Month: December 2011

  • Dash Martin Ice Cream

    We made Dash his own flavor on eCreamery.  Cookies & Cream with Brownies mixed in. It arrived on dry ice via FedEx, and they did not break it.

  • Brief Meditations On The Like

    1) I like you.  I really like you.  And it’s so much easier to say that — in a way that’s not weird — online. 2) The social web teaches us how other people communicate with one another, and how people expect to communicate with us.  We’ve made so little progress applying what we’ve learned to “real…

  • Gola Hi-Tops (kids)

     

  • FedEx Truck Pushing…An Oven

    I don’t celebrate the epic fails of brands.  Most brands, anyway.  When something goes unexpectedly and very publicly wrong, there’s no joy in it. The employees who inherit the problem usually had little or nothing to do with causing it. For example, the poor folks in the communications dept at FedEx who just want to head home for Christmas: They can’t. I’ve…

  • If You need Assistance, Please Call 719-266-2837

    I am out of the office.          

  • Norwegian Superstar Tommy: “What If I Came To Your Fridge And Took YOUR Butter?”

    “You don’t know how it feels being without butter in Christmastime.”  And one Norwegian interweb celeb doesn’t think it’s funny, Seth Meyers.   Ladies and gentlemen, meet the new global superstar Tommy, whose 15 minutes begin now.  Girl’s freakin pissed: Oh, and the wonderful, obligatory American webcam op ed from guy with questionable hat:  (Thanks to…

  • “There Is A Crack In Everything”

  • The 2011 Top Ten Most Popular Posts On Somethingburning.com

    A bloggy thing to do, it seems, is to look back at your stats and see what visitors visited most each year, then turn that into a post.  Ok, why not. This year, Somethingburning.com’s traffic (thank you!) and active readership (thank you!), have been just great.  Unexpectedly so.  I don’t aim for large numbers, that’s not…

  • What Is Detroit Venture Partners?

    After I posted about Josh Linkner, a bunch of Somethingburning.com readers emailed to ask about the VC Fund he runs with Magic Johnson, Dan Gilbert and Brian Kermelin — Detroit Venture Partners.   Launched in 2011, DVP backs purpose-driven seed and early-stage technology companies.  (You can view their portfolio by clicking here.)  In DVP’s words, its mission is “to help rebuild…

  • Josh Linkner, Louis CK & The Power of “Why?”

    Our new friend Josh Linkner stopped by last week.  Josh is a good dude; and with all the time I spend in Detroit, it’s a wonder it took us this long to meet. We had this funny moment in the big board room.  Josh was being introduced to the group before his presentation, and we all…