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Re: Sitemeter Has Problems But Who’s Darren Paul?

Noah — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:37:42 -0000

I'm guessing it's not the Night Agency Darren Paul, since the email (which I also received) had an 818 number ... Also odd was that his email address wasn't his name ... It's mysterious.

Re: Kyle Bunch's Raw Feed | Not only is this the best album cover I’ve seen in...

Noah — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:24:36 -0000

wow. just wow.

Re: tumbl.es

Noah — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:59:53 -0000

ha. i think this has officially become my favorite comment about brand tags. thanks.

Re: DISQUS Comments

Noah — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:26:13 -0000

Curious to see what this is all about . . .

Re: Paul Arden and It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be

Noah — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:27:13 -0000

I found Momus's slightly less positive take on Arden's work interesting . . .

Re: Paul Arden and It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be

Noah — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:40:39 -0000

I'm with you Michael, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Just found it interesting to read another side of the story . . .

Re: Brand Tags

Noah — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:05:15 -0000

Thanks for the shout out Michael.

Re: DesignNotes by Michael Surtees » Blog Archive »

Noah — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:53:37 -0000

Dude, that was a stressful read. Glad you've got it back. Can I suggest adding "set a master password" to your list of things to do?

Re: Hot Ad (Wo)Man Of The Day: Noah Brier - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy

Noah — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:45:59 -0000

Awesome, thanks guys :)

Re: Novels in Three Lines + Twitter

Noah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:39:01 -0000

That's awesome. Nice work dude.

Re: Welcome, Unknowns

Noah — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:51:22 -0000

Thanks for the add Sarah, hope you enjoy (and the randomness doesn't overwhelm).

As for folder schemes in Reader, I prefer a tiered system: I have my friends (which I read first), followed by tier 1, tier 2 and (you guessed it) tier 3. To be honest, though, I hardly ever get to tier 2 or 3 . . .

Re: Notice: AttentionMax Maintenance…Please Read

Noah — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:25:20 -0000

Hey Max, I'm sure you've already got this info, but it's pretty simple to redirect to Feedburner. Just change the name of your main RSS feed to something like indexfb.xml and point Feedburner to pick that up. Then with the feeds people are subscribed to, just put a redirect in .htaccess that says: Redirect 301 /index.xml http://feeds.feedburner.com/Attentionmax

You can then redirect the Atom, etc. feeds to go to index.xml (or whatever you used to call your main feed) and that will put them into the same loop.

That's how I do it and it works just fine. There are probably better and more complex ways . . .

Re: One Very Cool Taco

Noah — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:05:18 -0000

I thought I was the only one who got an ice craving after sushi.

Re: Home Depot Pigeon Poops On Toddler

Noah — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:12:10 -0000

I actually knew someone who was seriously injured by a falling crate at Home Depot.

Re: Home Depot Pigeon Poops On Toddler

Noah — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:33:47 -0000

Yeah, I agree, whenever I go into Home Depot (very infrequently), I find it takes me 5-10 minutes to locate someone to help me and another 5-10 to follow the directions they gave me.

Re: Home Depot Pigeon Poops On Toddler

Noah — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:45:17 -0000

Do you think they bought the materials for the crack in Home Depot?

Re: Homedepot.com: A Valuable Media Asset

Noah — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:00:28 -0000

They should announce that all revenue from this new source will go to customer service.

Re: What Really Matters: Brand Experience & Customer Service

Noah — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:23:09 -0000

I think you're right Max, at the end of the day all that matters is the customer's experience. Think about the so-called great brands (Apple, Nike, Starbucks), what they do well is the total package. No piece of the puzzle is not considered and designed.

Re: Social Media & Search At 360i Client Summit

Noah — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:14:03 -0000

Look forward to it. See you there.

Re: Are Private Conversations History?

Noah — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:52:06 -0000

Max, I hope you'll use this as an example for your clients on how to handle a situation like this. Greg and David had a valid question/criticism and you provided a very logical and thoughtful response (as I had no doubt you would).

Re: Warning: Another Light-Blogging Notification

Noah — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:00:04 -0000

Best light blogging excuse I've ever heard.

Best of luck.

Re: I’m A Dad Now!

Noah — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:59:23 -0000

Congrats to all three of you!

Re: No Birth Control At Self Magazine

Noah — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:36:52 -0000

I think that's the strangest title I've ever read on this blog.

Re: Happy New Year, and No Predictions

Noah — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:12:05 -0000

Congratulations and thanks for everything.

Re: A New Era, A New Look

Noah — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:57:23 -0000

Looks sharp

Re: The Tyranny of Search

Noah — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:16:33 -0000

I'm not sure I agree/understand ... Basic SEO is fairly straightforward and there's a hand full of tips everyone could take to heart to help them rank higher (simple stuff like optimizing your title tags so the searchable stuff comes first and using semantic markup). However, the single most important aspect of SEO is the quality of your content: The more people that like it, the more people that link to you, the higher you show up in the results. I mean I get what you mean about Flash/AJAX and the issues it presents, but I think there are larger issues at hand (like brands tend to make useless websites that nobody want to visit).

