In Over Your Head

Month: June 2009

  • Thanks For Telling Me (but I already knew)

    Is it just me, or are newspapers becoming kind of quaint? I was on the bus this morning looking over at the headline on one of those free dailies they hand out in subways. It said “Coup in Honduras!” I was like, well no shit. I found out about this while it was actually happening.…

  • Mass media is merging…

    Mass media is merging. Personal media is splintering. Why?

  • The Consequences of Advice Dog

    Watch the video below before you read this. Or don’t, whatever. At least look here. First of all, disclosure: A lot of people find this meme funny. Despite its kind of offensive nature, I think I’m becoming one of them, and so are a lot of people (look at the Youtube comments). My question is…

  • The New, the Big, and the Now

    It’s amazing what we can get used to. We seem to think that adopting some new technique, strategy, or tactic will help us. Sometimes, we think getting on the next bandwagon will help. Sometimes it does. We all have a tendency to go after the New and the Big. It isn’t even our fault. When…

  • New Glasses

    I love these things. Got them in New York, original 50’s style frames. If you’re looking for glasses, check out Moscot.

  • Shotgun Consulting

    A few months ago I got together with David Segal of Davids tea, a chain of tea shops around Canada. They’re opening up stores all over the place these days– tea is the new coffee, I’m told. We talked about what they were doing on the web, got along well. I came and did a…

  • The Allure of Cigarettes

    “Je fume, je bois, je baise – triangle équilatéral.” “I smoke, I drink, I fuck – equilateral triangle.” – Serge Gainsbourg While I am only currently a half smoker, I did previously smoke a lot for a few years, and I’ve always been fascinated by the allure of cigarettes. I’m sure I’m not alone. Today,…

  • 5 Books To Read Before Trust Agents

    So I was over at my family’s house yesterday, and decided to pass along the book we wrote to my dad. He was thinking about building a site and wanted my advice, so I figured we’d start there and see how it went. Over supper we started discussing a bunch of stuff and I started…

  • How to be happy in business

    (via Kottke)

  • This is not the job you’re looking for

    I don’t think people actually want to be “social media experts.” I think Twitter users see the success of people who are working independently online, they see that they’re doing social media work (because that’s what’s hot and working right now), and they go, “I can do this, too.” And some of them can. I…