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Local Hair Replacement Clinic Ad Inspired By QR Code Resume

Advertising, Brands, Social Media 2 Comments

Remember Victor Petit’s totally awesome QR code resume? The one that made you feel pretty insignificant, regardless of your perfect typesetting and leather-bound portfolio? Yeah, he did a pretty clever thing. I wonder if it got him a job. Well, I guess someone took notice of his clever idea, because

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BlackBerry PlayBook: Will The Media Kill It?

Brands, Soapbox 1 Comments

I’ve been reading a lot of reviews on RIM’s recently-released BlackBerry PlayBook and it’s not looking good. Most reviewers agree that the PlayBook’s UI is shiny and its ability to display pages with flash components is a plus. But that seems to be where the good things, the differentiators from

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Enter the Apple Fanboy… sort of.

Brands, Personal Notes 3 Comments

In which the author drools over his new toy and rails against Steve Jobs' new magic.

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Coppeneur and the Fine Art of Chocolate Tasting

Brands, Personal Notes 1 Comments

Christmas is coming up, and I have been thinking about what to buy my parents and other relatives. While probing the web for ideas, I came across the North American arm of a fine chocolate maker based out of Germany called Coppeneur. Before I give some of this stuff away

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Feist: The Oblivious Tribe Leader

Brands, music, Soapbox 10 Comments

I’ve been spending some time listening to the audiobook version of Tribes: We Need You To Lead by Seth Godin. In the book, Godin talks about how people inside organizations and around the world are all connected, and need to be connected by tribes. These tribes are the cirlces of

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Brands Belong to YOU

Ad-vice, Brands, Personal Notes 1 Comments

So, I’ve been working on some freelance stuff lately, doing website designs and copywriting while I wait for news to come about some more steady employment. Freelancing is fun because you can do it on your schedule and being your own boss has its own special perks (read: waking up

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