Tag Archives: kids

My First Article for AdAge Global Idea Network

Please check out my first article as a writer for AdAge, In ‘Poor But Sexy’ Berlin, Brands Need to Understand Casual.

In ‘Poor But Sexy’ Berlin, Brands Need to Understand Casual: To market successfully, you need to understand college kids
This is my first post for the Global Idea Network and I am happy to be here. […]

Is a Modern Woman Still Mostly Valued For Her Uterus?

My friend wrote the following email to me. I asked her if I might be able to post it and she said yes, as long as I make it anonymous:
So maybe you’ll understand my irritation. Yesterday I found myself defending feminism to a couple of otherwise fairly liberal women. I’m not yet able to […]

Thank You All Who Supported International Medical Corps!

On behalf of the International Medical Corps and Abraham Harrison, thank you so much for all of your support over the last four weeks to get the vote out to help get the International Medical Corps into the top-five of the Members Project and then for securing the $100,000 from American Express, to be used […]

Sarah Palin Comment Thread Par Excellence

If you have not been keeping on top of all of the great comments streaming in to the AH Poll entitled “If John McCain died or became incapacitated, would Sarah Palin be competent to be President?” you are really missing out! Some of them are the most insightful, thoughtful, and brilliant collection of thoughts […]

Thank You for Blogging about International Medical Corps!

The International Medical Corps and my team have been working on winning $1.5 Million dollars through American Express’ Members Project. IMC needs to be in the top 5 in order to win. Please check out the Member Project page, Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children, and then please vote.  I would like to personally thank […]

Always Remember the 95 Theses of the Cluetrain Manifesto

Markets are conversations.
Markets consist of human beings, not demographic sectors.
Conversations among human beings sound human. They are conducted in a human voice.
Whether delivering information, opinions, perspectives, dissenting arguments or humorous asides, the human voice is typically open, natural, uncontrived. […]

A Love Note from Matt Mullenweg and Wordpress.org

I just received a love not from Matt Mullenweg and Wordpress.org — here’s a full-text copy of you to enjoy if you’re not on the Wordpress.org mailing list:
Subject: WordPress hasn’t forgotten you, we just don’t write
From: Matt Mullenweg

Howdy.
Long time no talk. I take that back — criminally long. I think this is the first message […]

I Actually Am “That Guy”

According to an online quiz on Details, “Are Your That Guy,” I am totally that guy: a total douchebag, apparently.

1 You initiate fist bumps.
Yes
No
Someone told me that high-fives are passe so I have replaced them with bumps and regular, manly, handshakes.
2 You order foreign dishes in an accent.
Yes
No
I ask for foreign dishes, yes, properly. If […]

Thanks to All Who Have Blogged About the Fresh Air Fund

Thank you to all of the bloggers who have blogged about the Fresh Air Fund on their blogs over the last couple weeks!  Please explore the posts below:

Fresh Air Fund Needs Host Families posted by Jane at Above Average Jane
Help Give A Kid A Break This Summer (US readers) posted by Lindsay at Activity Village […]

Boing Boing Shout Out to the Fresh Air Fund

Thanks to Xeni Jardin and John Brownlee over at Boing Boing and Boing Boing Gadgets for giving a shout out to my client and worthy cause, Fresh Air Fund, as they come into a crunch in their need to place 200 kids who are still lacking host families for August, Give low-income city kids a […]