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Comments are welcome.http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)Blogger384125blogspot/CSmPhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-8529496827176509720Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:11:00 +00002012-01-15T14:11:43.460-06:00SundayABC NewsGeorge StephanopoulosThis WeekRepublicanStephen ColbertPresidential Election<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> This may very well be one of the best Sunday Morning Talking Head interviews EVER. &nbsp;Watch for yourself, and then compare it against the usual suspects you see on the tube while you're trying to get started on the Day Of Rest. &nbsp;Speaking of "getting started", I had nothing to do with the pre-roll ad that runs before the clip. &nbsp;Really.<br /> <br /></div> <img border="0" height="0" src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.11NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEzMjY2NTc3Njk5OTImcHQ9MTMyNjY1Nzc4MDMzMSZwPSZkPSZnPTImbz*1Mzg5ZGM4OTQ1NWI*M2JlOTBmYzdkYjJl/MWNlNjQ3OSZvZj*w.gif" style="height: 0px; 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color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://abcnews.go.com/gma/georgestephanopoulos" rel="homepage" title="George Stephanopoulos">George Stephanopoulos</a> is back in the Big Chair. &nbsp;Not sure anyone now or formerly hosting a Sunday yakfest could have pulled this off the way George did.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px;"><br /></span><br /> <div class="zemanta-related"> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0 0 0;"> Related articles</h6> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/george-stephanopoulos-stephen-colbert-diane-sawyer_n_1201478.html">WATCH: George Stephanopoulos Drinks, Debates Stephen Colbert</a> (huffingtonpost.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/stephen-colbert-takes-on-george-stephanopoulos-during-heated-this-week-interview/">Stephen Colbert Takes On George Stephanopoulos During 'Heated' This Week Interview</a> (mediaite.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/13/george-stephanopoulos-this-week-amanpour_n_1147052.html">George Stephanopoulos To 'This Week': 'GMA Host Returns To Replace Christiane Amanpour'</a> (huffingtonpost.com)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; 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These days, she's a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_consulting" class="zem_slink" title="Political consulting" rel="wikipedia">political consultant</a> and a regular contributor to <a href="http://www.cnn.com/" class="zem_slink" title="CNN" rel="homepage">CNN</a>.&nbsp; I met her once, many years ago, when she was President of RIAA, the <a href="http://www.riaa.com/" class="zem_slink" title="Recording Industry Association of America" rel="homepage">Recording Industry Association Of America</a>. We didn't exactly see eye to eye on the issue of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement" class="zem_slink" title="Copyright infringement" rel="wikipedia">music piracy</a>, and we had a short but substantive chat. I know she'd never remember.&nbsp; And it doesn't matter. She's a great communicator and has done something pretty special.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Hilary" height="254" src="http://getfile1.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2012-01-13/tauChEdnrwBsApkdFDctfejJFftmzrHkczynxzjidrECcdwubsjyErdqJrva/hilary.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="198" /> </div> </p> <p><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>I was on&nbsp;<a href="http://facebook.com/markedwards1" target="_blank">Facebook</a> late last night and saw a post from her. &nbsp;It really hit home for a number of reasons. Because of my visual handicap, I was bullied throughout my schooling, even into college. &nbsp;I have two kids with special needs, and every day I send them off to school, I pray that they'll have a day without being bullied, ignored, or insulted in some way. &nbsp;She asked people to post it on their Facebook walls, but I think it deserves wider distribution, so I'm posting it everywhere I can on the Internet.</p> <blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">Dear bullies, The boy you punched in the hall today. Committed suicide a few min ago. That girl you called a slut in class today. Shes a virgin. The boy you called lame. He has to work every night to support his family. That girl you pushed down the other day is already being abused at home. You think you know them. Guess what, you don't! Re-post if you are against bullying. I bet 99% of you won't , Re-post this if your that 1% with a heart</span></em></span></p> </blockquote> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Please take a moment to share this with anyone you know who has been exposed to bullying, who has a child, or who needs to be reminded that there are some people in this world (and I'm not talking about myself) who care about our kids and their well being. &nbsp;I think you'll make your Friday the 13th a little better, and help do the same for your friends.</span></span></p> Related articles <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/last-words-of-a-best-friend/story-fn7x8me2-1226243026933">Loving last words of a best friend</a> (heraldsun.com.au)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.education.com/reference/article/ten-actions-to-eliminate-bullying/">Ten Actions ALL Parents Can Take to Help Eliminate Bullying</a> (education.com)</li> </ul> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.zemanta.com/" class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=3dd8ac04-7ce5-4718-b495-3bfcd7f9dd23" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/the-most-important-two-minutes-youll-spend-th">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-1361527647264549620?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S0KbVFCx8m8bKWaAYLad0Axx2xQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S0KbVFCx8m8bKWaAYLad0Axx2xQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S0KbVFCx8m8bKWaAYLad0Axx2xQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S0KbVFCx8m8bKWaAYLad0Axx2xQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/oV2Px2zErsI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/oV2Px2zErsI/most-important-two-minutes-you-spend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)1http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2012/01/most-important-two-minutes-you-spend.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-8734033369932560170Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:34:00 +00002012-01-12T16:34:38.193-06:00juliensmithHire Mark Edwardsinoveryourhead.nethealthIn Over Your HeadJulien SmithNew Year's resolutionNew Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> I guess you might call this a "Guest Post", as I'm (with permission) reposting (with permission) a piece the brilliant <a href="http://inoveryourhead.net/about-julien/" target="_blank">Julien Smith</a>&nbsp;wrote on his blog, <a href="http://inoveryourhead.net/" target="_blank">In Over Your Head</a>. &nbsp;I probably won't be sharing it with my kids because of Julien's very direct and a little, uh, salty language, but I encourage you to read it and share it with anyone who, like me, needs to get slapped upside the head.<br /> <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <h1 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; line-height: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: large;">The Complete Guide to Snapping the @#$% Out of It</span></h1> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="readableLargeImageContainer" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; 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border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hey, you.&nbsp;Yes, you.</strong></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Do yourself a favour.&nbsp;This year, for once, I have a suggestion, and I’d like you to take it.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This year, this once, it’s time you used your New Year’s resolution properly for a change.</strong></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Stop screwing around with your I’m-going-to-lose-10-pounds, buy-a-treadmill bullshit. Stop with the 7-Minute-Abs, the “I’m going to blog every day” thing that everyone is doing right now. And your “I’m going to quit smoking for real this time” is not convincing anyone.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It is time for you to recognize that what you’re doing is not working.</strong></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Great,” you may be thinking. “I agree.” Now, perhaps you will go and find people in your life who can give you a gentle talking to, such as your spouse or friends. They’ll set you straight. They can say, “come on man, you can do it,” and that’s helpful and good.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> But there’s a problem. None of these people can really tell you the truth. They can’t call you on your bullshit right to your face, because that would be rude, and you might get angry at them. There are social consequences, shockingly.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> But here’s the magic. On the internet, I can do whatever the hell I want. I can tell you the truth, because you don’t know me, and you probably never will. That, my friends, is freedom. I’m going to use it.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s time you snapped the fuck out of it. I’m here to help.</strong></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Enough screwing around. Let’s start with a few questions.</div> <h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 1.3125em; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2.285714em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Q1. Do you know which five opinions of yours, right now, are 100% wrong?</h3> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Have you ever noticed how no one ever thinks they are wrong about anything, ever? “But I might be wrong about that” may just be the most rarely uttered sentence, ever– and when it is, it’s never about things that matter. Yet at any given moment, you can examine your opinions and ask yourself “which one of these am I wrong about?”</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Of course, most people will answer “none.”&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Most people never think they’re wrong about anything.</strong></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Now ask yourself, is it truly possible that I am totally right about everything I think, right now?</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Or is it more likely, and stick with me on this one, that&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you are totally wrong about a lot of things all of the time</strong>, but that you never examine your blind spots so you have no fucking clue what you’re doing right or wrong at all?!</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Somewhere out there, there is a man or woman just like you, just as smart as you are,&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">just as clever and good-looking</strong>, who has the exact opposite political views, or who thinks that Ayn Rand is the greatest philosopher of our time, or something.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Yet, these people are not idiots. In fact, it is highly possible that, quite counter-intuitively,&nbsp;<a href="http://inoveryourhead.net/how-to-recognize-an-idiot/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">the idiot is you&nbsp;</a>. So the first step in all of this is to consider that it’s possible that you are wrong– not a little, but a lot– in fact, that you’re fucking everything up and that you need a wakeup call. You need to get bitch-slapped, regularly, and put your arrogant ass in its place.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> I include myself in that group, of course.