Re: Curing NASCAR Blindness

Noah — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:02:45 -0000

On the topic of independent voters, thought this New Yorker piece on Ohio was quite interesting: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/13/0...

Re: Boards Summit Tomorrow, Friday 10/24

Noah — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:51:01 -0000

Of course I'd come check you out if I wasn't on at the same time. But text me when you're done.

Re: Just in! Facebook worth more than Antigua and Barbuda

Noah — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:08:21 -0000

When you put it that way it's even more absurd.

Re: Coincidence

Noah — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:02:01 -0000

That's fantastic Paul, thanks for sharing. And I totally agree, Adam, it does seem like out of any nationality the odds for the person to be Irish seem best . . . why is that? Are they just friendlier?

Re: On FaceBook

Noah — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:37:15 -0000

Good points Paul, you articulated a bunch of things I've been trying to say . . . The value is almost entirely short-term, which in reality, was the big question I was asking with my post to begin with: Will Facebook survive for long, or will it be supplanted by yet another social network?

Re: AdAge covers Federated Media

Noah — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:59:42 -0000

Congrats dude, that's awesome.

Re: Sean X on the MicroSite

Noah — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:30:30 -0000

Awesome link. I hate microsites too.

Re: Brands are….

Noah — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:17:27 -0000

Best buy?

Re: Open Data

Noah — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:44:03 -0000

The idea makes sense, but I guess my question is why is that good for users? I mean it's great for the sites/ad world, but why does it make anyone's life better for them to share their behavior data (even if it's anonymous)?

Re: Do you remember your first?

Noah — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:27:53 -0000

First off, thanks for the shout out.

And the number is 3200: That's the last tweet you can get (page 160), anything over that isn't accessible by UI or API unfortunately at the moment.

Re: Personal Filters

Noah — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:43:31 -0000

It does feel like we're on the cusp of something big, doesn't it?

Re: Explaining the Lull of 2007?

Noah — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:54:25 -0000

You know it's funny, I've been asking myself the same question. One of the conclusions I came to is that I became soft: Looking beyond the deeper meanings and cultural implications of the technology and instead focusing on the flash. Two years ago I was fairly confident I could say what the web would look like today and I'm not sure I can do that any longer . . .

I also think I've been reading too many marketing blogs and it's turned my brain to mush, but that's a whole other issue.

Re: Explaining the Lull of 2007?

Noah — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:11:29 -0000

It's very possible it's the latter.

And I think a cowboy hat and some high heel boots would do this site quite well.

Re: I’m Joining AdaptiveBlue

Noah — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:54:03 -0000

Congratulations. Drop me a line when you get to NYC and we'll go grab a celebratory/meetup drink . . .

Re: Sunset Rubdown

Noah — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:07:21 -0000

Not sure if you've made it to NYC yet, but they're playing at Bowery Ballroom on October 9th.

Re: Summer in NYC

Noah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:31:56 -0000

We still need to grab that beer ...

Re: Marketing to people who will listen: IconBuffet’s Free Delivery

Noah — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:03:35 -0000

I'll trade you, I've got Shanghai Tech . . . email me.

Re: A great example of blog marketing: macZOT and AppZapper

Noah — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:37:45 -0000

Plus it's a sweet app.

Re: Great Packaging Makes All the Difference

Noah — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:43:13 -0000

I actually just bought a gift from Flight 001 in NYC and couldn't believe how beautifully they packaged it. I'll buy more gifts there just so they'll wrap it.

Re: Noah Brier Likes Burritos

Noah — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:12:14 -0000

Noah Brier does like burritos.

Not as much as Amit likes Campaign Monitor, though.

Re: Add WiFi to any Digital Camera

Noah — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:30:30 -0000

That's amazing, way to go.

Re: CommandShift3 hits 1 Million Pageviews in first month

Noah — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:21:08 -0000

Wow, congratulations. That's awesome.

Re: Open source branding

Noah — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:37:53 -0000

Glad you enjoyed the quote.

And thanks for the pointer, I actually had no idea it had been published.

Re: Open source branding

Noah — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:50:38 -0000

Unfortunately, it looks like it costs $99 to download.

Re: How did you get into marketing?

Noah — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:55:02 -0000

I've got a degree in 'independent study' with a concentration in media, culture and postmodernism. What else was I supposed to do? :)

Re: Ideas and Execution

Noah — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:40:28 -0000

Half-ideas aren't a problem on their own. But if you've got no plans to iterate and turn it into a full idea you could be in trouble. I think a lot of these ideas come to life when people refuse to share their ideas with others out of fear. They try to get their idea out there as quickly as possible and miss out on the great feedback you get when you share ideas.

Re: Changing Media Economics

Noah — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:05:19 -0000

Was a great chat Ryan, good, as always, to see you.

Re: From Billings, MT

Noah — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:15:23 -0000

All the best to you and your family.

Re: Is the internet awesome?

Noah — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:24:12 -0000

You're welcome :)

Re: Blogging Is NOT a Business

Noah — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:23:17 -0000

That was what annoyed me so bad about that New York Magazine article, it assumed that all us bloggers were doing it for the money. Terry Heaton had some good comments on how that article missed the point.

