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Entries from July 2009

Friday, July 31st, 2009

I Surprise Alexa Chung's Producer In Her Office

It's On With Alexa Chung isn't on today. So instead, meet my colleague, Corin Nelson, who runs the show. Corin used to run Rosie, Chelsea Lately, Megan Mullally, Sharon Osborne, etc. She's doing a killer job with Alexa. I watch the show in my office every day. I told you [...]

Friday, July 31st, 2009

New Favorite Follow: @chrisbrogan

It's hard to find anybody better (not counting celebs who hire twitter teams) at navigating online communities than Chris Brogan. He's grown a legion of followers into a kinetic network that engages with him every minute. And he uses it to gather information, spread information and direct digital flow.
Chris' blog is pretty incredible, [...]

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

My Striptease For Jordana's Birthday

Happy birthday, honey!

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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

The Scary Carrot In Patty's Lunch

I'm on another call about a new product we are looking into and Patty just sent me this alien carrot she found in her lunch.

It's from an undisclosed cafeteria and will be sent to the lab for further examination. It's the kind of organic material that — if he were to stare at it [...]

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

The Most Pathetic Slam Dunk In History

I'm on this conference call right now and it seems pretty obvious that what I thought was a done deal is actually not gonna happen. Makes me think about the perils of overconfidence. And my own limitations.
I remember when Julian Wright of Kansas stole the ball, had the whole court to himself, went [...]

Monday, July 27th, 2009

My Hands Are Bananas

Nick Andrews is a student filmmaker at Montana State. Here's what Nick looks like:

I first saw Nick's work when he starting posting films in mtvU's BEST FILM ON CAMPUS (aka BFOC), an incubator for college student filmmakers. Best Film On Campus is wall to wall with amazing young writers and directors. When [...]