I don’t write in this journal too often because I’m writing a lot of stuff for TechWhirl or I want to share frustrations on this blog, which isn’t normally a good idea. The year is coming to a close and it has been a doozy of a year. We finally got our hands around search […]
Paying Kids to Play College Sports
There was an announcement today that EA Sports isn’t going to produce NCAA Football 15, so it seems 14 years of trading on college kids likeness and capabilities is enough. I didn’t read the entire thing but apparently they’ve settled a lawsuit or two. Good for them.
Experts and Being Extreme
I just took a few minutes to comment on Google+ concerning the immanent demise of all books from the world in which we live. The discussion topic was provocative on purpose to generate discussion, which in this case it did, at least from me. I don’t understand the this is new and old stuff is […]
Opportunity Cost
We’re starting to do more “content marketing” or in the parlance of our time, brand journalism, for some of our partners. This is a relatively new offering that I’m sure will be copied by at least two companies but I digress. I’m taking the lead on the project because it is new and I’d like […]
Start Bad … Always Bad
A few minutes ago, I made the always difficult decision to fire one of our new advertisers. Let me be clear – I loathe the idea of losing a sponsor especially one that we’d worked pretty hard to secure, but at the end of the day it had to be done. During a b-school class, […]
