February 2009
103 posts
In permanent decline: Newspapers, magazines, music labels, television, autos, coal plants, airlines, PC makers, real estate brokers…
…investment banks, strip mall developers, electronics stores, movie theaters, pharmaceutical companies, health insurance companies
Barely survived the drum circle
Hung over and taking kid to something called “supersonic music class”. Pray for me.
standing outside to get fresh air. Starting to smell like smoke.
Night on the town.
To unsubscribe type “unsubscribe” as the subject. To do so emphatically type “I didn’t ask for this fucking email” in the subject.
Watching Sudden Impact. It’s the archtype for every cop movie made since. Music is super-awesome.
Torn between chill of open taxi window and stank of driver
Blood pressure rising. Time for an espresso break to calm down.
Reading the New York Press for first time in years. Cant believe they still run Armond White!
8pm presentation to Asia-Pac. Hope wine with dinner wont hurt quality of preso!
WatchPinch Media » ‘AppStore Secrets’
Great slideshow explaining economics of iPhone applications and free vs paid models.
I may now be in the most boring meeting of my entire life.
Apple Meat Packing store is so chill compared to SoHo.
Safari 4 is weird. Tabs are weird. Coverflow is weird. gMail is FAST but weird.
Is today National Spinning Beachball day and no one told me?
Looking forward to a 13-hour day at work
US equities will never again be an attractive investment class due to Sarbanes Oxley
Having a job makes me feel like I’m fiddling while Rome burns
Stimulate the economy: Buy a Hummer so your family can escape from the unemployed zombie hoards.
Ikea day at the Google cafeteria!
At Burger King in Queens. Saw cabbie pull up to drive-thru to order for passenger in back seat.
Pirate Booty, Veggie Booty, or Cheetos?
Ok, I take it back. The VW guy in Bay Ridge was pretty ok.
Car shopping is as bad as expected. Unbelievable how they use sales tactics. Actually said “can I put you in a car today”.
Thank you Verizon! Unsolicited telemarketing call woke up my kid. Hey, I’m on “do not call”, ever check it?
Amazed at number of half finished McMansions out the plane window on way into Cleveland airport.
Delta has set me up with decent seats twice in a row. Do I have status that I don’t even know about?
Went through airport security with holes in my socks. Embarassing! Where can I get darned?
Me: So what do you do at 24/7? Him: I’m the CEO. Me: ummm, nice conference huh?
Hey Yahoo, when I’m on weather.yahoo.com and I type a city name into the search box, show me the weather search results! Duh!
Getting some fresh air in sunny Salt Lake.
Is there a point to business casual? I’d like to run a conference with Attire: Business Slothful.
Danny Sullivan asks audience “who’s rooting for Microsoft in search?” Lots, but none actually using live.com.
Watching Maroon 5. Wondering who they are.
Regarding Hulu/Boxee: This is the Great Game, alliances are shifting; you have NO IDEA where we’ll end up; don’t forget Comcast et al.
The seats in this auditorium labeled “Superb Seating.” I don’t use “Superb” enough in conversation.
I really, really hate it when people abbreviate “average” as “ave.” instead of “avg.”
Speaker is telling me all about how video is valuable.
There’s a massive bubble in the use of the title ‘CMO’ #summit09
Not schmoozing. Sitting in corner with power outlet recharging laptop and phone. #summit09
Waiting for keynote at Summit. They’re playing loud Pet Shop Boys. $omtr
Obama’s a lefty. Never noticed before. You think aliens switched him like in “V”?
OK, can’t resist since its too good to be true. The seatback entertainment devices are promoting Big Love!
Off to Utah for Omniture Summit $omtr. Will try to keep Mormon/Big Love jokes to minimum.
Pretty sure I know what’s up with Starbuck in BattleStar Galactica.
I am officially an “in market car buyer” so please cookie me for profit!
The auto sites are so bad at navigation, it’s like they’re making me click to generate pageviews instead of giving me information.