The Blogosphere’s Ultimate Power Lies In Its Ability to Empower The Unknown to Instantaneously Harness Passion and Mobilize Masses

While many so-called A-list bloggers would be expected to fill the top ranks of blog posts most linked to, it’s interesting how a relatively unknown blog can quickly capture the passion of thousands and mobilize a community overnight. And that was the case with mother.livejournal.com’s… Read the rest

Marketers: It’s Time To Stop Blaming Your Woes On The Consumer!

Here’s my next MediaPost column, where I largely agree, yet still deconstruct, the ANA’s top transformation prediction for 2007: consumer In control. The ANA is a great organization, but it seems this year’s top-ten transformations list walks a fine line between desired outcome and mandate.… Read the rest

Goodbye Brooklyn, I’ll Miss You

As if my wife Laura and I didn’t have enough going on with the recent birth of our son (aka, sleep deprivation), a fulltime job and the holidays, we just closed on the sale yesterday of our apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn. 

I already miss Brooklyn, where Laura and I ventured to from Manhattan in 1999 – a few years following our graduation from Syracuse University.… Read the rest