Books, Movies, TV
The Illusionist
Fantastic.
I’m not sure what more I can say to describe The Illusionist. Fantastic acting, writing, directing. But the most fantastic was the visual style this story was filmed in. Incredible style that places the viewer firmly in the time period. It’s been a while, even with other good movies, that I’ve wanted to run [...]
Upcoming Movies
I loves me some movie trailers. It’s quite an art, really. Cutting a trailer from minimal footage, trying to entice, but not give away. Here’s some of the movies coming up that I’m looking forward to.
Children of Men
The Queen
American Hardcore
Flyboys
The Illusionist
Lover Boy (The cast of Singles seems to have reunited…)
Stranger Than Fiction (A rare thing [...]
Y: The Last Man
USA Today blogger Whitney Matheson writes about one of the best books (graphic or otherwise) that I’ve read in a while.
I’m not sure why I’ve been putting off writing about Y: The Last Man. Since March, this series of books has been my No. 1 obsession.
The premise is simple and provocative: What if a [...]
New book: Word of Mouth Marketing
My friend Andy Sernovitz, head of the Word of Mouth Marketing Association, has a new book coming out soon: Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking. Andy has been kind enough to provide me with a PDF version of the final book content, and I’ll be taking a look this weekend and [...]
Book Review: Small is the New Big
Portfolio Publishing sent me a copy of Seth Godin’s new book, Small is the New Big for review. It’s an interesting read, and like Seth’s other books, they’re quick reads. This book recycles Seth’s blog posts from days gone by. Overall this plan works, and is much more "readable" than clicking through countless pages of [...]
Snakes on a Plane: The Community Ecosystem
With my brother in town for the weekend, Snakes on a Plane Day didn’t come until today. I have to admit, I was one of the many suckers that got pulled into the fan-created hype machine. The funny thing about hype machines is that they tend to be largely ineffective and at best short-lived when [...]
Superman Returns indeed!
When I was 7 years old, I had what was arguably the best birthday party I’ve had yet. After going to see Superman (Superman III, I think) in the theater with a few friends, we all went to a local park to partake in ice cream and cake. Not just any cake, mind you. This [...]
Looking Stupid
Companies often look foolish to their consumers, that’s one of those business constants you can’t get away from. No matter how great your company is, they’re going to look foolish over some issue sooner or later. Most of the time, it seems like the biggest task is to try to stop looking foolish.
So why would [...]
Perhaps the worst idea yet
This has to be the worst idea I’ve ever heard…
Spot RunnerWe make it easy to get your business on TV
It used to be difficult - and expensive - to advertise on television. Only big companies could afford to do it because it involved hiring an ad agency to make the actual ads, and a [...]
Business Books: What do you like?
I read a lot of business books as I try to absorb as much data funneled into my brain as possible. The good ones I’ll even read multiple times.
It’s interesting to see how different the content can be from book to book. Some books are more theoretical (like Creating Customer Evangelists), while others are [...]