</div> <h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 1.3125em; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2.285714em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Q2. Hey, so how’s that method working out for you?</h3> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> I know! I’ve got this new habit I want to implement and I’m going to try it the exact same way that I tried it last year, except&nbsp;<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">harder!</em>&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Super good idea brah, let’s do it.</strong></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you’re the average dude, with an average system and average efforts, how do you think your results will be? You got it: average. Should this surprise you?&nbsp;<a href="http://inoveryourhead.net/do-what-others-will-not/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">No</a>.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Here’s the thing: average is bullshit. You think it’s fine because you’re also surrounded by average dudes, so any small difference makes you feel good about yourself. But you need to stop fucking around. It’s still average, you know it, and you’re better than that.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://inoveryourhead.net/give-in-to-the-machine/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Get yourself a goddamn system&nbsp;</a>. Read&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/18-Minutes-Master-Distraction-Things/dp/0446583413" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">18 Minutes&nbsp;</a>, or&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Making-Ideas-Happen-Overcoming-Obstacles/dp/159184312X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1326300025&amp;sr=1-1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Making Ideas Happen&nbsp;</a>, or<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity/dp/0142000280" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Getting Things Done&nbsp;</a>, or&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bit-Literacy-Productivity-Information-mail/dp/0979368103" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Bit Literacy&nbsp;</a>(free!), or&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">anything else for that matter.</strong><a href="http://inoveryourhead.net/how-to-read-a-book-a-week-in-2010/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Get a fucking clue.&nbsp;</a>Get out of your usual habits and do something different&nbsp;<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">or you will get nowhere</em>.</div> <h3 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 1.3125em; font-weight: normal; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2.285714em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Q3. Do you know what effort feels like?</h3> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This is a call-out to all of my friends on Twitter who are doing the same thing they were doing three years ago.&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You know who you are.</strong></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here’s a question.</strong>&nbsp;When was the last time your body and your mind were totally screaming because you didn’t want to do something? When was the last time you felt that you had to do something, because you knew it was important, but it was too much work, too much&nbsp;<a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/11/laziness.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">emotional labour&nbsp;</a>, and further, even if you did do it,&nbsp;<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you don’t even know how?</em></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Then, how did it feel when you did it anyway?&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, exactly.</strong></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This, my friends,&nbsp;<a href="http://inoveryourhead.net/how-to-tell-if-youre-doing-your-lifes-work/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">is the ideal state&nbsp;</a>. I call it&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Flinch-ebook/dp/B0062Q7S3S/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">the ring&nbsp;</a>, because it’s the place where the fight actually happens. Those that enter are&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fighters,&nbsp;<a href="http://inoveryourhead.net/future-kings-and-paupers-why-making-1000000-is-only-the-beginning/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">challengers&nbsp;</a>, and champions</strong>– people who push their boundaries and make things happen. You cannot remain in the ring forever, because it is immensely difficult, but if you never go there, you will never have breakthroughs. Otherwise,&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">your life will be a comfortable carriage ride all the way to the grave.</strong></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Q4. When was the last time you questioned your direction?</strong></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> I just recently tested my genetic code on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.23andme.com/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">23andMe&nbsp;</a>. The results came back, and one thing that popped out is&nbsp;that I have higher possible chance of living to the age of 100 than most people. In other words, I have a long life to lead. I eat really well, exercise, fast 16 hours a day, and generally inform myself about health, so I have a feeling I’ll be doing alright and have a lot of time.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> I do not believe, however, that this potential long lifespan (or anything else) allows me to feel like I have the right to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.leangains.com/2011/09/fuckarounditis.html" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">fuck around&nbsp;</a>and waste my life. You can choose to ready, fire, aim if you want, but&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">remember to adjust afterwards</strong>because you may be going in the totally wrong direction.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> My father, a career counsellor, used to tell me that people had on average 7 careers in your lifetime. In other words, there’s plenty of time to change and you should consider it! For example, after 15 years or so off and dropping out of art school, I am spending more time drawing, sculpting, etc, than I have in a decade. It’s challenging but it feels good, and good accidents can happen. Haruki Murakami, one of the most respected living writers in the world, started off writing while he owned a bar. He was just trying it out.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This should also be a sign to those of you who are choosing careers based on their potential future earnings.&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stop being such a tool.</strong>&nbsp;Go do something you actually care about– trust me, I’ve had enough conversations with successful yet miserable people. Success and money are&nbsp;<a href="http://inoveryourhead.net/about-staircases/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">ruts&nbsp;</a>that are just as hard to get out of as being in a miserable job for 5 years.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Q5. How are you going to be changing the world?</strong></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Here’s my final point– for now, at least. I’ve spent a lot of time around authors over the past little while and I’ve started to figure out that almost all of them have<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;one primary thing to say</strong>, a single idea that they are really&nbsp;<em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">about</em>.&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Seth Godin</strong>&nbsp;could be “be remarkable,” applied to multiple different formats.&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tim Ferriss</strong>: “most effort is wasted– do what matters.”&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pema Chodron</strong>: “Drop the storyline.” I could do this all day.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Here’s the thing: authors have to write down their ideas and express them differently. It’s their job and they have to work at it, so they get many ideas in their head and stick with those that matter to them (or sometimes those that sell– sigh). Point being,&nbsp;<strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">even non-authors need to figure this one thing out.</strong>But most never think about it. They plod along without much direction or grand goal at all– and if it is, it’s often rather selfish.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Again, I include myself in this.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Here is my suggestion: If you had a TED talk, or some other grand idea, how would you present it? Think about it. This is your one chance. How would you use it?</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Or, optionally, if you had to leave something behind, if you were going to die and be entirely forgotten but could change one thing, what one thing would that be? Would you be like&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_W." style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Bill W&nbsp;</a>and start something to help alcoholics all over the world? Would you solve a technical problem or a social one? Think about it. Or&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Genius-Writing-Generate-Insight/dp/1605095257/ref=dp_ob_title_bk" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">write about it,&nbsp;</a>it’ll help you figure it out.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Ok, now that you have the answer, or at least you’re thinking about it, here’s the real focus.</div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Q6. Why would you work on anything else but what actually matters?</strong></div> <div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1f0909; font-family: 'PT Serif'; font-size: 16px; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> I leave you with that. 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So please tell your friends and neighbors that they should resolve to <b>Hire Mark Edwards.</b><br /> <br /> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=e4b8078b-9753-479e-82e3-e43f4106eb17" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-8734033369932560170?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Glrt15bj4-xJc1LlsskijUWLoes/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Glrt15bj4-xJc1LlsskijUWLoes/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Glrt15bj4-xJc1LlsskijUWLoes/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Glrt15bj4-xJc1LlsskijUWLoes/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/LNWq35lyFB0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/LNWq35lyFB0/sage-advice-for-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2012/01/sage-advice-for-new-year.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-8249873757834135546Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:09:00 +00002012-01-05T15:09:34.566-06:00United StatesFrancis SlayAaron Perlutst. louisSt. Louis MissouriSt. Louis Lambert International Airportst. louis countyForbesCharlie Dooley<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Back on December 7th, I wrote a blog post based on an article in <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/marketshare/2011/12/06/st-louis-doesnt-suck/" target="_blank">Forbes</a> that had the premise that <a href="http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/12/st-louis-doesn-suck-forbes.html" target="_blank">St. Louis Doesn't Suck</a>. &nbsp;Author <a href="http://www.aaronperlut.com/" target="_blank">Aaron Perlut</a> very truthfully spoke of some of the great things in the area and laid out a plan that could help the <a href="http://stlouis-mo.gov/" target="_blank">city of St. Louis</a>, as well as <a href="http://stlouisco.com/" target="_blank">St. Louis County</a>, two different governmental units, fix the perception that St. Louis sucks.