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“I’m taking the dog for a walk…” So, I talk to people everyday about Twitter, and I often get a response like this, “Why would  I want to go on Twitter and watch a bunch of people talking about nothing? I mean who cares that someone wants everyone to know that he’s walking his dog?”  [...]

Branding today, just as it has been throughout history, is simply a way of putting your mark on something so as to tell the rest of the world, “This is mine; if you see it, it belongs to me.  If you mess with it, I have the right to mess you up.” –  Imagine the [...]

Mithridate \MITH-ri-deyt\, noun: A confection believed to contain an antidote to every poison. What if I told you that contained within you was an amazing super power?  What if everything in your world could change for the better, not tomorrow, but this very instant? You only had the knowledge to tap into this remarkable strength and turn [...]

  My daughter loves looking for Waldo on those poster-sized “Where’s Waldo?” images. I love the art work.  Recently, while doing a search with her, I was struck with an unusual idea. – “What makes Waldo Unique?” Waldo is all about being hidden, unseen in the world. Not behind anything, but out in the open. [...]

The Future! I think a lot about the future. I guess that makes me a type of futurist or more accurately a futurologists. I don’t try to predict coming events, but I can spend an inordinate amount of time imagining what possibilities the future holds for humanity. Everyone has seen those magazine covers illustrating flying [...]

Driving though the progressive town of Manor, TX on Halloween night just before sunset, I came across something quite peculiar – a large QR code hanging from a fence that bordered a small city park. I decided to investigate. What I found amazed me. Manor (pronounced MAY-ner), Texas, this tiny town just east  of Austin, [...]

Last night I was at a local mixer when a young man, Chris Contreras (@AustinVisMedia), came up to me and told me how much he enjoyed reading my blog. Thank you Chris, you have no idea how energizing it is to hear that what we do/write makes a difference; that someone is actually listening.  I [...]

Share – Engage – Connect Share: Let’s face it. The fact that social media even exists is due to the “share factor.” In her article, Witness Me, Claire Wagner nails the topic with laser precision. We want to let the world know we’re, “having a foot long sandwich from Subway.” Why? We’re social. It’s embedded in [...]

I was having coffee this morning with my friend and colleague when she asked me a perplexing question. “Would you suggest I get a blog or a twitter handle.”  My response was, “What are your intentions?” Let’s face it; how you plan to blog is as important as what you blog.  Why are they going [...]

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