My Grandfather, Alfred Norbury Brown, died this past Saturday at age 93. He had his quirks, but always was one of my favorite people. He embodied curiosity, drive and authenticity. We shared a love for sailing, and a common obsession with practicality. He also was a pioneer in social media — far before there ever [...]

I’m in Santa Clara and the immediate Bay Area vicinity this entire week for SMX Search Marketing Expo and a bunch of meetings with Clickable partners and advisors. If you’re around and would like to meet, contact me here.

The following is also my latest MediaPost column…
I’m Drowning In My Own Complex Web Of Contact Databases
February 1st, 2008 by Max Kalehoff
The perpetual problem with my Outlook contact database is that my information becomes dated and unwieldy. There’s built-in entropy that worsens over time. It’s become especially problematic since I transitioned three months ago to [...]

The following is also my latest MediaPost column…
Move Over, Seth Godin, Einstein’s Here
January 25th, 2008 by Max Kalehoff
I read my fair share of business books and marketing punditry. In the trendy stable are works by authors Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, James Surowiecki, Don Tapscott and Malcom Gladwell. On the more academic side are the likes [...]

AttentionMax today was ranked as the #27 overall blog in the Junta42 Top 42 Content Marketing Blogs premiere listing. Joe Pullizi, Junta42 founder and chief content officer, wrote in an email to me today:
Each blog on the list was ranked by our research team, and included such [...]