I had lunch today with Gelman to discuss pending areas of collaboration. We try and do this every so often and we also try to find new and unusual places to meet in order to expand our culinary universes. In the past we’ve tried sushi places, Chinese, a hot dog cart, a fish and chips shack – heck, lots of stuff.
Today we decided to go for pizza. We’d heard of a new place in the next town over (which apparently has power, unlike a good chunk of my town) and so we made plans to meet. I looked up their web site to get an idea of the menu and to find out where it is. And that’s where this place, like so many others, won the battle but lost the war. Continue reading
Category Archives: Consulting
Losing the War
Filed under Consulting, digital media
Guinea Pigs
I spent a while on a series of conference calls today. Some with clients, others with just vendors who would like to sell to those clients. It amazes me how wonderful every single one of their pitches sounded. Their products were capable of things that would have been unimaginable a few years ago and the costs to accomplish great things with them have plummeted. Pretty good, right? Of course, then came the pesky part – the Q&A – that seems to trip up so many folks. Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, Reality checks
7 Words
Todays Foodie Fun Friday post is about Michael Pollan or, more specifically, his terrific book “In Defense of Food.” While I recommend you read that as well as his earlier “The Omnivore’s Dilemma“, what intrigues me beyond the important eating advice the book provides is Pollan’s ability to whittle the book down. We talk a lot about the elevator pitch in digital and this book has the best one I’ve ever seen. What is it? Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, food, Helpful Hints
Consult Keith 