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Re: I Could Have Bought 25 New Dogs for that Price

amyz5 — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:19:34 -0000

i refer you to my latest facebook update...

Re: A Changing Role

amyz5 — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:19:01 -0000

Of all the things I have witnessed you do as a mom, this is the most monumental. I am so proud of you; I know how hard this was for you. Hang on, sistah, raising teens is a roller coaster. But I always loved a good roller coaster. I am confident you will too. And how come you never mentioned that amazing hair on the two of them... they are freakin' adorable!

Re: Twitter’s Putting Its Fledgling Wine Up for a Holiday Auction

amyz5 — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:45:53 -0000

only if @garyvee recommended it

Re: Foursquare Experiences Record Signups After Launch of Facebook Places

amyz5 — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:11:13 -0000

could also have something to do with the article on the cover of the NYT styles section yesterday http://www.nytimes.com/2010...

Re: Foursquare Experiences Record Signups After Launch of Facebook Places

amyz5 — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:10:23 -0000

could also have something to do with the NYT article on the cover of the Style section yesterday

Re: USB Typewriter Will Make Your iPad Feel Ancient [VIDEO]

amyz5 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:53:55 -0000

cool. techno retro!

Re: Time Magazine Names Foursquare and Farmville Among Worst Inventions

amyz5 — Sat, 29 May 2010 06:02:34 -0000

I agree on the Farmville front but that is what online fads are about. Maybe sometimes people just need to zone out and play.

Foursquare is a different story. I admit when it first came out I felt it was just another cog in the narcissistic wheel, but the way it has been used lately proves its worth. We are seeing not-for-profits using it to raise money, cities using it to promote tourism as well as brands finding ways to reward their customers to name a few. I think the future for location based marketing is bright and we will see some major social good come out of it.

Re: http://jessicanow.com/post/631851389

amyz5 — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:19:01 -0000

yeh, this makes real sense. not marketed TO, marketed FOR. (hey I should write taglines... oh right, I do.)

Re: Jessica Smith Labs Launches

amyz5 — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:06:02 -0000

love this. sounds like more of the conversation we have been having. i look forward to your insights

Re: Stop Slutting Up Our Girls

amyz5 — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:22:01 -0000

I I first saw this on facebook and then on Jessica's eloquent post. As a mom of a daughter who is now 21 but navigated through the days of dance recitals I feel your pain. I too was more appalled at the parental cheering than the misguided ignorance of the dancing school.

Parenting is all about modeling and setting limits. First part was easy in my house, second part was a struggle. Let's take a look at the moms of those 7 and 8 year olds. How many of them are behaving this way and how many are just going along with it because "everyone is doing it and I can't disappoint my child or single them out?"

Bottom line, if it feels wrong to you..

IT IS!

Thanks for the a dad's point of view and keeping the attention on this nonsense. Perhaps together we can put a stop to it.

Re: Jessica Smith in real time., What Do These All Have in Common?

amyz5 — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:42:35 -0000

excellent! once a terp always a terp!

Re: BlackBerry E-mail Not Working For Some Users

amyz5 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:22:13 -0000

I was thinking the same thing. Once I gave up trying to fix the bberry email issue and closed out of a slow twitter client I got all sorts of things done.
hmmm... productivity conspiracy?

Re: MYTH BUSTED: Internet Use Doesn’t Lead to Isolation

amyz5 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:36:06 -0000

This is a great study to point to. Parents are so fearful of the way their teens and young adults socialize online. The old school types are convinced that they will not have proper social skills. This blows that theory out of the water and perhaps will help them to be more open-minded themselves. The ghetto mentality of only socializing within ones 'group' that is so common in small towns and suburbs can be broken in this space. For that reason alone it should be embraced.

Re: New iPod Nano: Why Pocket Video is a Game Changer

amyz5 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:05:34 -0000

I totally agree. I love my Flip but an Apple product that adds all that easy uploading and social media functionality gets the heart of this techno-junkie racing. Already bought one as a gift this afternoon.

Re: 15 Year Old Says Teens Are Abandoning Twitter: Where’s the Proof?

amyz5 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:33:46 -0000

hysterical!

Re: 15 Year Old Says Teens Are Abandoning Twitter: Where’s the Proof?

amyz5 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:59:18 -0000

The point is not whether teens use Twitter, or if this is a well-researched report. The point seems to be that Morgan Stanley published this to shake things up and get some press.

Put the word Twitter in the headline and people pay attention.

Threaten that the next generation won't adopt it and you get even more attention.

Hello! We are all in this business. Seriously, a single 15-year-old writing a report for an entire generation that is probably more fragmented, consumes more content, partakes in more forms of media, than any other in history?

I don't think this deserves the attention it will get. But hey, got to give them credit. It will get them plenty.

Re: The Twitter Rulebook

amyz5 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:00:54 -0000

finally, someone who makes no rules! live and let tweet. love it!

Re: Aretha Franklin's Hat Flickr Pool

amyz5 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:26:10 -0000

That hat was like staring at the accident, I could not take my eyes off of it. Aretha had to be wearing that for the single purpose of the attention it would bring her. Sorry to say her performance (and I am a huge fan so I say this with sadness) was not nearly as memorable as the hat.

Re: Happy Birthday to the Littlest Pirate

amyz5 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:06:11 -0000

happy birthday to your boy. love that he is his own [little]man

vegies? plenty of time for that when he grows up.

Re: 10 Promotional Mistakes Of New Bloggers

amyz5 — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:20:31 -0000

you had me at 'don't be a dick'. good sound advice.

Re: Jameson Does Pandora Right

amyz5 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:22:17 -0000

Chris. Agreed. How happy am I to see a liquor ad that does not think a wet t-shirt contest is the way to sell booze. ok, maybe that works with a certain demographic but this is what we are talking about when we say use the technology to support creative. love it.

Re: I’m following you!

amyz5 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:10:43 -0000

nice jim. kind of like pay it forward of the blogosphere. who will play you in the movie?

Re: Target Marketing

amyz5 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:06:49 -0000

yes michael, and flat is the new up.

good points chris. relationship marketing 2.0 style? greater return on smaller investment? dollar-wise perhaps but the learning curve will cost companies in many ways. i think upside will still outweigh it all.

would love to see your follow-up on this topic in 12 months.

Re: Dear Bank of America

amyz5 — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:21:45 -0000

hysterical and right on the money. (oh sorry, that was lame) i have had two of the most infuriating customer service experiences in the last week. thinking of posting about customer service rage. perhaps if enough of us do this they will start listening and change behaviors.

or not.

Re: Drop Everything- Run to LinkedIn NOW

amyz5 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:39:08 -0000

thanks chris. the presentation app is really useful. i agree that i will find this feature alone a home run for me on linked in.