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://media.bnd.com/smedia/2011/12/31/13/11/knapd.St.98.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="http://media.bnd.com/smedia/2011/12/31/13/11/knapd.St.98.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> As tends to happen in St. Louis, nobody took on the task of working on the city's image. &nbsp;Something so important or so (basically) inexpensive and easy to implement was far beyond the reach of <a href="http://www.mayorslay.com/" target="_blank">Mayor Francis Slay</a> and <a href="http://stlouisco.com/YourGovernment/CountyExecutive" target="_blank">County Executive Charlie Dooley</a> and the droids who work for them. &nbsp;Not a surprise, especially since the Holiday season had some mighty fine photo ops of the Mayor at <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.7472222222,-90.3613888889&amp;spn=0.03,0.03&amp;q=38.7472222222,-90.3613888889%20(Lambert-St.%20Louis%20International%20Airport)&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Lambert-St. Louis International Airport">St. Louis Lambert International Airport</a> showing off some fancy artwork that was installed in that incredibly boring (<a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/traffic/along-for-the-ride/lambert-officials-predict-april-reopening-for-tornado-damaged-concourse/article_45c37f59-67ac-5b50-b924-d59ec5601645.html" target="_blank">and still not fully operational after the Summer tornado that hit it</a>) place. Sadly, Hizzonner is not in this photo, he must have been trying to find a parking space or something.<br /> <br /> But I digress. &nbsp;This post is about suckage, and while the airport does suck in many ways, St. Louis as a whole grabbed a major suckage award today, being named the seventh worst run city in America by <a href="http://247wallst.com/2012/01/05/best-and-worst-run-cities-in-america/" target="_blank">24/7WallStreet.com</a>. &nbsp;Here's the praise the website laid on St. Louis:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="font-weight: bold;">7. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://stlouis.missouri.org/" rel="homepage" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Mo.</a></strong><br />&gt; <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_crime" rel="wikipedia" title="Violent crime">Violent crime</a> per 1,000 people: 17.47 (2nd highest)<br />&gt; Poverty rate: 27.8% (13th highest)<br />&gt; Adult population graduated from high school: 81.5% (36th lowest)<br />&gt; <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_rating" rel="wikipedia" title="Credit rating">Credit rating</a>: Aa3 (stable outlook)<br />&gt; Population: 319,156</div> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> St. Louis has had a hard time controlling violent crime. With 17.47 incidents per 1,000 residents in 2010, the city has the second highest rate of violent crime in the country. This is due in part to the city’s high poverty rate of 27.8% and its median income of $32,688, which is the 10th lowest out of the 100 largest cities. Additionally, nearly 20% of housing units in the city are vacant. All of these measures influence government revenues. Despite this, St. Louis has managed its finances fairly well. While <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.moodysanalytics.com/" rel="homepage" title="Moody's">Moody’s</a> credit score is Aa3, the credit agency also reports that the city faces a continued weakening of resident income levels, high unemployment rates and a decreasing population.</div> <span style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Read more:&nbsp;<a href="http://247wallst.com/2012/01/05/best-and-worst-run-cities-in-america/#ixzz1icP3fTvY" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #003399; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Best and Worst Run Cities in America - 24/7 Wall St.</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://247wallst.com/2012/01/05/best-and-worst-run-cities-in-america/#ixzz1icP3fTvY" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #003399; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://247wallst.com/2012/01/05/best-and-worst-run-cities-in-america/#ixzz1icP3fTvY</a></span></blockquote> This information is about St. Louis CITY, not St. Louis COUNTY, which I mentioned before are completely different areas, in more ways than I care to go into here. &nbsp;But has anyone from the City, County, Chamber Of Commerce, or the <a href="http://www.stlrcga.org/" target="_blank">almost double secret RCGA</a> come out to dispute or spin the story? &nbsp;Not on the bleak front page of the city's newspaper <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/" target="_blank">website</a>. &nbsp;Not on the top rated TV station's <a href="http://www.ksdk.com/" target="_blank">website</a>. &nbsp;And not on the <a href="http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/01/05/st-louis-ranked-among-worst-run-cities/" target="_blank">website</a>&nbsp;where I first found the story, the radio station that calls itself "The Voice Of St. Louis". &nbsp;They had no local reaction to the story, which makes me think the voices of power in St. Louis either had nothing to say or couldn't defend themselves. &nbsp;Or that the reporter didn't pick up the phone to get a reaction, but I <i>know</i>&nbsp;that would never happen.<br /> <br /> So America once again sees St. Louis cast in a bad light and the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_relations" rel="wikipedia" title="Public relations">Damage Control</a> machine sits dusty and unused, a victim of "old boy" networks and nobody willing to defend the city's honor. &nbsp;I've seen this play many times before, and I'm seeing it again. &nbsp;When will the <a href="http://www.stlrcga.org/x616.xml" target="_blank">Powers That Be</a> in St. Louis get their act together and at least defend the region when it gets smacked around? &nbsp;The dream of a <a href="http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/12/st-louis-doesn-suck-forbes.html" target="_blank">campaign</a> to prove that St. Louis doesn't suck remains unfulfilled, and the city just took another sucker punch without defending itself. <br /> <br /> And THAT truly sucks.<br /> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=7f97a088-f7bd-45f3-bf1c-52b559e02c8e" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-8249873757834135546?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Mlo4P0DQx4t_q3umoZi_l7gKNUM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Mlo4P0DQx4t_q3umoZi_l7gKNUM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Mlo4P0DQx4t_q3umoZi_l7gKNUM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Mlo4P0DQx4t_q3umoZi_l7gKNUM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/Atnr4TUMxVo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/Atnr4TUMxVo/ok-maybe-st-louis-does-suck-at-least.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)11 Metropolitan Square, St Louis, MO 63102, USA38.6274223 -90.189547338.6258718 -90.1920148 38.6289728 -90.1870798http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2012/01/ok-maybe-st-louis-does-suck-at-least.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-8819570298124624542Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:24:00 +00002011-12-26T19:29:08.101-06:00boycott GoDaddysopastop sopainternetGoDaddypipaname.comDomain nameGoDaddy.cominternet censorship<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> <div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <img alt="Stop_sopa-300x300" height="300" src="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-12-26/CimdFEfrACcBEwBxhvyvzzyddibjsEoejstEbsszFvzDjFFaIxwnBeElGChh/STOP_SOPA-300x300.png.scaled500.png" width="300" /> </div> It's no secret that I'm strongly opposed to the SOPA and PIPA bills currently winding their way through the House and Senate.&nbsp; There's no shortage of my thoughts on this awful piece of legislation on all of my outlets on the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Internet">Interwebz</a>, and <a href="http://tech.pnosker.com/2011/12/26/sopa-pip-explained-godaddy-loses-21000-domains-and-stops-supporting-sopa/" target="_blank">here</a> is a summary of what the bills would do.<br /> I have a number of web domains, some openly registered and some registered for clients.&nbsp; Most of them are hosted by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Daddy" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Go Daddy">GoDaddy</a>, a company who has publicly shown support for the SOPA bill.&nbsp; Earlier this week, their unfortunate support for the bill came to light and a formal <a href="http://www.godaddyboycott.org/" target="_blank">boycott</a> of the company began.<br /> I began to pull all of my sites from GoDaddy today, and I just got the greatest e mail:<br /> <blockquote> =====================================================<br /> AN IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR TRANSFER<br /> =====================================================<br /> <br /> Dear Mark Edwards,<br /> This is to confirm that the following domain names have been successfully transferred away from Go Daddy to <a href="http://name.com/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">NAME.COM</span></a> LLC:<br /> <a href="http://markedwardsworldwide.com/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">MARKEDWARDSWORLDWIDE.COM</span></a><br /> If you require additional information, please contact Go Daddy.<br /> Regards,<br /> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Domain name">Domain</a> Services<br /> <a href="http://www.godaddy.com/default.aspx?prog_id=GoDaddy&amp;isc=wwbb23" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts">http://www.godaddy.com/default.aspx?prog_id=GoDaddy&amp;isc=wwbb23</span></a><br /> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<br /> Copyright (C) 2011 Go Daddy All rights reserved.</blockquote> <b>Done.&nbsp; See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya.&nbsp; That's what you get for siging with <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/boycottsopasponsors/home/list-of-supporters-and-sponsors" target="_blank">Big Pharma and Hollywood</a> and opposing an open Internet.&nbsp; </b><br /> My first domain is out of their hands, and therer are many more to come.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcworld.com/article/247037/why_arent_other_sopa_supporters_being_punished_like_godaddy.html" target="_blank">PC World</a> says over 70,000 people have already dumped GoDaddy, and while it's a small number for a huge company like that to lose, it's only the beginning of the damage GoDaddy has inflicted upon itself.<br /> It's a huge pain to transfer a domain to a new host, but I think it's worth the time and effort because GoDaddy is supporting a bill that could Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">fundamentally</span> change the way the Internet works.&nbsp; They claim to have backed off on their support, but they refuse to provide proof that they've told <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.house.gov/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> that they aren't supporting SOPA, and they even are on the record as being in support of the PIPA bill during Senate hearings.<br /> <br /> I urge you to<a href="https://www.pcworld.com/article/246461/the_case_for_sopa_legislation.html" target="_blank"> find out about the SOPA law </a>and how it might affect you, and if you're doing business with GoDaddy, to move your services to any of the companies who oppose this chilling legislation.<br /> Sometimes you just have to do the right thing, even if it's a little costly or inconvenient.&nbsp; THIS is one of those times.<br /> Related articles <br /> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.geekosystem.com/byedaddy/" target="_blank">ByeDaddy Makes it Easy to Check Who is Still With GoDaddy</a> (geekosystem.