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The Real Star of the Super Bowl, with Apologies to Kurt, Big Ben, and Bruce

There's no way of knowing how Kurt Warner and Ben Roethlisberger will handle the pressure-cooker on Sunday. But one fellow guaranteed to heat things up at the Super Bowl is Ron Krivosik. Meet the man in charge of feeding 80,000 people--fans, players, media, the skybox elite, even Bruce Springsteen and the E-Streeters.READ»

I Want My Prime Time TV When I Want It

Last night, as is usual on Monday night, I could not wait to see 24. I've followed this series through thick and thin since the start. It's actually gotten a good story line reboot and is quite entertaining this year.  As I was ...READ»

Technology: How Far and How Fast We've Come

Just watched the video of Steve Jobs introducing the first Macintosh, in January 1984.Maybe those of you were under ten years old at the time will be wondering, what's with all the cheering, it doesn't do much. But it was ...READ»

Heart of Starbucks

Despite the many mistakes that have led to its current troubles, Starbucks still has the capacity to create a sense of community and a purpose larger than just selling coffee.READ»

Converting your "Online" presence into Local Results?

A great networking event at a "W" hotel property in Franklin Tn afforded many a chance to connect. They all came together thanks to online networking.READ»

Watching and Interacting at the Inauguration Viewing

(written but somehow not posted the day after the election) Last Tuesday was a banner day for America, the world and also for social media. Not only did more people apparently watch the inauguration of President Obama on TV, they ...READ»

An Historical Twofer: President Obama and the Internet Inaugural

Today's inauguration, the perfect made-for-Internet viewing event, is expected to draw the largest audience yet for an event online. Here's a brief guide to watching (and participating in) the festivities from your desk.READ»

Yahoo Uses Twitter to Filter News

In a perfect convergence of media and technology, Yahoo! is now using Twitter to filter news according to Technology Review. I've written before in this blog about the impact of Twitter in reporting news first. And as reported in ...READ»

My 2009 Digital marketing Resolutions

My day job is running a digital advertisng media agency. Like every business today, we recognize that it cannot be "business as usual" in 2009. Thus, some of my resolutions for the year which I thought worth posting in this ...READ»

Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs

11 tech business visionaries.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Executives
• Women in Tech: The Gamers
• Women in Tech: The Evangelists
• Women in Tech: The Activists
• Women in Tech: The Bloggers
• Women in Tech: The Brainiacs
• Women in Tech

R.I.P. Public Access Television

Here in Los Angeles, the city rang in the New Year by closing down all of its public access TV studios, signaling an end to homegrown, grass roots production of eclectic and often monumentally weird alternative programming. Cities ...READ»

NHL's Winter Classic At Wrigley Scores In The TV Ratings

Usually, a televised hockey game is like a Dennis Kucinich presidential campaign: a low-scoring affair not worthy of further examination. But last week's Winter Classic at Wrigley Field was a hit, and an intriguing one at that.READ»

What Can The Book Business Learn From iTunes?

This week the media is a-squabble over the death rattles coming from the book publishing industry. Yes, it's in dire condition. But a new business model might bring readers back. Call it the Free Lunch model. An article in The Wall ...READ»

Web Video Growth Galloping Ahead

comScore just released November data on online video growth.  November saw a +34% vs. year ago growth with 12.7 Billion online video views for the month. While Google and YouTube still have clear leadership, it has dropped to 40%, ...READ»

Marketing Lessons From The Frozen Confines Of Wrigley Field

The NHL has been around longer then the NFL, NBA, and NASCAR, but it's nowhere near the juggernaut that they are. So you have to give the NHL a hand for yesterday's Winter Classic. Who can resist watching hockey on a baseball diamond?READ»

Visible.net Yahoo Videos - Online Video Commercials

Yahoo Videos by Visible.net Assortment of videos produced by Visible.net on Yahoo... Get A Bag LandR Promotional Items Abigails Herbals Sports Banners Pennants Kates Kosy Korner (Bedding) Kates Kosy Korner (Blankets) Candys ...READ»

Twitter, the new news bureau roll-up?

  Last post, I talked about the Social Media Heyday and how the two way communication from consumers is impacting everything from brands to politics. In the last week, I have been impressed by how social media is becoming a proxy ...READ»

Social Media Heyday

Been tough to post the last few weeks due to illness (bad cold, hopefully nothing more). Amazing things are going on in the social space which merits discussion. The "mommy blogger" incident which caused Motrin to pull a campaign. ...READ»

Mediocrity: The Hidden Economic Price of Fear

 I’ve been haunted by a story I read in the New York Times business section a week or so ago. Dr. Gregory Berns, who runs the Center for Neuropolicy at Emory University, cooked up an experiment to determine what fear does to our ...READ»

Saturn v. Uranus

General Motors should re-badge Saturn as "Uranus," with the slogan, "You Bet Uranus." The marketing possibilities are as endless as GM's stupidity.READ»

Visible.net YouTube Videos - Online Video Commercials

Assortment of videos produced by Visible.net on YouTube...READ»

Visible.net Gallery Videos - Online Video Commercials

Assortment of videos produced by Visible.net on Our Video Gallery...READ»

Mobile Millennium Traffic Pilot From UC Berkeley and Nokia

Interesting “study” being conducted for GPS enabled phones by UC Berkeley, Nokia, and NAVTEQ. Called the Mobile Millennium Traffic Pilot, it gathers real time information from GPS enabled telephones for traffic congestion updates. ...READ»

Even Brilliant People Need The Right Opportunities

Entrepreneurs love to point to the success of "self-made" people like Bill Gates as proof that hard work, solid ideas and solid execution are the most important factors for success. But is that really true? Malcolm Gladwell, the ...READ»

Is There Meaning In The Work You Do?

I came across a great post by Umair Haque over at Harvard Business Publishing titled How to Build a Next-Gen Business Now. He lays out five steps to build such a business but it was the fifth step that caught my attention because it ...READ»