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I take it back Chromecast, I hate Comcast

admin — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:56:37 +0000

Last year, I wrote a post about the announcement that HBO was incorporating Chromecast into their app. I’d like to say that, to an extent, I take back. I own 2 Chromecasts, and I wish more apps had casting capabilities. What I’ve found is the major flaw, are the licensing agreements networks have with the [...]

Indiegogo Kreyos Smart Watch Disaster

admin — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:51:36 +0000

Last year, I wrote a blog post entitled, “Kickstarter Buyer Beware,” and I talked about the delays with two projects I backed on crowdfunding platforms – The iExpander and the the Kreyos smartwatch. I won’t go into detail here on the iExpander, but a year after the post and 2 years since the Kickstarter campaign… I still don’t have [...]

Mizzou’s New Coach Kim Anderson

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 04:59:41 +0000

When I was in college, there was a huge rivalry game, the Busch Braggin’ Rights Game between the Mizzou Tigers and the Fighting Illini. The game was always in St. Louis over Christmas Break and students could camp out and get tickets. Camping outside of the Hearnes Center in November often meant enduring 10-20 degree [...]

Kickstarter Buyer Beware

admin — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 22:45:22 +0000

Kickstarter is a cool concept – contribute to a project or idea that might not otherwise get off the ground. In appreciation for your support, developers offer rewards. I’m not sure if it was intentional when they started it, but it’s spawned a new type of startup company. One that, if a company can entice enough [...]

Who Cares about Chromecast & HBO?

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:37:38 +0000

Today I saw the “announcement” that HBO Go is now compatible with Chromecast. Who cares? If you’re not familiar, Chromecast is a device that plugs into the HDMI port of your TV and allows you to “cast” YouTube videos and your Chrome browser window to your TV. HBO Go is the service that allows you [...]

2013 World Series Run

admin — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:52:16 +0000

I’ve grown up a St. Louis Cardinals fan, so I’ve been playing close attention to their World Series run. Unfortunately, the game just ended and the Red Sox won the series. But I could tell the Cards were out of it about three games ago. Watching the games, you could see how hard the Red [...]

Disaster: The Future of Crisis Communications

admin — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:45:06 +0000

I followed this session via Twitter and huge thanks to live blogging/tweeting from Elysa Ellis. Everyone now has the ability to be an immediate publisher, and we are in an age of “permissionless information.” People can post information immediately, with no filter. The real challenge is editorial – getting out information quickly, but getting out [...]

Bre Pettis Opening Remarks

admin — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:27:55 +0000

SXSW 2013 Opening Remarks @Bre, Bre Pettis, Founder Makerbot I’ve been following Makerbot the last several years, as my SXSW buddy John Biehler has been a big advocate and user of 3D printers (in fact, he’s got a session on the topic at SXSW this year). It’s really cool to see all of the things [...]

SXSW 2013

admin — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:33:32 +0000

It’s not to strong of me to say I love SXSW, it’s such an awesome event full of digital creatives. It’s a tremendous event to learn and network with thousands there to challenge thinking and try new things. I’m not there, but I’m watching as much as I can live online and following twitter hashtags. [...]

Top Takeaways from #RaganMSFT

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:27:14 +0000

As you could probably tell by my last several posts, I had a wonderful time at the Ragan Employee Communications, PR, and Social Media Summit at Microsoft. As I’ve done with the last several conferences I’ve been to, I wanted to wrap things up with a summary of the themes and takeaways I had at [...]