Something Burning

Month: July 2009

  • I Was Busy This Weekend

  • Follow @URDB & Set A New World Record

    Not sure when I first discovered that I can wiggle my ears, but for years it’s come in handy, especially when I run out of things to say in awkward social situations. “Look what I can do,” I’ll exclaim, pretending that I’m surprised by my own ability, as if I just discovered I could do…

  • Times Square Lost & Found: Is This Your Sandal?

    Did you leave your kid’s sandal in Times Square today?  If so, it’s on the Northeast corner of 44th & Broadway…

  • Ashley Just Showed Me This Incredible Designer

    Leave it to Ashley to find the most talented people on the planet.  She does it daily. Meet Juan Carlos Pagan. The piece below really speaks for itself, and for all the under-appreciated, all-star designers I’ve been fortunate enough to work with, who have made the stuff I’ve worked on look so much better, every…

  • I Don’t Have Any Enemies, But If I Did…

  • NeuroDrinks Part 2: Neuro Defends Itself Against Somethingburning.com

    I recently posted about NeuroDrinks: How confused The W Hotel made me by offering a “sleep enhancing beverage” at 7am, when that’s the last thing we needed. How impressed I am with Neuro’s celeb marketing savvy. And their accidental misspelling of “function” (as “funtion”) on the NeuroDrinks label. (Kristin Davis notices the same misspelling I…

  • Things People Have Told Me

    Dean Kamen told me: “We are in a race between technology and catastrophe.” A friend at work told me: “We are constantly moving toward the perfect body…or total decay.” A Rabbi told me: “It’s not the size of your pencil, it’s how you sign your name.” My boss told me: “What got you here wont…

  • HBO’s “True Blood” Bites Monster.com

    Great example of what HBO’s TRUE BLOOD is doing so well — insinuating itself into “OPM” (Other People’s Marketing). And yo, Monster: Nice going in a recession — you look cool here.  It’s like, you get it.   (No jobs out there, so you’re having some fun and doing some brand work…) Except wait, wait, wait a minute.  Hold up! How…

  • Tweet & Meet in the Street

    Check out this new twitter iPhone app Kenny Miller just showed me. Let’s you see who is tweeting you in your visual plane. https://i.document.m05.de/?p=685 Wonder how we could use this in a show.  Woulda been cool in The Phone.