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/164529/2011/12/competitor_godaddy_is_thwarting_domain_transfers.html" target="_blank">Competitor: GoDaddy is thwarting domain transfers</a> (macworld.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/23/godaddy-pulls-support-for-sopa-amidst-backlash-too-late-to-sati/" target="_blank">GoDaddy pulls support for SOPA amidst backlash, too late to satisfy Wikipedia</a> (engadget.com)</li> </ul> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/the-best-email-ive-seen-in-months">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=fe4c13b8-e101-418f-a6dd-31e39a9b693f" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-8819570298124624542?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4S43B-rC6lQ6z_r2iAg9gNNLMZM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4S43B-rC6lQ6z_r2iAg9gNNLMZM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4S43B-rC6lQ6z_r2iAg9gNNLMZM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4S43B-rC6lQ6z_r2iAg9gNNLMZM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/aBdjAFhb9Vk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/aBdjAFhb9Vk/best-email-i-seen-in-months.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-email-i-seen-in-months.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-60707306429795985Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:00:00 +00002011-12-24T09:00:11.183-06:00Jimmy FallonClement Clarke MooreA Visit from St. NicholasHanukkahNBCEntertainment TonightMad LibstelevisionchristmasNight Before ChristmasHolidays<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> My last post featured some of my favorite <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.history.com/topics/christmas" rel="historycom" target="_blank" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.history.com/topics/hanukkah" rel="historycom" target="_blank" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a> videos from over the years.&nbsp; Of course, I posted that before some "fresh product" appeared on the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Television">TV</a> sets and computers of scores of people across this great land of ours.<br /> <br /> From <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Late Night with Jimmy Fallon">Late Night With Jimmy Fallon</a> on <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.nbcuni.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="NBC Universal">NBC</a>, a "<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Libs" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mad Libs">Mad Libs</a>" version of&nbsp; "<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="A Visit from St. Nicholas">A Visit From Saint Nicholas</a>", better known&nbsp; as "<a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Night-Before-Christmas-Clement-Moore/dp/0590120565%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dmarkedwaworl-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0590120565" rel="amazon" target="_blank" title="The Night Before Christmas">The Night Before Christmas</a>".<br /> <br /> <iframe frameborder="0" height="347" id="NBC Video Widget" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1375623" width="512"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> And if you prefer audio, an amazing rendition of the piece (as written by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Clarke_Moore" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Clement Clarke Moore">Clement Moore</a> in 1823) by 31 of the best voice actors in the business. <br /> <object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F29901135"> </param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> </param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F29901135" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object>&nbsp; <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/ptvoicesforchildren/twasthenightbeforechristmas">TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/ptvoicesforchildren">ptvoicesforchildren</a></span><br /> The recording will be released this week and all sales and donations to Voices For Children will benefit Mattel Children’s Hospital <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.ucla.edu/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a>. The entire cast will assemble at the hospital on Christmas Eve for a live performance and donation.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.etonline.com/news/117231_The_Night_Before_Christmas_Charity_Makeover/index.html" target="_blank">Entertainment Tonight</a> has the story and video from the voiceover session.<br /><br /> <br /> <b>Here's to a very Merry Christmas to you and yours</b>!<br /> <div class="zemanta-related"> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;"> Related articles</h6> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/222142/the-history-of-santa-claus-7-interesting-facts" target="_blank">The history of Santa Claus: 7 interesting facts</a> (theweek.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/12/december-23rd-the-poem-the-night-before-christmas-was-published-anonymously/" target="_blank">December 23rd: The Poem "The Night Before Christmas" was Published Anonymously</a> (todayifoundout.com)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=0f47b0d2-c27c-49e6-974b-344f476d3f56" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-60707306429795985?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YTAyjIT7061vYegFv7qX12QCNus/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YTAyjIT7061vYegFv7qX12QCNus/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YTAyjIT7061vYegFv7qX12QCNus/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YTAyjIT7061vYegFv7qX12QCNus/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/gI-a8Dzno-4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/gI-a8Dzno-4/tis-night-before-christmas-here-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)030 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112, USA40.7589346 -73.980048740.757431100000005 -73.98251619999999 40.7604381 -73.9775812http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/12/tis-night-before-christmas-here-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-7876747797700504434Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:48:00 +00002011-12-19T16:06:10.776-06:00Phil SpectorchristmassantaChristmas musicEric CartmanDarlene LoveRudolph The Red Nosed Reindeerflash mobdarth vaderNat King ColeSanta JewMariah CareySaturday Night Live<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="color: red;"> If you're like many people, you're working this week before <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.history.com/topics/christmas" rel="historycom" target="_blank" title="Christmas">Christmas</a>, but you're really not working.&nbsp; You're having cookie exchanges, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Santa" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Secret Santa">Secret Santa</a> time, and generally not thinking about much more than Christmas.&nbsp; On a side note, if you're a Hiring Manager, you should be <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/markedwardscubfan" target="_blank">giving me a job</a> for Christmas.&nbsp; Just sayin'.</div> <div style="color: lime;"> <br /></div> <span style="color: #38761d;">But that's not why I wrote this post.&nbsp; As the person known as "Santa </span><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews" rel="wikipedia" style="color: #38761d;" target="_blank" title="Jews">Jew</a><span style="color: #38761d;">", I'm sharing some audio and video to make your spirits bright.&nbsp; Let's face it, most of the Christmas music on the radio kind of sucks and is full of commercials, so I've created special Christmas With Santa Jew channels on </span><a href="http://broadcaster.pandora.com/t?r=927&amp;c=901946&amp;l=37961&amp;ctl=3AEFF6C:9492C14F1A897A22DE5D9877D00934E5050542759970026E&amp;" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Pandora</a><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span>and </span><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/markedwards1/playlist/2Py6OzrEGSxX4eW0ldYBK2" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Spotify</a><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: blue;">,</span> free for your listening pleasure.&nbsp; Simply click on the service's name and you're IN.&nbsp; You can&nbsp; put them on at work, at home, or wherever you want to enjoy some cool Christmas carols.&nbsp; And since I don't have a job, that's about the only gift you'll be getting from me this year.&nbsp; </span><br /> <div style="color: red;"> <br /></div> <div style="color: red;"> But wait, there's more.&nbsp; And this is a GREAT way to kill time while you're pretending to work, watching some Christmas videos.&nbsp; I've assembled a few of my faves for your consumption.</div> <br /> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://mariahcarey.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a> created what many consider the only Christmas Classic song of the 1990's, "<a class="zem_slink" href="http://musicbrainz.org/album/b3e96636-3d7a-4aaa-8be8-37fc64db3f74.html" rel="musicbrainz" target="_blank" title="All I Want for Christmas Is You 2000">All I Want For Christmas Is You</a>".&nbsp; Being that I'm Santa Jew, I kind of prefer this version of the song.<br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z8LmMtScH3g" width="480"></iframe></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.darleneloveworld.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Darlene Love">Darlene Love</a> is a living legend, from her work with <a class="zem_slink" href="http://philspector.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Phil Spector">Phil Spector</a> in the 1960's, and the classic "Christmas (<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_%28Baby_Please_Come_Home%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)">Baby Please Come Home</a>)".&nbsp; She made a new <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_music" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Christmas music">Christmas song</a> a few years ago for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a>.</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <object height="270" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/PGn5kYL4FWyX3NSHWa1VVw"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param> <embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/PGn5kYL4FWyX3NSHWa1VVw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&nbsp; width="480" height="270" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> For a bit more solemn take on the holiday, South Park's <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Eric%2BCartman" rel="lastfm" target="_blank" title="Eric Cartman">Eric Cartman</a> is your man, uh, boy.</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/65ss_asnIwo" width="480"></iframe></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> I'm a huge Michael Buble fan, and already knew he had a new Christmas CD this year.&nbsp; What I didn't know is that he had a SECOND <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.history.com/topics/christmas" rel="historycom" target="_blank" title="Christmas">Chirstmas</a> CD!</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> <object height="270" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/fkmpVe7f9BN0om4PtN9XQQ"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param> <embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/fkmpVe7f9BN0om4PtN9XQQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&nbsp; width="480" height="270" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br /> <br /> I'm not the only person with too much time on my hands.&nbsp; There's this person who did quite the mashup of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer">Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer</a> and The Police.<br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5N4EFVgtB0Y" width="480"></iframe></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> What's the Holiday season without a good old fashioned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob" target="_blank">Flash Mob</a>?