For a music lover who wakes and sleeps surrounded by song, a morning of silence is rare. A quiet Sunday is especially rare, as this is a day I often devote to a special, self-defined genre consisting of songs that are good for doing laundry and lying in hammocks. But not this Sunday. This Sunday Read More...

Yesterday’s “Emotional Equations to Connect with Your Customers” with Chip Conley, a boutique hotelier, was equal parts self-reflection and marketing theory. He focuses a lot on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and how to translate that in the business world. I’ll save the self-reflection for drinks at the Google Village but he had some great points Read More...

Around midnight on May 17, C3 hit send on the 10th anniversary ACL Festival line up for 2011. I can only imagine the feeling in the pit of their stomachs and slight nausea as they sent the email/tweet/Facebook post that would determine how successful the world deemed their months and months of work. And the Read More...

The 100 Things talk was an interesting place for me to sit as an advertising person who generally tries to sell people stuff for a living. And, perhaps worse, as a person who has, and loves, a lot of crap. Surprisingly, I didn’t walk away feeling guilty or compelled to purge my (rather copious) collection Read More...

Seth Priebatsch’s keynote yesterday was smart, entertaining and made me think about the possibilities of location based service far beyond all those bar check-ins on Gowalla. He also made me consider the broader benefits of “gamification” and how game behavior could improve the school system and social behavior. But one thing that struck me amidst Read More...

We’re kicking off 2011 with a few predictions from folks at the agency. From technology, to relationships, to Austin and our own crazy industry – we hope you’ll check out what our people are prepping for in the upcoming year. Prediction #1: The Ad Community puts down their smart phones just as Mainstream America picks Read More...