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Stream of consciousness January 31st

Posted by morren on January 31, 2012 . Leave a response

Bookmarked How to make freemium work for you — Tech News and Analysis Listened to 62 songs. Kid Rock – Wasting Time Joe Cocker – With a Little Help from My Friends (woodstock) Old 97′s – Rollerskate Skinny Dixie Dregs – Refried Funky Chicken Elton John – I Guess That’s Why They Call It The [...]

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Stream of consciousness January 30th

Posted by morren on January 30, 2012 . Leave a response

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Lambchop (27), State Radio (24) & The Dirtbombs (17) http://t.co/IQAedagD “@johnmoe: It’s odd because normally when Jimmy cracks corn, I find it to be profound and deeply significant.” What says @BronxZooHBadger? Checked in at The Pearl Cup Checked in at Munger Place United Methodist Church Bookmarked 33across Buys Tynt In [...]

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Stream of consciousness January 29th

Posted by morren on January 29, 2012 . Leave a response

Checked in at Good 2 Go Taco Checked in at Cultivar Coffee & Tea Co. Slowclap. “@trixieskips: I wish people came with an airplane mode.” RT @Queen_UK: Oh wonderful. The Spice Girls are reuniting for one’s Diamond Jubilee. Well that’ll be worth 60 years of reigning. Can’t w … Bookmarked Why Every Entrepreneur Should Self-Publish [...]

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Stream of consciousness January 28th

Posted by morren on January 28, 2012 . Leave a response

Bookmarked MediaPost Publications Buzz Goes Au Naturel: Nielsen Strips Out Jargon, Adds Hyper-Local Metrics 01/26/2012 Checked in at Good 2 Go Taco Checked in at Cultivar Coffee & Tea Co. They start making my Americano when they see my car pull up. #regular (@ Cultivar Coffee & Tea Co.) http://t.co/bQoqK5h0 Damn. “@copyblogger: Honda is about [...]

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Stream of consciousness January 27th

Posted by morren on January 27, 2012 . Leave a response

New @benfolds WITH Ben Folds Five? Yes, please. #rockgasm http://t.co/YzfVx7Yh Truth. “@TweetsofOld: It is a hard thing to befriend a man who will not touch coffee. MO1895” I love wine. But I certainly don’t want my water tasting like it. Songwriting trope I’ll never understand. Ex-parrot. “@TimesPublicEdit: In our Obituaries section, are we too quick [...]

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A political advertising primer

Posted by morren on January 26, 2012 . Leave a response

Given my proclivities, it’s strange I don’t make it to DFW Interactive Marketing Association meetings more often — however, it tends to be a very agency-heavy crowd, and thusfar, that hasn’t really been my world. (I appear to be the only attendee who Tweeted anything about the talk. Discuss…) But today I was thrilled I [...]

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Stream of consciousness January 26th

Posted by morren on January 26, 2012 . Leave a response

Bookmarked Paulding.com’s Hughes: Patch’s Plan B Should Be Franchises Bookmarked Snapshot of a Creative Destruction — The American Magazine RT @WeldingWizard14: I trained for almost two years in PEP to be an entrepreneur..well i have the oppertunity to do so and I am going to … RT @HLMenckenBot: How does so much false news get [...]

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Stream of consciousness January 25th

Posted by morren on January 25, 2012 . Leave a response

Bookmarked Publishers’ Love Affair with Apps Is Over | Digital Book World Bookmarked Getting People to Pay for Content You Give Away for Free | Digital Book World Disappointed. I liked: "A Post-Mortem for Plancast" http://t.co/AhbZbxW9 (h/t @markbriggs) Bookmarked The Uphill Battle Of Social Event Sharing: A Post-Mortem for Plancast | TechCrunch Bookmarked view.lists.biblegateway.com/?j=fe6216787664017a7716&m=fe621570756203757117&ls=fdca1572746401797c14787563&l=fe5115767d6c007a7312&s=fe2a1174756d00787d1472&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe23177273670674721177&cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_–_–_-View+as+a+Web+Page&r=0 Before [...]

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Stream of consciousness January 24th

Posted by morren on January 24, 2012 . Leave a response

Ditto East Dallas MT @daddyclaxton: Is AT&T iPhone working or is just … here in Mesquite, Texas? Won’t iMessage, update email, says is 3G Published Why all media will be New Media in 2012. If you missed my #DFWWP preso on THE FUTURE™ this weekend, here ’tis: http://t.co/0pmw6qby Another good analysis of the content deal [...]

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How not to get me into your beta

Posted by morren on January 23, 2012 . 2 Responses

First, a caveat: I’m not doing this to pick on Wavii. They are no different from myriad other web companies who like to run extra vowels and consonants together. I’m sure they are magnificent people whose dogs love them. However, they have the misfortune of having hit my email box at a moment when I [...]

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Why all media will be New Media in 2012

Posted by morren on January 23, 2012 . Leave a response

Below is my presentation to the DFW WordPress Meetup Group this weekend. Slideshare is still jacked up in the way it renders notes, so I’m publishing my slide notes below. It might be easiest to open a duplicate window if you want to synch note to slide. Also, sorry for the blank slides after the [...]

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