Re: Are “Users” Who “Generate Content” Receiving Equal Pay for Equal Work?

Noah — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:03:50 -0000

Would have paid? You don't think this was an agency's idea?

Re: Are “Users” Who “Generate Content” Receiving Equal Pay for Equal Work?

Noah — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:35:44 -0000

There definitely is a scam aspect to it, although someone has to build the tools, promote the idea and filter through the entries. That's not to say Frito-Lay couldn't do that themselves, but I wonder if they'd have any interest.

Like most things, it looks like Madison Avenue is just becoming another platform.

Re: Apple’s iPhone And The Head Rush Of REAL Innovation

Noah — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:09:10 -0000

Scott, couldn't agree more, I only have one question: Do you think design, elegance, simplicity and innovation are really separate ideas or are they steps along the path to innovation?

Re: Web Communication Experiment: First Round Goes To Twitter

Noah — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:55:03 -0000

Grant McCracken has some of the smartest commentary I've read on Twitter: http://www.cultureby.com/trilogy/2007/07/how-so...

Re: Email Lives, Walled-Garden Site Mail Is Dead

Noah — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 10:11:16 -0000

Been thinking about this lately as well and another downside of it is that all these messages don't make it into your email search, which can be a bummer.

Re: The Future Of Online Advertising: Entertainment vs. Information

Noah — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:45:47 -0000

I agree with Beth. While I see your point Scott (and love your Clio/text link line), Google ads work best for people who know what they want. The car industry (and many others), however, are built on convincing people to buy things they don't yet know they want. This is where the more entertaining variety comes in (not that I'm saying the Toyota ads, or just about any other online display advertising, are any good).

What's more, Google et al. are fundamentally different media properties than anything advertisers have used in the past. Never has their been such a good opportunity to get inside the head of a consumer and understand exactly where they are in the purchase process (even point of sale needs to do more selling).

Re: Dreams’ Daily Dosage

Noah — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:03:27 -0000

Thanks for the shout out Devin and congrats on mindaverse ...

Re: Twitter’s amazing stickiness (with a caveat)

Noah — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:01:19 -0000

It's actually being built by people putting in their usernames (or other people's usernames) at http://myfirsttweet.com ...

Re: Good conversation with those of Likemind

Noah — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:35:15 -0000

Hey Tom, glad you enjoyed it, always nice to hear stories of likemind converts.

Re: Good to meet likemind-ed people, again

Noah — Sun, 20 May 2007 17:28:50 -0000

Thanks for coming by, glad you enjoyed.

Re: Help Change My Life (At Least Musically)

Noah — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:01:21 -0000

Awesome question Dan. I love it. One of the things friends and I have been trying to do is all compile our top 10 songs of all time lists (with explanations for each song) and then burning CDs for everyone with everyone elses songs. As for me, there aren’t all that many songs that have changed my life, lots that have defined moments of it though. Songs like November Rain by Guns N’ Roses and Definition by Blackstar define musical eras of my life. However, there is one song that comes to mind when you’re talking about life changing (although it hasn’t necessarily changed mine, but I know people who it has and it seems appropriate for this).

That song is Better Son/Daughter by Rilo Kiley. In it, Jenny Lewis begins at a near-whisper over a marching band-esque drum beat sing/speaking:

Sometimes in the morning I am petrified and can’t move
Awake but cannot open my eyes
And the weight is crushing down on my lungs
I know I can’t breathe
And hope someone will save me this time

Then, later she finally pulls out of the whisper, coming in with a scream as she sings:

And sometimes when you’re on
You’re really fucking on
And your friends they sing along
And they love you

It’s amazing and one of those songs I can listen to over and over again (Rilo Kiley is great in general).

Also, and I know I’m getting a bit long-winded at this point, Carla Bruni’s “Quelqu’un m’a dit” is a beautiful French song that does nothing but give me a smile, it’s truly magical (life changing in different ways though, and I’m sticking with Rilo as my choice for you). Hope you enjoy it. (And let me know if you’re looking for some free music, here’s my list of top 50 albums from last year with legal downloads for almost all of them: http://www.noahbrier.com/archives/2005/01/top1050albums.php

Re: Welcome To The Downward Spiral, Folks

Noah — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:34:23 -0000

Congrats

Re: The Full Monte

Noah — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:34:05 -0000

I’ve heard they’re brutal, you’re a brave man Mr. Dickinson.

Re: Ted Leo New Song MP3

Noah — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:27:31 -0000

Thanks Dan, I was gonna head down to the show but got of work late. Nice to get a taste.

Re: Sweet!

Noah — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:30:47 -0000

Man, I totally thought it was just me.

Re: Free Advice For Online Street Teams

Noah — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:36:36 -0000

Yeah, the reposting every day thing is getting kind of annoying I must admit.

Re: Murketing: Rob Walker on why we brand ourselves

Noah — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:36:50 -0000

While I generally agree that it's all a little funny, it's not like it's required that people try to optimize for size. I for one am going for quality, 10 interesting people reading my blog is way better than 100 shitty ones.

Re: 10 Benjamins a Month; a personal project

Noah — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:08:48 -0000

:) Nice work