Archive for the ‘This n That’ Category

Letter from the random CEO

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Ooops, we really didn't see that one coming. Well, kind of: This is just a little note to let you know that all our board members are fine. They sold enough stock before our entire little shack vanished. As for our 50,000 employees: We are glad to announce that the weekend is coming. ...

Brief BlogWorld 2008 Recap

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

I won't go over all the great speeches and podium discussion at Blogworld 2008. 100's if not 1000's of other bloggers have covered this already via Twitter or in depth on their blogs. I just want to sum up the things that stood out for me to make this a very ...

Blogworld Entrepreneur & Executive conference – what a great place to be at

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Imagine a conference center that usually holds 100k + visitors - filled with nothing else but ~ 300 bloggers - many of them leading thinkers and influencers. That's what #1 of the Blogworld Expo 2008 looked like. Of course bloggers are interested in growing their "tribe" or following and so a ...

Thanks for letting me in

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Today marks a special day on my calendar as I turned into an American Citizen. I have arrived;-) I visited this country the first time in 1983 and figured that this is where I will eventually end up. I don't want to bore you with the details and all the different Visa ...

Aloha Social Media Summit Colorado coming up

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Here is a rather unique opportunity to get in front of the experts: Dave Taylor and Andy Beal will be hosting the Aloha Social Media Summit Colorado. The event will be held in Boulder at the "Techstars Bunker" on October 6th & 7th. It is labeled to be an un-conference. The price ...

Dinner With The Namibians

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Guest Olympic Post From Rohit Bhargava When I boarded my flight to Beijing, I didn't have a single ticket for any Olympic events and I wasn't worried. To understand why, I need to tell you about my best day during the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000. I was living there ...

Jacques Rogge wakes up from his nightmare and calls it off

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

My name is Jacques Rogge. I just woke up from a long and bad nightmare. I just spent 7 years being totally delusional. Wishful thinking ruled We had an idea that awarding the games to Beijing would make a difference in the lives of one of the wonderful people of China. ...

How could Lenovo have been more “Authentic”? A personal wish list of politically incorrect videos…

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Following yesterday’s criticism of Lenovo Olympic site “Voices of the Olympic Games” I am suggesting a different route. Something a bit more real. I am focusing on the area of web videos. Everyone looks and talks about videos these days. They are a great way to start conversations. So it is ...

Lenovo marketing the 2008 Summer Olympics – Voices without a voice?

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

I waited a few weeks to look around the Lenovo site that was built around the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing. I wanted to see how things unfold. Lenovo created a group blog featuring 100 athletes sharing their experiences before and during the games. Status Quo Lenovo is a worldwide partner of the ...

Revised List of Tour De France Teams

Friday, July 25th, 2008

+++Off topic posting+++ Sorry cycling fans but I had to publish a list of how the Tour de France teams should really be named. Their current team names are a bit misleading. Here are my Top 10 in reverse order: Balco VIPs Eternal Youth Project Secret Kettle Liar Liar Ben Johnson Brotherhood Prozac Schmozac Chemical Brothers Bend It Like Armstrong Asthma ...