Launching my latest project in 3… 2… 1… It’s InnovateSF!
For this past crazy month I’ve been working long, drawn out hours to get my latest project off the ground: Innovation Month and its digital home, InnovateSF. What is this madness? October as Innovation Month is a celebration campaign supported by the Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation, and launched in partnership with Golightly House, Gray … Read more
Hey, I built a Choose Your Own Adventure Twitter game!
…And it’s alive. Tweet “start” @othrnrml to play, and copy/paste your chosen answer – minus the a) or b) part – to continue the game. If you win, you get a free copy of Ned Vizzini‘s latest book, The Other Normals, “about a kid in summer camp who falls into a fantasy world. But it’s … Read more
It’s not a favor. It’s for Paragon points.
Need help? My default setting is “yes,” a real curse when I’ve promised myself yet again to avoid extra chores and folks under the gun asking for “just one more favor, pretty please?” Maybe it’s a nurtured impulse to always, fucking always, do the right thing, or maybe it’s just an ego-driven need to be … Read more
Events as Effective Year-Round Marketing
Need to make a big, lasting impact? Throw a party. Last week, I gave a quick presentation at RallyPad about how brands can cascade such events as conferences, workshops, speaker panels, fundraisers, and mixers into an effective marketing and PR strategy throughout the year. I focused on how they could get more coverage, leads, evangelists and … Read more
It’s some big, big, big, big news: WeWork Labs San Francisco
I’m dizzyingly happy to announce big things: pre-incubator and NYC startup stomping grounds WeWork Labs is expanding to San Francisco under my and my colleagues Seth Blank and Dave Nugent‘s direction and curation. We’re extremely excited to build this community of early stage startups, tech peeps, and associated magic makers including designers, biz dev folks, … Read more
NSFW nor for Pinterest: A study in pinning boobs
All I saw was a woman’s naked butt. My head shot around each shoulder to check on the adults in the room. As a five year old, I thought something might be wrong with having a framed naked butt on an office wall, and especially wrong of me to stare at it. But they were … Read more
So, I quit my job. Now what?
Tomorrow is my last day after two and a half years at UBM TechWeb. I’ve marketed and supported some of the largest and best known tech events during my time here; worked with a kick ass team of marketers, event directors, analysts, developers, PR peeps, writers, artists, sales folks, and big personalities; and learned from … Read more
You must be at least 21 years old to read this blog post.
On Monday, @Smirnoff made a funny announcement. Starting today, you must confirm that you are of legal drinking age to continue following us. Please check your DMs for more info. — Smirnoff (@Smirnoff) January 23, 2012 Not all of their followers appreciated this. Congratulations @smirnoff, you look like a bunch of phishers DMing people to … Read more
People don’t want a quarter-inch drill; they want a quarter-inch hole.
You’re the Silicon Valley superstar. A potential technical cofounder that biz devs drool puddles for at every Hackers & Founders event. You drop investor names like it’s hot. You’ve probably worked on a startup or two, scaling hot products and releasing iterations like a mad man. So fly, you probably don’t need plane tickets to … Read more
And as promised, here are a few slides from my talk on social media.
Did it take a few days? Yes, it took a few days. But now they’ve arrived in blog format. O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! A few slides from my talk on social media at TechAmerica’s 2012 Winter SGA meeting. I was asked to give a “state of the union” style chat on social. And here’s some … Read more
