I can hear many of you answering that classic question from Animal House. “Nothing is over until we decide it is!” and despite the subsequent attribution of the Pearl Harbor attack, it’s damn good advice. In fact, we’ve had two incidents this week in the world of sports that bear it out.
There is , of course, a business lesson in there too. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Reality checks, What's Going On
I read with great interest this piece on a new media buying and planning system developed by Microsoft and Interpublic. The Media Operations Management System, or MOMS for short, is supposed to it would “re-invent” the way Interpublic agencies and clients plan and buy their media. As we all know, I’m all in favor of using technology to make our lives easier. However, I wonder if this is really an advance. Continue reading
Filed under digital media, Thinking Aloud
I’m sad to read that Ed McMahon has passed away. For those of us who grew up on Johnny Carson and Ed as a special treat when we could stay up late, it’s really the end of that era. Unfortunately, too many folks today 
will remember him for his later work as a solo pitchman rather than his skill as Johnny’s sidekick (and his cry of Hi YO!) but we’d all do well to remember the really important role he played in the success of Johnny and The Tonight Show. In fact, we’d all do well to remember that none of us, even if we’re as supremely talented as Johnny Carson, can afford to be out there without someone like Ed McMahon. Continue reading
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