&nbsp; This one was led by "Mr. Christmas", <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=markedwaworl-20&amp;linkCode=shr&amp;camp=213733&amp;creative=393193&amp;keywords=Darth%20Vader&amp;rh=n%3A165793011%2Ck%3ADarth%20Vader&amp;page=1" target="_blank">Darth Vader</a>.</div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jiDTufRNL10" width="480"></iframe></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Flash mob">Flash Mobs</a> are not the games of the young.&nbsp; Here are some Senior Citizens taking over what looks like a Target store. </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xP5B1Oq_mFk" width="480"></iframe></div> <br /> And no celebration of Christmas is complete without <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" target="_blank">Nat King Cole</a> doing The Christmas Song.&nbsp; Here's the real thing, and it just doesn't get better than this.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/__kQ1PCP6B0" width="480"></iframe><br /> <div style="color: #38761d;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"> That ought to give you plenty of things to do while you're running out the clock waiting for whenever the boss lets you out of work for Christmas.&nbsp; </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="color: red;">Have a very Merry Christmas and a safe, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Schulz-Charles-Festive-Peanuts/dp/0061073016%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dmarkedwaworl-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0061073016" rel="amazon" target="_blank" title="Happy New Year! (Schulz, Charles M. Festive Peanuts.)">Happy New Year!</a></span></b></div> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-large;">BONUS FOOTAGE!!</span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">From The Late Show With David Letterman, two great videos, the story of my favorite TV moment of the year, Darlene Love's annual performance of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" and a mashup of all her performances over the years.&nbsp; Thanks to CBS and Worldwide Pants for sharing!</span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;<object height="300" width="400"><param name='movie' value='http://www.cbs.com/e/Kf_BKoy1h4Swp9bLrJ_LYTyOP1J5NO_Y/cbs/1/'> </param> <param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'> </param> <param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'> </param> <param name='FlashVars' value='config=http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/partner/cbs/skin_cbs_norelated'> </param> <embed width='400' height='300' src='http://www.cbs.com/e/Kf_BKoy1h4Swp9bLrJ_LYTyOP1J5NO_Y/cbs/1/'&nbsp; allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' FlashVars='config=http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/partner/cbs/skin_cbs_norelated'></embed></object></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;<object height="300" width="400"><param name='movie' value='http://www.cbs.com/e/w_gqScxEnrjI6O5Ll11Ggo4gj_K46Gf3/cbs/1/'> </param> <param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'> </param> <param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'> </param> <param name='FlashVars' value='config=http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/partner/cbs/skin_cbs_norelated'> </param> <embed width='400' height='300' src='http://www.cbs.com/e/w_gqScxEnrjI6O5Ll11Ggo4gj_K46Gf3/cbs/1/'&nbsp; allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' FlashVars='config=http://www.cbs.com/thunder/player/1_0/partner/cbs/skin_cbs_norelated'></embed></object></span></span><br /> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=d1f8c97f-0451-4aeb-b35f-46e02c54d61d" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-7876747797700504434?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Uejz262nuj_8an81D9xgThTD_i8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Uejz262nuj_8an81D9xgThTD_i8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Uejz262nuj_8an81D9xgThTD_i8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Uejz262nuj_8an81D9xgThTD_i8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/BkHXNsCFANA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/BkHXNsCFANA/christmastime-is-here-and-so-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0101-299 E 5th Ave, North Pole, AK 99705, USA64.7511111 -147.349444464.72401260000001 -147.42840840000002 64.7782096 -147.2704804http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmastime-is-here-and-so-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-3809819929724149360Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:20:00 +00002011-12-14T16:21:50.940-06:00United StatesFacebooksocial mediaAttention spaninternetInformation graphicsTwitterSocialTimesSocial network service<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote> <div> <div style="text-align: left;"> There’s no doubt about it, <b style="text-align: left;">social media</b><span style="text-align: left;"> has drastically changed the way we, as humans, interact with each other. The question is, though, is it </span><i style="text-align: left;">changing</i><span style="text-align: left;"> the way, or </span><i style="text-align: left;">destroying</i><span style="text-align: left;"> the way? This <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_graphics" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Information graphics">infographic</a>, curiously made by the folks at </span><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://assistedlivingtoday.com/p/resources/social-media-is-ruining-our-minds-infographic/">Assisted Living Today</a></b><span style="text-align: left;">, suggests that </span><b style="text-align: left;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Social network service">social networking</a> is shortening our attention spans</b><span style="text-align: left;"> and rewiring our brains and brings some science along to back it up. It’s worth questioning though, if we’re living in a world where things are making us have a shorter <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_span" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Attention span">attention span</a>, is that a bad thing? I mean, maybe having a short attention span was only bad before it started becoming a necessity. The world is changing, guys. Maybe we’re just changing with it.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> TL;DR It’s an infographic about why you just read the TL;DR instead of the paragraph above.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" height="4294" src="http://static02.mediaite.com/geekosystem/uploads/2011/12/social-media-is-ruining-our-minds.jpg" title="social-media-is-ruining-our-minds" width="500" /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> (<a href="http://assistedlivingtoday.com/p/resources/social-media-is-ruining-our-minds-infographic/">Assisted Living Today</a> via <a href="http://socialtimes.com/attention-spans-have-dropped-from-12-minutes-to-5-seconds-how-social-media-is-ruining-our-minds-infographic_b86479">Social Times</a>)</div> Relevant to your interests<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.geekosystem.com/burlgary-infographic/">Is social media encouraging&nbsp;burglary?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.geekosystem.com/social-media-better-grades/">Social media can be educational</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.geekosystem.com/1-in-6-social-network-jobs/">Social media can help you find jobs</a></li> </ul> </div> </blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"> via <a href="http://www.geekosystem.com/social-media-ruins-minds-infographic/">geekosystem.com</a></div> What? Huh? I wasn't paying attention.</div> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/how-social-media-is-ruining-our-minds-infogra">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> <div class="zemanta-related"> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;"> Related articles</h6> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://socialtimes.com/attention-spans-have-dropped-from-12-minutes-to-5-seconds-how-social-media-is-ruining-our-minds-infographic_b86479" target="_blank">Attention Spans Have Dropped from 12 Minutes to 5 Seconds - How Social Media is Ruining Our Minds [Infographic]</a> (socialtimes.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://mashable.com/2011/12/13/teens-social-media/" target="_blank">Nearly Half of Teen Internet Users Have Lied About Their Age [INFOGRAPHIC]</a> (mashable.com)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=6de19ccd-4ba4-4707-874a-f7e2fe98e867" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-3809819929724149360?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CDSmH98DtoQAEu3vkP5Qm-EeWiU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CDSmH98DtoQAEu3vkP5Qm-EeWiU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CDSmH98DtoQAEu3vkP5Qm-EeWiU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CDSmH98DtoQAEu3vkP5Qm-EeWiU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/esRcX-QE4uM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/esRcX-QE4uM/how-social-media-is-ruining-our-minds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-social-media-is-ruining-our-minds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-1249031717594811818Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:54:00 +00002011-12-07T09:01:58.837-06:00St. Louis RCGAGateway ArchDonald Danforth Plant Science CenterSt. Louis Missourist. louis countyCharlie DooleyForbesUnited StatespromotionPeabody Energyst. louisLouisSt. Louis city<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote> <div> I’ve lived a somewhat nomadic existence in my adult life, moving from <a href="http://www.forbes.com/places/va/richmond/">Richmond</a> to <a href="http://www.forbes.com/places/fl/miami/">Miami</a> to <a href="http://www.forbes.com/places/la/new-orleans/">New Orleans</a> to <a href="http://www.forbes.com/places/ny/new-york/">New York</a> to <a href="http://www.forbes.com/places/nc/raleigh/">Raleigh</a> to St. Petersburg.&nbsp; Six years ago my wife and I <i>reluctantly</i> moved to St. Louis but very quickly found it to be a great place to live, work, and raise small people.<br /> St. Louis has its problems like anywhere else, but there’s a lot to like: good schools, nice parks, great public institutions, competitive sports teams, strong corporate base, the world’s largest mustache (Gateway Arch), and plenty of places that make delicious beer.<br /> <div> <a href="http://blogs-images.forbes.com/marketshare/files/2011/12/the-gateway-arch.png"><img alt="" height="300" src="http://blogs-images.forbes.com/marketshare/files/2011/12/the-gateway-arch-261x300.png" width="261" /></a><br /> <a href="http://blogs-images.forbes.com/marketshare/files/2011/12/the-gateway-arch.png"></a><br /> The world's largest mustache - St. Louis' Gateway Arch</div> In the last two weeks, however, two stories have taken pot shots at my adopted hometown.<br /> First there was a <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/us-adds-4-million-jobs-but-in-st-louis,26759/">farcical piece in The Onion</a> that the Labor Department reported 4 million new U.S. jobs in October, “though government officials hastened to add that the new positions are all located in the St. Louis…” I love The Onion but it essentially delivers the underlying message that people outside of “The Lou” think it’s not so hot.<br /> Then there was something a bit uglier.&nbsp; Yahoo! Health <a href="http://health.yahoo.net/articles/depression/photos/saddest-cities-in-america#0">reported St. Louis to be among the 10 saddest cities in America</a> based on suicide and unemployment rates, the percentage of households that use antidepressants, and other factors.<br /> Oye gevault!<br /> I’ve got to believe <a href="http://www.mayorslay.com/">St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay</a>, the <a href="http://explorestlouis.com/st-louis-cvc/">St. Louis Convention &amp; Visitors Commission</a>, the <a href="http://www.stlrcga.org/">Regional Chamber &amp; Growth Association</a> (RCGA), or <a href="http://stlouisco.com/YourGovernment/CountyExecutive">St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley</a> can’t like pieces like these.