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February 10, 2009 · 4:16 pm

Ralph Moneybags

I was pleasantly surprised last evening to receive an email from a old friend.  Attached to it was a photograph which you see off to the right.

Thanks Eric!

Thanks Eric!

No, it’s not the 4 Stooges although that would have been an appropriate moniker at the time.  It’s the cast and crew of a film shot in the late 60’s called “The Treasure of Ralph Moneybags” and seeing this shot made me think about how in many ways the digital world we’re in has helped and hurt what is now getting to be two generations of kids.

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January 20, 2009 · 8:11 am

Testing 1 2 3

A sea of onlookers witness the second...
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To the list of historic firsts today I would like to add another.  No, it’s not as important as the obvious history that will be made but I think it can be seen as an historic moment nonetheless.  You see today, Inauguration Day, is the first day of a new Presidency but it’s also the first great test of channel preferences. Continue reading →

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January 2, 2009 · 11:31 am

Everybody’s an Expert?

Here is an interesting post from Mitch Joel of Twist Image to start the new year. It’s all about separating the wheat from the chaff in the new media strategist space. After all, what does one need to be an expert here in our digital playground? A Twitter account? A nice Facebook page? Mitch’s point is that almost anyone can set up shop and call themselves an expert but that not everyone who does so is even remotely qualified.  Continue reading →

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