That would be a year earlier than originally forecast. Mark Ramsey asks, “How much of your business plan is aimed at driving your audience to – and deriving revenue from – the Internet?
Uh, can I get back to you on that?
Clyde Lear: Mac Guy
Learfield CEO Clyde Lear proudly displays his new MacBook Pro. Clyde insists it’s for his lovely wife Sue. If that’s true –and we hope it is– Clyde will soon be trekking back to the Apple Store in St. Louis. I think it would be nearly impossible share a MacBook.
For now, we’ll add Clyde to our gallery of Mac Sliders. Someone call Cupertino, we’re gonna need more Kool Aid.
Riding the Email Short Bus (NRN)
Email from Bill to Mary and 5 others on their project team:
“The meeting has been moved back to 10 a.m. on Friday”
Mary replies, “I’ll bring donuts,” and –of course- hits the REPLY ALL button.
Team member Mike cleverly chimes in (with REPLY ALL): “Make my chocolate!”
To which team member Betty responds, “I’m on a diet.” Again, REPLY ALL.
Team member smays (screaming at the top of his lungs!) REPLY ALL:
“I don’t have time to be part of your witty banter. My in-box if filled to overflowing. Chat amongst yourselves if you have the time (and it appears you do), but don’t include me with your clueless REPLY ALL to every dumb-ass email that comes your way. I’m sorry, I just don’t care. And –believe it or not– the only people that do, are the other morons keeping this inane ping-pong match going.”
And while I’m on the subject, you don’t need to thank me every time I send you an email. I know you are grateful. I won’t think less of you if I don’t get a “Thanks!” reply to… every… email… I send. In fact, my opinion of you will jump up a few notches.
Let’s try this. If you see “NTN” (No Thanks Necessary) or “NRN” (No Reply Necessary) in the subject line of the email I send to you… you don’t have to thank me or reply. You just saved us both a few precious seconds.
I would open the comments on this post but I know many of you would not be able to resist saying, “Thanks!”
justin.tv
Every so often, someone takes a run at putting their life online. Not just a blog, but “live video 24/7.” justin.tv has been live for 14 days, 12 hours and 18 minutes and justin vows to “wearth the camera until the day he dies.” These things always feel very stunt-like but I sort of understand the compulsion to put it all “out there.”
Yes, such efforts remind us how mundane our lives really are but so what. Isn’t this just the logical extention of reality shows (The Truman Show)? And if your life were really rich and full, you would not be reading this blog post about justin.tv. This is called the “My Life Isn’t As Interesting As I Think It Is Paradox.” [Thanks, Jason]
By the time you need a blog, it’s too late
One of my blogging sermonettes is the importance of having an established blog (and readership) before you need it. Once the shit has hit the fan, you can’t run down the hall to the IT department and shout, “Quick! We need a blog!”
If you have a credible blog in place, you can respond to and comment on topics as they arise. A good example of this is “Your Pet’s Best Friend,” a blog written by my old Kennett buddy Dr. T. Everett Mobley.
Like vets all across the country, his clients are concerned about contaminated pet food. He’s been posting short updates with links to other websites and just generally letting his readers know what’s happening.
Everett is not our vet but I know him and trust him and I’ll be checking his blog to get his take on this situation. As far as I know, none of the Jeff City vets have blogs. Missed opportunity.