<br /> The trouble being that nearly every political or civic entity in the region working to fix metro-St. Louis’ reputation is doing it on their own, in a silo, with little coordination with other partners. There have been some quiet efforts to galvanize private sector forces, but nothing has materialized primarily due to the political infighting that seemingly lies beneath the surface.<br /> Why do you think that despite being a relatively safe place to live, St. Louis crime statistics are <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-6">listed by the FBI </a>as being four times higher than the national average and the city is routinely noted as <a href="http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/neighborhoods/crime-rates/top100dangerous/">one of America’s most dangerous</a>? It’s because as the city and surrounding county battle for turf, they refuse to do what most other major metro areas do in combining regional crime statistics which leads to better rankings.<br /> Thank you Mssrs. Slay and Dooley.<br /> So with all of this in mind, as my holiday gift to St. Louis, I’m going to outline a strategy for altering St. Louis’ reputation on the national landscape.<br /> <b>St. Louis Doesn’t Suck</b><br /> Let’s begin with the foundation — one that’s a bit edgy and disrupts the same conservative Midwestern sensibilities that caused the city to foolishly pass on hosting Red Bull’s popular <a href="http://www.redbullflugtagusa.com/">Flugtag event </a>a few years back.<br /> You see, despite a recent <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/young-people-like-st-louis/article_5410b839-8f16-54fd-b2a7-c6df2dc232c7.html">St. Louis Post-Dispatch report </a>citing that the city attracted more young people than it lost for the first time in eons, the city has a long way to go in drawing the younger workforce that leading edge employers crave. And as my partner Brian Cross <a href="http://elasticthought.com/2011/02/time-to-call-a-spade-a-spade-part-1.html">wrote on his blog</a>, natives are still looking elsewhere for post-graduate jobs.<br /> After all, a recent Stanford or Univ. of Miami graduate doesn’t really care if St. Louis is “Perfectly Centered. Remarkably Connected.” They want to live and work somewhere that has a thriving downtown with a great night life and is perceived to be progressive.<br /> Which brings us to the <b><i>St. Louis Doesn’t Suck </i></b>campaign, focusing on delivering four key messages that support any thriving metro area:<br /> <ul> <li><b>St. Louis has affordable housing: </b>According to the <a href="http://www.coli.org/calculator/mo/St_Louis/calculator.asp">Cost of Living Index Calculator</a>, greater St. Louis has the lowest cost of living among the nation’s 20 largest metropolitan areas for 2010.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>St. Louis has a collection of outstanding education resources:</b> The cities of Clayton and Ladue have two of the finest and well-funded public school systems in the U.S., there is a nice collection of high ranking private and parochial schools, and a several leading colleges including Washington University — regularly ranked in the top 10 nationally. <div> <a href="http://blogs-images.forbes.com/marketshare/files/2011/12/Screen-shot-2011-12-06-at-9.27.08-AM.png"><img alt="" height="195" src="http://blogs-images.forbes.com/marketshare/files/2011/12/Screen-shot-2011-12-06-at-9.27.08-AM.png" width="300" /></a><br /> <a href="http://blogs-images.forbes.com/marketshare/files/2011/12/Screen-shot-2011-12-06-at-9.27.08-AM.png"></a><br /> Danforth Plant Science Center</div> </li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>St. Louis has a strong employment base: </b>Did you know there are more plant scientists in the St. Louis region than any other concentrated area in the world? We do a great job telling each other that here — just not the outside world. But thanks to the likes of Monsanto, the <a href="http://danforthcenter.org/">Donald Danforth Plant Science Center</a>, and a host of mid-size and smaller plant science related entities in the region — and the fact that the city is located within 500 miles of 90 percent of the U.S. corn crop — St. Louis is arguably the center of plant science research and innovation worldwide.&nbsp; Add that to the fact the region is also home to 21 of the Fortune 1000 companies with leading employers like Anheuser-Busch/InBev, Peabody Energy, Emerson Electric, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Boeing, Mastercard, Nestle-Purina, and Build-A-Bear — and the case is easy that there are good jobs to be had.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>St. Louis has rich cultural resources:</b> Let’s start with the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals and the team’s fine downtown ballpark. Then there’s one of the top ranked zoos in the U.S. that also happens to be free of charge to enter, a symphony that is highly respected worldwide, one of the largest urban parks in the U.S., a very healthy and diverse collection of restaurants, tremendous live music venues, acclaimed art and history museums as well as a <a href="http://www.citymuseum.org/site/">City Museum</a> that is beyond explanation, and the list goes on.</li> </ul> Sot sucking at all thus far. But now comes the hard part. How do we best deliver these messages? It takes a comprehensive approach that not only touches the manner in which people seek and find information today, but then compels them to take action. <b> </b><i>&nbsp;</i><br /> <i>St. Louis Doesn’t Suck</i> harnesses the most meaningful marketing communications channels and surrounds working adults ages 22 to 55, delivering a consistent message that St. Louis has the housing, education, employment and cultural resources that encompass a great place to live, work, visit, and play.<br /> The tools the program leverages include:<br /> <ul> <li><b>Digital centerpiece:</b> While the <a href="http://www.stlrcga.org/">Regional Chamber has tried</a>, there’s no digital centerpiece or website that represents the region in a way that makes you want to stay on the site for more than 30 seconds. It’s an ADHD world people, and to keep an audience — especially today’s 21 – 35-year-old young professional — you need engaging and fresh content that is comprised of the people and entities that enrich the region telling the story in first person.&nbsp; No one really wants to read, “Situated at the confluence of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois rivers, we have a tradition of leadership in transportation, distribution, and logistics.”</li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>Video speaks volumes: </b>A strong message in 60 seconds can potentially say far more than 1,500 words of text. Let’s see CEOs George Paz of Express-Scripts, Hugh Grant of Monsanto, Energizer’s Ward Klein talking about their vision. How about young employees from Arch Coal, HOK, or Brian Cave showing people their favorite haunts around town?&nbsp; Remember the <a href="http://mormon.org/people/">“I’m a Mormon” campaign</a> from the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints? Very strong stuff.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>Social media: </b>Yes, have a Facebook page. Sure, a Twitter account is nice. More important, however, you’ve got to understand how to use these tools other than to simply have an account or page, like the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/RCGA/109120769117145?sk=wall">Regional Chamber’s Facebook page</a> that has 140-some fans. How about livestreaming a free concert from <a href="http://www.thepageant.com/">the Pageant music venue</a> on Facebook; or get a group of CEOs from mid-size companies engaging in a Google Hangout with some top college students talking about what they are looking for from the local workforce; or take suggestions from city residents via Twitter (and actually use one of them) on how to improve a public park.&nbsp; Just spend some time looking at how <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/MayorRTRybak">Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak engages constituents on Twitter</a>. It’s not your standard press feeder.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>PR:</b> Once you’re doing some of these things and there’s an actual a story of change to tell, take some leaders of influence on the road in tandem and visit some national media. And by “leaders of influence,” I don’t necessarily mean the Mayor and head of the Regional Chamber. It’s about the sum of the city’s parts — a coalition of leading CEOs, the heads of the five local angel investors group,&nbsp; a handful of leading entrepreneurs.&nbsp; Or, how about pitching a recurring HuffingtonPost column from the mayor or a collection of local CEOs. Why not ask InBev CEO Carlos Brito or one of his top lieutenants to write a column on beer.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>Mobile: </b>There are more cellular phones in the U.S. than there are people, and at the very least any centralized website for a coordinated effort should be mobile enabled. But think bigger: an app that serves as a virtual tour guide, has push notifications for events, and includes searchable capabilities for activities meeting specific criteria.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>Paid media: </b>Look at a small, controlled program of paid media — traditional and digital. How about a <i>Letter to America</i> ad in the <i>Wall St. Journal</i> about the needs of American business co-signed by a group of local CEOs, but more important use Google Adwords and Facebook cost-per-click to drive to engaging video content telling first person stories about the region.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><b>SEO: </b>I saved this for last because online search is the magic bullet. It’s what everything drives towards. And if you don’t have an SEO component as part of an integrated marketing plan, you lose. Think of it this way: you own a business in Miami and you’re tired of all of the fair weather sports fans there so you tell your director of facilities it’s time to find a new headquarters town. What does that director do? He puts together a due diligence committee and they all start doing research — online — using search engines and terms like “best cities to work” and “best cities to live” and looking at tax incentives and quality of life, etc. In short, all the other stuff you’re doing in the marketing channels are filling the SEO funnel that needs to be filled, stacked, stuffed and overflowing with good news.</li> </ul> St. Louis isn’t perfect — the local&nbsp; style of pizza is horrendous, our NFL football team should not be playing in a dome, the airport is an embarrassment, and the traffic lights aren’t timed.&nbsp; More important, we still struggle to create, attract, and retain more skilled workers.&nbsp; It’s an old-time, Mississippi River-based manufacturing economy that’s yet to fully reinvent itself that last year lost 14 percent of its professional services companies (law firms, architects, ad agencies).<br /> &nbsp;Without question, St. Louis does not suck. But with the exception of <a href="http://kidnappedchicagoan.com/">one very smart tourism campaign</a> developed by the CVB, we typically do a terrible job of externally articulating what those offerings are.<br /> Perhaps by stepping out of our comfort zone, moving beyond silly turf battles, and developing a comprehensive approach to marketing the area, St. Louis can better promote a region that has much to offer.<br /> Happy holidays.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"> via <a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/marketshare/">blogs.forbes.com</a></div> Great read by Aaron Perlut on Forbes.com. I agree with him on most points, and know that sometimes the region's worst enemy is itself. He lays out a great marketing program for the region, and I agree that its something that should be done. But will it ever happen? Probably not because of the powers that be around here. But we can dream, and for now keep our little secret about how, believe it or not, St. Louis (County) doesn't suck.