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Re: everyday observations of regular people • lamb: I’m not the one that you should be making...

john ratcliffe-lee — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:50:23 -0000

no sweat! def my fav. track off her album. the video and even her live perform on jimmy fallon is a treat.

Re: Content Marketing Simplified

john ratcliffe-lee — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:02:06 -0000

economics aside, the tech & platforms are allowing brands to have a voice & easily share their opinion. less the connection to existing editorial, it's about people sitting around a table and saying, "we can do this and here's the story we want to tell."

yes, it can ladder up to a higher marketing meaning but what you're doing - from a brand POV - is actually expressing something. caring, nurturing, explaining & relating. sometimes, a more effective stance is wanting to be a partner with your customer throughout their life vs. always trying to suck the life out of them. what matters more?

Re: How 30 Undercurrent clients design their digital and social organizational structure

john ratcliffe-lee — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:13:31 -0000

Link to the Forrester study gives a good 'ol 404.

Re: http://jratlee.com/post/24808001862

john ratcliffe-lee — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:48:24 -0000

haha this is a crappy bagel place in caldwell, nj. i'm desperately trying to find that louis ck bit you mentioned but i can't. have you been able to find it? looks like you're having some fun in NO!

Re: In case of emergency (gear for this one or the next)

john ratcliffe-lee — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:06:14 -0000

great list guys - i made a svpply collection of my favs & some extra items here (kept the refer code for ya): https://svpply.com/jratlee/...

Re: Second Screen, Third Screen, ...

john ratcliffe-lee — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:43:02 -0000

exactly. the stuff that we're all talking about today will stick with us throughout the election or, at least, the rest of the week. rhetoric or policy claims aside, it was nice to focus on the interpersonal interactions in the town hall format.

Re: Second Screen, Third Screen, ...

john ratcliffe-lee — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:29:10 -0000

Totally agree. That stuff will always be there tomorrow though. It's exhaustive, just like you experienced, trying to keep up. Knowing I could tune-in to the second screen afterwards and still participate/enjoy the commentary was enough. What probably spurred this was DVR'ing the start of the debate b/c I wanted to finish the 30 for 30 on ESPN first in live time. So, I started watching on about a three minute delay. Didn't want the live feeds to spoil what was coming up.

Re: Second Screen, Third Screen, ...

john ratcliffe-lee — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:16:26 -0000

I took a different route. I put the phones and other screens down and listened intently, thought critically. It was a nice change of pace from the first & second times around - trying to follow a lot of quick shot commentary that doesn't have much lasting value.

Re: http://jratlee.com/post/26405754134

john ratcliffe-lee — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:30:57 -0000

lol nice. it's the compliment to this image taken a few years ago at the harbor: http://www.flickr.com/photo...

Re: zachklein (via dpstyles): It’s not the... - everyday observations of regular people

john ratcliffe-lee — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:00:14 -0000

No problem. Hopefully, you've properly attributed to it in your works cited.

Re: hybrowse.com

john ratcliffe-lee — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:59:02 -0000

No problem. Hopefully, you've properly attributed to it in your works cited.

Re: The Hidden Charge

john ratcliffe-lee — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:04:44 -0000

Exactly. Everyone wonders how paying for someone's time can flux so wildly
sometimes. It's never a one-to-one comparison. The execution of craft is
what sets one from another, forever. It's the simple argument behind basic
things like food, complex things like creative work and premises behind
empires (i.e. Apple).

Re: http://jratlee.com/post/5150810207

john ratcliffe-lee — Mon, 02 May 2011 23:25:04 -0000

psshhttt.

Re: Onward, to the Plex.

john ratcliffe-lee — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:00:00 -0000

Best of luck!

Re: http://jratlee.com/post/4641881340

john ratcliffe-lee — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:14:20 -0000

all day long

Re: http://poploser.org/post/4558156289

john ratcliffe-lee — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:42:11 -0000

But, they're now monetizing the majority of the remaining traffic not just with ads (i.e. the Lincoln sponsorship) but the paywall itself. So, while there is a traffic decrease (which was 100% expected) - they're likely (hopefully) making more money on the remaining traffic. This also probably doesn't account for their various apps accessing the content which the paywall also dictates. Who knows, I could be all wrong but lots of times these paywall arguments sensationalize without taking into account economics.

Re: An Important $7.60

john ratcliffe-lee — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:03:10 -0000

Me too. Dinosaurs never had humans, right?

Re: Switching to Tumblr, full stop

john ratcliffe-lee — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:48:04 -0000

i think i still have the script saved on my servers. if i'm able to dig it up, did you want me to shoot it over to you somehow?

Re: Switching to Tumblr, full stop

john ratcliffe-lee — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:12:14 -0000

here's the code i used to import from wp to tumblr. worked pretty weill: http://jratlee.com/post/286...

Re: Blind 2007 Napa Cabernet Tasting with a Very Special Guest

john ratcliffe-lee — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:47:26 -0000

Is that cheese sold on Gourmet Library? Only watch on occasion but it'd be a good idea to tag stuff that's sold on there as well.

Re: http://jratlee.com/post/3007934126

john ratcliffe-lee — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:08:42 -0000

i hear ya. the tech and the training have turned the men's game into a
baseline thing. there is still pretty good nuance though but it's tough to
catch unless you really play the game. the women's have a bit more nuance
b/c the game isn't as fast.

Re: http://jratlee.com/post/1179591895

john ratcliffe-lee — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:20:39 -0000

Suuuuch a good beer. Certainly in my top 3 favorite.

Re: Marco Arment Leaves Tumblr To Devote Himself To Instapaper

john ratcliffe-lee — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:34:03 -0000

Yes - kudos to Marco, great mind and we're indebted to him for the work he's done with Tumblr and Instapaper. Although, I'm actually worried about the path Tumblr takes now. Similar to the big post Alex Payne just did regarding Twitter and why he left. As much as there might not be more to this story, I have a weird feeling there is. Regardless, whatever Marco does moving forward is going to be great. I just hope I can say the same for Tumblr.

Re: http://jratlee.com/post/578806045

john ratcliffe-lee — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:45:29 -0000

haha maybe? or maybe plastic bags? not sure.

Re: Random updates.

john ratcliffe-lee — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:33:41 -0000

sounds like life is good bud.