Tag Archives: Atlanta

Time to stop pussy footing, creative folks.

Share Image by musha68000 via Flickr I’m a copy­writer and also a social media guy. So a post by Jim Mitchem got me fired up last week. And it also got me think­ing about the role that cre­ative folks are play­ing in the social space right now. The real­ity is we’re not doing all that

On New Years Resolutions. Or why let an arbitrary day be so important to your goals?

Share I’ve never been a fan of New Years Res­o­lu­tions. The ideas of self improve­ment and set­ting goals are great. But New Years Res­o­lu­tions are for the most part, doomed for fal­i­ure. It’s as if peo­ple sub­con­ciously say, “I’m going to set a goal that’s slightly out of reach, then attempt it for a month,

Hey flash people, it’s a mobile world

Share I’m just about over Flash for­ever. I once heard flash ref­ered to as it as the “flashy gold chain of the inter­net.” I tend to agree – espe­cially when it’s used for a site intro. But I am guilty of using it on sites in the past, some of which I would still defend.

Loose you inhibitions

Share My 3 year old had a bal­let recital this week­end. It was awe­some. 20 lit­tle girls just throw­ing it all out there for the sheer joy of doing some­thing they enjoy. Big smiles on their faces and hav­ing the time of their short lives. Bal­let is new to them and they’re find­ing great joy in

Social media and my half marathon

Share Tomor­row I’m run­ning the Atlanta Half Marathon. Back in my early 20s I would have been much bet­ter pre­pared for this effort. I was a com­pet­i­tive cyclist and didn’t have the same job and fam­ily com­mit­ments I do today. In fact, the old me would prob­a­bly say that present me is ill pre­pared. So

What I learned at BlogWell Atlanta

Share I’ve already posted on the 10,000 foot view, so I wanted to get at about what I actu­ally learned Blog­Well Atlanta. Andy Ser­novitz had some impor­tant points on ethics and dis­clo­sure. He out­lined dan­gers to a brand of not hav­ing clear, legal agree­ments with ven­dors act­ing on a brand’s behalf and opined that the

Today is an off day

Share This was 7:30 AM. Just dropped off the girls and went for a short hike. Had nowhere to be for the rest of the day really. Tak­ing a deep breath today. Hope you have a chance for one too. Have a great weekend.