“Help I’m a Prisoner in an Amsterdam Shower”

At first I thought it was the “Cone of Silence” in honor of the release of the new “Get Smart” movie. Now I understand it’s actually a shower in m hotel room at The CitizenM in Amsterdam.
-Bill

JFK to LAX on Virgin America…

I made a 7:30am flight from JFK to LAX on Virgin America…which I have to say is a pretty good airline. Similar in many ways to jetBlue but some nice additional services. However our 7:30am flight didn’t take off till almost 8am and while we scheduled to land at 10:35am PT we were stuck in [...]

George Carlin 1937-2008

I just received news that comedian George Carlin passed away earlier this evening here in Southern California.
I was a fan of Carlin, both for his humor as well as his willingness to take risks. Ironically, just last week Carlin was tapped by the Kennedy Center to receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize, a lifetime achievement [...]

Ed Koch Commentary

 
 

At last week’s NYBR dinner I had a brief chat with former Mayor Ed Koch who mentioned he does a weekly commentary for friends and clients. He was thrilled when I told him I would post them to my blog on a weekly basis.
 

Following his tenure as the mayor of the city of New York [...]

The Coffee Cat in Santa Barbara

I’m writing this blog entry from a neat little coffee shop in what’s called the “Mission” district of Santa Barbara called “Coffee Cat.” Its a pretty typical college town type coffee place (we’re very close to UCSB), great coffee, breakfast-type stuff (including a varitety of crepes) and great music.
While they have WiFi throughout the place [...]

Location Based Services conference in NYC on July 11th

 heard about this event thru my friend, Sonja Kosman, who you might know recently completed her MBA at Columbia GSB and is now working at an exciting new company called Spotzer, the first global advertising agency dedicated to making high quality video advertising fast, affordable and highly targeted. Feel free to share this with [...]

Woman Sues Victoria’s Secret Over Thong ‘Malfunction’

I have to say I just don’t get it…then again if anybody is wondering why network news is so bad just take a look at the report on NBC “Today” this morning at the bottom of the 7 o’clock hour (7:30am).
First off lets give a bit of perspective here…I’m usually out of the house so [...]

Do You Want to Ruin Your Industry Reputation?

I am preparing for a a couple of panels I am moderating at Promax/BDA today…one on networking (social and business) and the other on career transitions (focused on media/entertainment).
Ironically, I came across this article this morning and plan to incorporate it into my presentation this morning.
-Bill
 
5 WAYS TO RUIN YOUR INDUSTRY REPUTATION
By Sean Cheyney
In a [...]

Cutcaster

John Griffin, a NY:MIEG member and FOBS has been telling me about his new start-up “Cutcaster” for a while and he is finally at a point where they are looking for funding.
I thought you might be interested in hearing about this unique service.
-Bill
 
Cutcaster is a community based content marketplace to license digital videos, motion graphics [...]

What is a MagicJack?

MagicJack plugs directly into a USB Port on a laptop or Desktop (PC or Mac)
Screen Controller for MagicJack

I love cool products and apparently I’m not alone. Last week I was watching an infomercial about something called a
MagicJack and I was blown away…I ordered it, the thing arrived a few days later and it is [...]

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