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« Previous EntriesGreat marketing for bad brands
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009I am recently jazzed and amused about bad brands that have good marketing. I hope that some of the big guys can pick up some ideas and get their products moving through the channel. Here are a few amusements I find today.
Platinum:
Natural Light Beer : Natty ads. “Natta Boy” — “what someone says to the [...]
Charles’s Life Rules
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009I stole this from @jack but I updated it with a great haircut picture since I received one today. I love this list and try to follow it each day. I hope you cut it out and use it too.
If you’re on my site reading this, look at the difference between the two haircuts. I [...]
QR Code — You heard it here
Thursday, July 16th, 2009This is the next big thing. Take a picture of the QR code on the next “Love Happens” poster you see and through BeeTagg go to a specific, but secret site. It’s not really on the movie poster, but it should be.
Big in Asia.
Coming here very soon.
Great Chart From Y Combinator’s Paul Graham
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009Some awesome charts on the life of a startup. I think I’ve lived most of the middle part of the line. Too bad I never made it to the top of the hockey stick. But I will.
See the bottom slide show. The charts are a few pics in.
Airport redux please
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009AA Flight whatever – DFW to FLL
Seat 25B — using GoGo Airplane wireless for the first time. Fast. 1.9mps
What the heck is wrong with America’s airports? I’ve been in the swing of this since 4.30AM today and will culminate a 10 hour trip in a few hours. I’ve been taking notes and there are a [...]
Just let it go
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Going back to what I said about the universe taking it away — one of the items I sold on craigslist for $15 and paid $9 to ship was disputed on paypal as “non received”.
The challenge hits us in life a lot.
Do we stand up for ourselves and fight the $15 battle? Or, do we [...]
Who Started the First Name Only Email Address?
Friday, March 6th, 2009I have received a bunch of emails this week from those denizens in the IT/web hosting/web dev business and their return address is “Dave” or “Patrick” or “Joe”… I hate this! It screws up my gmail search! Bad form.
You’re not BONO.
The Hothead Pro Bono Challenge
Saturday, February 28th, 2009As I’ve posted recently, this is a great time to lend your skills to those that could benefit from them the most. I’m not talking about writing checks. We all have skills writing checks unfortunately. I’m talking about paring off 2% of the time you dedicate to your workday, your coffee ritual, or your family [...]
Search and Destroy
Friday, January 23rd, 2009[I already got the gizzmo boiling at this entity. Yeah Hothead! -- see below]
I was shopping for a few new pieces in a line of German ski clothing I like. I like their streetwear; don’t need their $900 jackets. Yeah… kjus. You know it.
Anyway, here are the mundane steps that I had to take to find what I [...]
Make it a great day?
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009Heard a voicemail today that ended with “… and make it a great day!…
Yuck.
It reminds me of this guy I knew as a kid that drove Fieros. Two of them. Until one burned. His name is Irving Shane.
He still has the perma smile picture cause it’s on his current website. He would do the back-slap mantra happy go lucky [...]