&nbsp; For more, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/marketshare/2011/12/06/st-louis-doesnt-suck/" target="_blank">check out the article</a> and my comments there.</div> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/st-louis-doesnt-suck-forbes">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=3061b0f7-fb73-481f-9fbb-d454ec279d2f" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-1249031717594811818?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hngQ8DUHp0ZqD2jGcnxma8Zmmz4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hngQ8DUHp0ZqD2jGcnxma8Zmmz4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hngQ8DUHp0ZqD2jGcnxma8Zmmz4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hngQ8DUHp0ZqD2jGcnxma8Zmmz4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/e2y7DXe9-do" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/e2y7DXe9-do/st-louis-doesn-suck-forbes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)1http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/12/st-louis-doesn-suck-forbes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-1101450496625315848Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:24:00 +00002011-12-06T13:30:24.510-06:00monster.comEmploymentjob sitesMarc CenedellaJob SearchLaddersUnited Statesanheuser Buschunemploymentjobstheladders.comTheLaddersunemployed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> I'm learning some hard lessons in the job search.<br /> <br /> I've <a href="http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/12/untitled.html" target="_blank">already written</a> about the challenges companies put in the way of job seekers by using <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Web application">online application</a> and evaluation systems and how hard it is to speak with a hiring manager because they hide behind these bots.<br /> <br /> Today, I applied for a job and had to answer a few questions, would I take a drug test?, am I cleared to work in the USA?, do I have at least a Master's Degre?&nbsp; When I answered "no" to that one, I was told I didn't meet the minium requirements for that job and the application process stopped dead.&nbsp; They wouldn't even let me submit an application or talk in a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_letter" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Cover letter">cover letter</a> about how some 35 years of work experience taught me a lot more than a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%27s_degree" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Master's degree">Master's Degree</a>.&nbsp; Thank YOU, <a href="http://www.buschjobs.com/docs/index.html" target="_blank">Anheuser Busch</a>, for being so open minded.<br /> <br /> I've signed up for quite a few job sites, and I know they all want to show the people who list with them that they can deliver the best candidates, but sites like <a href="http://www.monster.com/" target="_blank">monster.com </a>send me e mails every day with a list of jobs I'm neither qualified for or interested in taking.&nbsp; Yeah, I'd be a GREAT over the road hauler.<br /> <br /> Sites like <a href="http://www.theladders.com/" target="_self">TheLadders.com</a> seem to exist only to take job seekers' money, not to really help them. 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Since they wouldn't even look at my note without money changing hands, I posted a note on their <a href="http://www.cenedella.com/" target="_blank">CEO's blog</a> (which has since been removed) explaining how I felt about the way they do business.<br /> <br /> I did get a call from some flunky in The Ladders office who confirmed that therre were indeed dead ends and jobs that didn't exist on their site and that he had personally seen that one of the jobs they sent me was not an actual listing.&nbsp; Then he offered me a two week trial of their "Premium Service" but I'd still have to give him a credit card and be responsible for cancelling the special trial or I'd be billed up to $25 a month automatically.&nbsp; Are you KIDDING me?&nbsp; You treat me like dirt and then try to extract money from me?&nbsp; An amazing case of indifference at best, predatory taking advantage of the unemployed at worst.<br /> <br /> I just want to find a job that will let me keep my house and feed my family.&nbsp; Why does it seem like the online job sites are all so sketchy, or seem like they're running a scam?<br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: mceinline;"><b>BLATANT SELF SERVING PLUG</b>: </span>By the way, if you or someone you know is looking for an experienced online and broadcast content person, check out my profile at <a href="http://about.me/markedwards" target="_blank">about.me/markedwards</a>.<br /> Related articles <br /> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://blog.lumension.com/?p=3837" target="_blank">How TheLadders May Be Inadvertently Leaking Personally Identifiable Salary Information</a> (lumension.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/11-mistakes-people-make-when-working-with-headhunters-2011-10" target="_blank">11 Mistakes People Make When Working With Headhunters</a> (businessinsider.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://mashable.com/2011/11/27/mobile-jobs-infographic/" target="_blank">How Job Seekers Are Using Mobile [INFOGRAPHIC]</a> (mashable.com)</li> </ul> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/are-there-any-honest-job-search-websites">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=c577ebe7-b908-434b-82bd-03a578cb4904" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-1101450496625315848?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ja-3HVlfQbIctFYpYRI3Xqomb_Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ja-3HVlfQbIctFYpYRI3Xqomb_Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ja-3HVlfQbIctFYpYRI3Xqomb_Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ja-3HVlfQbIctFYpYRI3Xqomb_Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/fSDpS5U3xDs" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/fSDpS5U3xDs/are-there-any-honest-job-search.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/12/are-there-any-honest-job-search.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-4551664469056068382Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:15:00 +00002011-12-01T17:19:59.494-06:00job applicationmonster.comonline job applicationscottradeonline job boardssimplyhired.comjibe.comEmploymentSt. Louis MissourimonsantoTaleoindeed.com<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> <a href="http://markedwardsrants.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/beach-chair-on-empty.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-749" height="224" src="https://markedwardsrants.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/beach-chair-on-empty.jpg?w=300" title="Beach-Chair-on-Empty-" width="300" /></a><br /> When you hear the term "on the beach", you think of hanging out near the water, resting and relaxing.&nbsp; As long as I've been in the radio business, "on the beach" was a euphemism for "unemployed", which is what I am these days.<br /> This post isn't to ask for a job, I've tried many ways to do that and am looking hard for the next big thing.&nbsp; Rather, this post is a series of thoughts that have been rattling around in my head since I was summarily dismissed from my position in Kansas City on October 27th.<br /> So I'm in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.6272222222,-90.1977777778&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=38.6272222222,-90.1977777778%20%28St.%20Louis%2C%20Missouri%29&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis</a> with my family and after the last experience (moving and working in KC for just under a year before being labeled a "Budget Cut") I pretty much am sure my next job will be here.&nbsp; Which brings me to a story from <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/us-adds-4-million-jobs-but-in-st-louis,26759/" target="_blank">The Onion</a> last week.<br /> <blockquote> <h2> U.S. Adds 4 Million <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Employment">Jobs</a> But In St. Louis</h2> November 29, 2011 | <a href="http://www.theonion.com/issue/4748/" title="The Onion: Issue 4748">ISSUE 47•48</a><br /> <div> <img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="241" src="http://o.onionstatic.com/images/articles/article/26/26759/NIB-US_Adds-R_jpg_635x345_crop-smart_upscale_q85.jpg" width="445" /></div> <div> WASHINGTON—The Labor Department reported Monday that the U.S. economy created a staggering 4 million jobs in October, though government officials hastened to add that the new positions are all located in the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_St._Louis" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Greater St. Louis">St. Louis metropolitan area</a>. "New employment opportunities are emerging in the fields of engineering, medicine, and manufacturing, but, to be clear, one would have to move to and live in St. Louis to fill these openings," said government spokesperson Stephanie Bergsen, noting that the city has a high crime rate and not much in the way of culture, so be sure to take that into consideration. "Though this much- needed job growth would bring our unemployment rate down to a far more manageable six and a half percent, at the end of the day, it's St. Louis, so…" Republicans strategists are reportedly already planning to use President Obama's record of creating 4 million jobs in St. Louis as the basis for numerous attack ads.<img alt="" src="http://o.onionstatic.com/img/icons/terminator.gif" /></div> </blockquote> <div> They didn't pick St. Louis for a random reason, I think it's the best place I've ever lived to raise a family, but I live in the suburbs.&nbsp; The city, well, does have <a href="http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2010/11/st_louis_named_most_dangerous_city_2010.php" target="_blank">some issues</a>.&nbsp; And those issues are keeping businesses from coming to St. Louis or expanding their operations here in a big way.&nbsp; But that's a different blog post.</div> <div> <a href="http://markedwardsrants.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/hire-me1.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-full wp-image-750" height="357" src="https://markedwardsrants.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/hire-me1.png" title="Hire-Me1" width="336" /></a>That being said, I'm looking for work in St. Louis or for something I can do from my home in the safer suburbs of America's Most Dangerous City 2010.</div> <div> The process of finding a job has always been excruciating, but technology has made it worse.&nbsp; Almost every job posted in the area involves applying online.&nbsp; Now, that's an adventure unlike any other.&nbsp; It takes between 90 minutes and two hours to fill out one of these online applications, where they want to know every detail of your life, the exact start and end dates of each of your jobs, and a full description of your duties and skills used on each job.</div> <div> In some online <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_for_employment" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Application for employment">job application</a> systems, like the hot mess made by <a href="http://www.taleo.com/">Taleo</a>, once you've manually entered every detail of your life, THEN they ask you to upload a resume, which pretty much has the same information you JUST entered.&nbsp; Other systems put you through the same kind of hoops of fire in order to apply for a job, and many of the systems scan your application for keywords and automatically send you a rejection e mail within a couple days of your application, most likely with your information never passing before a human eye.<br /> </div> <div> This is the video Taleo uses to convince companies they're the best way to find talent.