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Pics from Step up or Lose out: Kobe Bryant in MNL 2011

Had to jump up a few barricades and elbow a few kids in the face to get a good seat. All in all, I'm just happy I survived the entire thing without having to deal with my wife being tased by security. See the full gallery on Posterous

The Inherent Impoliteness of Cash Register Backs

via adaptivepath.com Interesting article by Adaptive Path’s Peter Merholz (@peterme) on the inherent impoliteness of putting a display panel between a customer and a sales associate. He also talks about how Apple Stores disrupt this entire model by enabling *every* store employee to be his/her own Point of Sale (via tablets, iPhones and http://squareup.com) I [...]

Marketing over substance – Why AskObama is a meaningless marketing stunt

Duuudes. Chillax! If you want loyalty, you need engagement. You know what’s a killer move to build engagement with ‘the digital consumer’ (we’ve got that poor sucker’s brain in a jar in our lab, and we’ve already scanned it into our MacBooks)? You know what really builds marketing synergies, and drives brand equity? Social media!! [...]

What Would Don Draper Do? – The Oatmeal

via theoatmeal.com This pretty much sums up how I solve ALL my problems. I mean if I were to edit this flowchart and replace “Peggy” with “My Wife” and “Pete Campbell” with “A dude named Carl” this would be spot on.

Your phone numbers, a warning

Friends, I might be suffering from a medical condition similar to sleepwalking but far more embarrassing and awkward the morning after and deals significantly more damage to the sufferer’s dignity. Simply put, upon reaching a certain level of drunkenness, I whip out my phone and send SMS to almost EVERYONE on my phone book. Worse, [...]