Casual Fridays

For personal reasons, my blogging has been fairly light lately. So, I’d like to throw in an occasional non-Friday post.
Antony Van Couvering at Names@Work points out the inconsistent messages given between AT&T’s billboard and their website.
Do you still wonder why people don’t put much stock in what you say in YOUR advertising?
Sadly, two-faced advertisers [...]

I couldn’t wait until Friday to tell you Guy Kawasaki has started a blog.
My favorite so far is Guy’s Golden Touch.
Now, if only I could convince Kevin Carroll to start blogging…

…this isn’t about having/not having a tiered Internet. It already is tiered. This is a battle over whether or not we have an OPEN Internet. The Ed Whitacre’s of the industry want it to be a RESTRICTED Internet. A restricted Internet where they not only hold the keys, but where they’re free to swing thier swords as well.

If you’re curious what’s going on with your TypePad account or if you’ve noticed some of your favorite blogs are a week behind, here’s a clue:

Not “This Week In Baseball” but “This Week In Blogs.”
There were a few homeruns hit by my fellow bloggers this week. Here’s some of the highlights:

Kathy Sierra of Creating Passionate Users put together not only a provoking post, but a snazzy chart as well as she explains the old and new models of spending [...]

If you haven’t heard about the bird flu (AKA avian flu/AKA H5N1), turn on the evening news sometime.
If you have heard about this threatening pandemic, how sure are you of it’s innevitable entrance into the U.S.? Do you think it will be confirmed in America by the end of the year? [...]

“Tuesday is the best day to send email newsletters.”
When does that change? It already has for me. I get swamped by email newsletters on Tuesdays. Yet, I’m sure many “experts” still hold true to this statement. I’m positive many, many people who send email newsletters still believe it’s true.

Next week, my wife and I will be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. Between the blog and her, she wins – hands down. So, no blue jeans and t-shirt next week as Casual Friday is cancelled.
Don’t fret, it shall return after Labor Day. Sunburn and all.

OK, so bloggers like Andrea Learned and Jory Des Jardins have me thinking I’ve ignored women too much in my marketing. But that wasn’t enough, CNN had to tell me that I’ve ignored them in web design as well.
This cnn.com article reports that 94% of websites show a masculine orientation while only 2% show [...]

OK, I’ll admit that I’m an Apple fan. Having a background in graphics, I have been hooked on Apple products since I was introduced to them in college. I’m used to hearing how the sky is falling and Apple is hanging on by a thread. That’s why I’m so happy to see [...]