Connecting the dots of life and business

I don’t talk much about my involvement Almost Mediocre, but they’re a group of creative guys I joined almost two years ago. We make comedy “shorts” (short videos) for the primary purpose of a creative outlet and luckily we’ve had success selling some of our wares to the likes of Sprint, the producers of American [...]

This is part two of my interview with Robin Wolaner. We discuss the benefits she’s seen of social networking for both her startup and personally. Specifically, she references examples of LinkedIn and even MySpace. If you’re catching up, be sure to catch the first part of our talk, then head over to LinkedIn and add [...]

After editing seven hours of videos (actually still editing), I’ll be uploading one or more videos each day from my Bay Area Visit. I’m not sure of the order (some topical, some by interviewee), but I promise to keep them coming. So grab my feed, to avoid coming back to this site three times a [...]

Today’s lineup… One coffee shop, one huge lunch and still pending with Ben. Keep track of the day with Twitter for current status and Flickr of where I’ve been. Kevin Smokler – Editor of Bookmark Now and popular speaker on the topic endurance of the arts in the digital 21st century Mary Ladd – Writer [...]

My first day of this Bay Area was exhausting and stimulating at the same time. I’ve got to give props to my videographer, Dustin DeVoy. The guy has great skills and worked hard. For a guy who’s not into business, he acted engaged the whole day. He was smart to suggest renting a Zipcar which [...]

I arrived last night in the Bay Area and have four interviews setup for today. Here’s the lineup for Thursday, June 28. Laurence Haughton – Best-selling author, speaker and management consultant Robin Wolaner – Author of the book, Naked in the Boardroom, founder of Parenting magazine and the new startup, tbd.com Daniel Scudder – Founder [...]