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5 Questions: Royal Wedding Planner Video

Posted by on April 26, 2011

Five questions you haven’t asked yet about the royal wedding planner video because you are afraid to or possibly not interested: Q1) Why did you do this? A.  My boss asked me the same thing.  The Cisco router will connect the royal wedding (the real one for Prince William and Kate) video stream to the [...]

Inbound Marketing Summit

Posted by on October 7, 2010

Here’s yesterday’s presentation from the Inbound Marketing Summit.  I’ll follow up in the next few days with posts covering the comedy writing homework assignment, the Hyde Park chapel story, and answer a few questions I received via twitter.  Steve Garfield’s interview provides a little more detail. It’s nice to be warm again. View more presentations [...]

Social Media Strategies Summit

Posted by on September 30, 2010

My friend Melissa Mines and I presented at the GSMI Social Media Strategies Summit.  As usual, when I visit San Francisco in September, I forgot that the climate can reach Ice Station Zebra conditions.  Melissa, sporting a sleeveless blouse on the way to dinner in Union Square, hypothesized that most tourists also don’t pack appropriately, [...]

The Perfect Gift for Dad

Posted by on June 16, 2010

I could not have asked for a better father, and I feel horrible for never buying him a coffee mug that says exactly how I feel.  This year, Dad’s getting an autographed copy of “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy” by Eric Metaxas, and if I can negotiate an employee discount, an ASR 9000.

New Gig at Cisco

Posted by on May 3, 2010

Started my new job today at Cisco as Product Manager for SureMute Technology (and by that I mean social media guy in the Service Provider group).   I’m working in NYC, with a manager in San Jose, and a dotted-line into Jack Donaghy.  Love this product placement scene on 30 Rock.