I Have Seen the Douchebag. And He is (some of) Us.

I woke up this morning, my first night home after a very successful South by Southwest, to a hungry cat at 5:30am. I was exhausted, and pushed her away. Turns out, she wasn’t so much hungry, as she was trying to inform me of a shitstorm brewing in the comments section of a well-written blog [...]



Why a Tiger is Sleeping Like a Baby Tonight…

The entire world stops today, almost all news streamlines into one story (with the exception of a terrible plane crash/act of domestic terrorism in Texas.)
Everything has shut down now, as the world waits… Waits… Waits for the Tiger… not to Roar, but to meekly crawl out of his den, wring his hands, shuffle around, apologize, [...]



How to use Twitter to report breaking news

Today, there was a small evacuation at Grand Central Station in New York City. It was so small, in fact, that the media didn’t even pick up on it.
However, all over Twitter, within minutes, the rumor mill had fueled stories of “Explosions!” “People dead!” and other mass hysteria.
Except, none of it was true. There was [...]



Want your brand seen by over 100,000 people in at least six countries this year?

UPDATE! TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SPOTS SOLD ALREADY. THREE TWO LEFT ONE LEFT!!!! SOLD OUT!!
SOLD OUT!!!
Any desire to get your company, logo, or brand image in front of thousands and thousands of people, all around the world, all throughout 2010?
It’s no secret I travel a lot.
It’s no secret I speak a lot at conferences, [...]



STEAL THIS POST: How to respond when people ask you to tweet for them

I’m speaking at a conference in a few months – keynoting it, in fact. I’m obviously not going to mention which one, it could be any of the countless conferences at which I’m speaking over the next six months.
But the person running this conference has sent me (and my assistant) no less than five emails [...]