Month: June 2009
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Joe Simon = Yoda
Meet Joe Simon. Joe is Viacom’s Chief Information Officer. If something goes wrong with your video conference or the speakerphone or your internet connection, you do not ask Joe to fix it. That’s like asking a dentist to fill a cavity. Joe has people who do that stuff. Today, stuck in an all-day offsite, my…
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Psyched to Meet Dean Kamen Today
I’m sneaking out of this all-week offsite to meet the Benjamin Franklin of our time. The more you read about Dean Kamen, the more inspiring he becomes. I’m going to offer him some iced tea and hope he finds me interesting enough to sit through. Thanks to everyone for emailing great questions…
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Hotel Sex (or, Trying To Find A Great Show)
Sometimes I get to the office pretty early, and someties I stay late. I have two views from my office windows. One is a stunning NJ vista, from which I would have seen the plane landing in the Hudson. The other windows in my office provide me a direct view of 100 rooms at the…
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Branded Entertainment
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We’re Finally Talking About “Bing” Today
Just read the feature about us by Stuart Elliott in the New York Times today, announcing our branded ent (what are we supposed to call it, again?) deal with Microsoft. Msft’s tapping MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, CMT and Nick at Nite to help Yusuf & co. launch BING, their new search decision engine. I’m proud…
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My New Kicks, Sweatpants for the Feet
Picked up a pair of Adidas Nizza’s from Undftd so my feet can be all comfortable (don’t these sneakers look like sweatpants?) and relax as they think about how fast they’re gonna go when I race my colleague Brian M. Brian works in our LA office, so he has a nice tan. I feel badly…
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Changing The Toilet Yourself
This guy just totally and completely GETS it. We need to figure out how to make things that are this simple and clear.
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Live Stream: International Space Station
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Semi-Anonymous Co-Worker: “I’ll Race You”
Hidden in the shadows at the MTV Movie Awards post-party, a guy from the LA office challenges me to a foot race. Fool! Race Challenge from Ross Martin on Vimeo.