DISQUS

Did you just moon us?

First, I can't believe that place is on Irving. Man. things have changed. Second, looks a lot like the old Bubby's - when JFK Jr and Caroline used to brunch there. I miss Camelot II in NYC. It was a special time:)

aspirational and inspirational!

lookit u with the fancypants new design. very nice.

Why am I picturing you as Dean in Kerouac's "On the Road" for this trip? Enjoy the bus. I'm a CES vet (like you, no doubt.) I worked that show from 1996-2005. By the time I left, it was the Blob. Night after night, I could barely escape that massive complex that seemed like it was expanding as I hobbled away from it every night, my legs and feet barely holding me upright and feeling like they had been crucified to that concrete show floor. I guess it didn't help that I was in dress shoes, covering booths in LVCC Main Hall and South Hall, every day.

Man, I do not envy you that show. Seriously, enjoy the bus;)

Great topic! May I add a caveat to this? (That was rhetorical, you know I will...*wink*) Yes, use twitter, but don't twitterspam the community. Don't link twitter to your blog so that it automatically tweets every post. It's ok to tweet a blog post, but personalize it and don't do every single one;) Twitter is a community, not just a broadcasting tool:)

I think I received the same proposal, if not, then there's a proliferation of these Social Media "Optimization" companies out there and it's CRAZY. I printed it out to show people because I didn't think anyone would believe me if I told them what they proposed.

Great post. I don't know that it's most marketers think like a 20-something or think everyone else is living on a farm; I think it's marketers in NYC and maybe SF. I was one of them. I remember sitting around a conference room table wracking my brain to imagine the day in the life of a mom. Any mom. I was a NYer. Even the NYC mom's in the room and the mom's from the NYC metro area (Westchester, LI, CT, NJ) couldn't pinpoint the life of mom's across the US. The NYC metro is an anomaly to how the rest of the US lives.

Meanwhile, my parents are not boomers. My Dad turns 70 in a few weeks. So using them as an example, had me projecting examples of a COMPLETELY different generation.

Effing Hanging Chads.

You can't leave me.

Congratulations! I'll see you in Austin:)

I voted for ya!

Yes, I, too, was saddened to hear about Tom's passing.

right on! a place is only as great as its' people and thank god philly's got a buncha good eggs. geoff is a genuinely great guy among a community of good people. we are blessed to know and have them all. and you're included, colin!

Ok, finally sat down and read this short novel. I can't believe it how far we've come in such a short time! And thank god for Brian Oberkirch! I love the momentum we have but being an overachiever, I can't stop myself from thinking ahead to making our community bigger...more prevalent on the national scene. We have what SF has. We have the community I could never find in NYC because everyone was either too busy or too segmented. This is it. This is our time. I'm stoked to be a part of it.

Hey Colin - it was great meeting you and learning about viddler (and hanging out!). Thanks for the awesome recap.

Hey - thanks for blogging it! Fun, right?! Can't wait to start planning next year's:)

Awesome - so glad you'll be liveblogging and twittering.

Wooooo, it's really here! I may faint.

Ok, seriously, that's awesome. I can't believe I have a "Children of the Web" source coming to BlogPhiladelphia. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!

They facebook friend you because it's become myspace - a popularity contest to gain fake friends. Commenting on a blog actually requires participation...and thought. Can't wait to see how Facebook nets out when the dust settles!

They could make that contest a win by saying - "millions of Kelly's fans *won't* get a chance to see Kelly this summer. You might be the lucky winner who does. Enter to win an exclusive Kelly Clarkson concert for you and your friends."

Now Lindsay Lohan, on the other hand, that's one you don't want to sign.

Too cool!

Yes! Now we own you. Muuuuwwwwahahahaha.

Word. Great post/'spanation of what's what. Totally cheated and linked it;)