I think we can all relate. But rather than give you the guidance and help you need to break your Angry Birds addiction, I’m here to feed it. What if you didn’t just have to play Angry Birds on your iPad, Droid, iPhone, Browser, Computer, or other device? What if you could play it live, in real life, in your living room? Flinging Angry Birds into houses of Pigs right from your couch? Or on the Kitchen Table? Flinging Angry Birds at the cat? Why not! You all know K’NEX, right? You’ve been playing [...]

When I speak at conferences catering to small businesses, I usually show up an hour before the conference starts. I check in, but don’t pick up my own badge. Instead, I scan the badges already spread out, and grab someone else’s – usually someone who runs a small business. I’ve been Jon Michelson, Tyrese McHale, and my personal favorite, Gordon Brown (not that one), all of whom own small businesses, and all of whom are looking for the magic bullet that will convince them that social media actually works for them – will actually make them money, will actually help them sell product, and isn’t the next BS thing they hear about every day on the radio, on TV, and [...]

Spent the past four days in Vegas at Affiliate Summit – Much like Twitter was the big noise on everyone’s lips last year, this year was all about FourSquare. If you haven’t gotten sucked into the black tar heroin that is FourSquare, it’s essentially a location based check-in service, where you compete to become “Mayor” of various locations around the world. You can enter new locations as you find them, and if played right, will be a goldmine for savvy companies who understand the value of immediate marketing. Some of the key takeaways from the summit regarding FourSquare from my perspective: People simply LOVE to announce where they are. Whether it was at the Rio Hotel, the Heart Bar or [...]

Updated: 16:25 12/26 A little history… I’m on Twitter as @skydiver.The morning of December 24th, I figured I could kill two birds with one stone. I figured I could clean out my office, and by doing so, give away via Twitter all the “SWAG” that I’d collected over the year from loyal HARO members, advertisers, and the like. Seemed like a good idea. So the night before, I posted this to Twitter. Within 30 minutes, I had over 400 new followers. Apparently, everyone retweeted, and people who’d never heard of me or HARO started following me in droves. “Cool!” I thought. The next morning, I started giving away some stuff. Some soaps from SkinFree, a surge protector from TrippLite, even [...]

What they DON’T tell you in the instructions for the Wii, is that bowling within radius of your friend’s beer bottle will no doubt lead to problems. I picked up the spare, and Karma picked up a fine spray of Corona.