</div> <div> <iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="240" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4duoPYDpWkc" width="480"></iframe></div> <div> It certainly is easier than having to have a live human scan all those resumes, but it doesn't take anything about the applicant that isn't written in computer-friendly terms.&nbsp; Speaking of friendly, the rejection e mail from <a href="http://www.monsanto.com/whoweare/Pages/monsanto-pledge.aspx">Monsanto</a> was so nice, I thought I'd share part of it with you</div> <blockquote> <div> <div> After careful consideration by our Talent Acquisition team, we have decided to pursue other candidates who more closely reflect the overall qualifications for the position.&nbsp; We encourage you to visit our website and continue to apply for positions that best fit your qualifications.&nbsp; We will retain your candidate file in our database and may inform you of job openings that match your profile if you select this option.</div> </div> </blockquote> <div> <div> The rejection e mail from <a href="http://about.scottrade.com/">Scottrade</a> actually came three days after I applied online for a job, but it wasn't nearly as friendly as the one from Monsanto.&nbsp; I can only assume "the system" decided I wasn't qualified for these communications and social media jobs and spit me out like month old gum.</div> </div> <div> Add to this one of the great scams of the Interwebz, the sites that aggregate job listings and have you apply through their site.&nbsp; One site in particular that seems to post jobs from the Clinton administration and represents them as new postings is<a href="http://www.jibe.com/"> JIBE</a>.&nbsp; I've applied for numerous jobs from their site, and none of them seem to be current.&nbsp; Check out this note I got from them after applying for a job earlier this week.&nbsp; Remember, this is a note from the website that had posted the job as "new".</div> <blockquote> <div> Thank you for your application for <b>District Employee Communications Supervisor</b> at <b>UPS</b>. Unfortunately, we cannot submit your application because that position is no longer available. We do our best to update our site as soon as companies remove positions, but sometimes a slight delay occurs. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you.<br /> Please <a href="http://cb.sailthru.com/TtVPRmdj2RRrAAB8/TieYy6JNiHSqrp5sB7422" target="_blank">browse</a><b> JIBE's many other positions</b>, and apply to any that might be a good fit for you. Applying again will be easy now that you've uploaded your resume and basic information.<br /> Please call or email me if there's anything else I can help you with.<br /> Regards,<br /> <img alt="seths_signature_small" border="0" height="42" src="http://media.sailthru.com/19c/1jv/9/k/4e78aa3805af8.png" width="89" /><br /> Seth Handler, The JIBE Guy<br /> 212-380-1771 ext. 701</div> </blockquote> <div> I did exchange e mails with Seth, and all he could tell me was:<br /> <blockquote> Mark - I appreciate the email.<br /> <div> Jobs automatically come down off our site as soon as they are taken down from companies career sites. &nbsp;Sometimes, it takes a few hours for it to come down if it was posted on another site (<a href="http://indeed.com/" target="_blank">indeed.com</a>, <a href="http://simplyhired.com/" target="_blank">simplyhired.com</a>, etc.) &nbsp;and that's usually where the problems arise.</div> <div> We are actively working on it and than you again for your input.</div> </blockquote> <div> So it's not really JIBE (or should it be jiVe?) that's wrong, it's all the websites they're reposting jobs from.&nbsp; And there are a LOT of sites that are like this.<br /> </div> </div> <div> It's hard enough to be out of a job, especially in today's economy.&nbsp; But making it harder for those who want to find a job by putting them through the ridiculous online application process isn't just wrong, it's mean and demoralizing.</div> <div> <a href="http://markedwardsrants.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/rejected-stamp-thumb8591041.jpg"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-764" height="252" src="https://markedwardsrants.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/rejected-stamp-thumb8591041.jpg?w=300" title="rejected-stamp-thumb8591041" width="300" /></a>I'm hoping there won't be any more posts "from the beach" and I hope I don't have to spend half of every day applying for jobs I can do but don't even get considered for because I didn't get the right keywords in my application or I've worked in the radio industry for three decades and many companies don't consider radio to be a legitimate business.<br /> </div> <div> Most of all, I hope that everyone else looking for a job doesn't feel as beaten down, humiliated, and frustrated as I feel right now.</div> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/83294877">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-4551664469056068382?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AOE801zKlbZgv6jIKOwyJNSWQhk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AOE801zKlbZgv6jIKOwyJNSWQhk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AOE801zKlbZgv6jIKOwyJNSWQhk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AOE801zKlbZgv6jIKOwyJNSWQhk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/aSouWkT198U" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/aSouWkT198U/untitled.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)2http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/12/untitled.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-1057041829265578905Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:31:00 +00002011-11-30T15:58:14.629-06:00Monster JamMotorsportsFeld MotorsportsRingling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey CircusFeld EntertainmentUnited States Department of AgricultureFreestyle Motocross<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Maybe it's just me, but this seems like a really, really (can I say this word) stupid thing to do.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/111129115810-ringling-bros-elephants-story-top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/111129115810-ringling-bros-elephants-story-top.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> This morning, the news media was buzzing with how <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvin_Feld" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Irvin Feld">Feld Entertainment</a>, the producer of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.ringling.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Ringling Bros. and Barnum &amp; Bailey Circus">Ringling Brothers Barnum And Bailey Circus</a>, was <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/29/us/ringling-bros-fine/?hpt=hp_t2" target="_blank">fined</a> $270, 000 by the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.usda.gov/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="United States Department of Agriculture">United States Department of Agriculture</a> for their treatment of animals.<br /> <br /> Now, I personally have nothing against Feld Entertainment, they've been good partners and friends for over 30 years.&nbsp; 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Circus over treatment of animals</a> (cnn.com)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=fd3f386e-0ca3-4dfc-bfdf-7666e80219b2" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-1057041829265578905?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9SG6Noa3DjyWUS0nx22cEorjWtQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9SG6Noa3DjyWUS0nx22cEorjWtQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9SG6Noa3DjyWUS0nx22cEorjWtQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9SG6Noa3DjyWUS0nx22cEorjWtQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/0l8zJ63zGjc" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/0l8zJ63zGjc/its-never-too-late-to-stop-presses-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-never-too-late-to-stop-presses-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-3503604628244506042Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:16:00 +00002011-11-26T09:19:04.490-06:00National Cake DaychicagoCarrot cakeCakeEli's CheesecakeFood NetworkTwitterFast food<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote> <div> <a href="http://cdn.foodbeast.com.s3.amazonaws.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cheesecake-jumpi.jpg"><img alt="" height="288" src="http://cdn.foodbeast.com.s3.amazonaws.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cheesecake-jumpi.jpg" title="cheesecake-jumpi" width="500" /></a><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In between our news on <a href="http://www.foodbeast.com/content/category/fast-food/" target="_blank">fast food</a>, <a href="http://foodbeast.com/content/tag/bacon" target="_blank">bacon</a> and the latest shows on the <a href="http://foodbeast.com/content/tag/food-network/" target="_blank">Food Network</a>, we can’t leave you without an occasional food history lesson. <i>November 26th</i> is <i><b>National Cake Day</b></i>, a holiday that reminds how wonderful dessert can be, and how truly colorful a history our favorite <i><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cake" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Cake">cakes</a></i>&nbsp;have.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Instead of boring you with an essay on the origins of <i><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot_cake" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Carrot cake">carrot cake</a></i>, we’ve visualized a walk through the decades and pointed out everything you need to know about the cakes we love to consume in this infographic:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://cdn.foodbeast.com.s3.amazonaws.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/caked-up-infographic.jpg"><img alt="" height="3000" src="http://cdn.foodbeast.com.s3.amazonaws.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/caked-up-infographic.jpg" title="caked-up-infographic" width="500" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <b>Publisher</b> // <a href="http://foodbeast.com/content/2011/11/26/happy-national-cake-day-history-of-cake-infographic#"></a><a href="http://foodbeast.com/content/2011/11/26/happy-national-cake-day-history-of-cake-infographic/mailto:elie@foodbeast.com">elie@foodbeast.com</a> // Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/eliepoo">@eliepoo</a> </div> </blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"> via <a href="http://foodbeast.com/content/2011/11/26/happy-national-cake-day-history-of-cake-infographic/">foodbeast.com</a></div> A hearty THANK YOU to Elie and the gang at Foodbeast.com for the reminder that today is indeed National Cake Day! I'll celebrate with my favorite cake of all, Chicago's very own <a class="zem_slink" href="http://twitter.com/elischeesecake" rel="twitter" target="_blank" title="Eli's Cheesecake">Eli's Cheesecake</a>, thankyouverymuch.</div> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/happy-national-cake-day-history-of-cake-infog">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=8a11cda9-c26a-4e2c-96ba-1e754e638514" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-3503604628244506042?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/288a9zbvQAM5e3-M1pOXfRCM44I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/288a9zbvQAM5e3-M1pOXfRCM44I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/288a9zbvQAM5e3-M1pOXfRCM44I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/288a9zbvQAM5e3-M1pOXfRCM44I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/BlNwB1oOP5I" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/BlNwB1oOP5I/happy-national-cake-day-history-of-cake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)1http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/11/happy-national-cake-day-history-of-cake.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-7915668178500947484Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:47:00 +00002011-11-23T18:04:11.736-06:00Turkeys AwayHerb TarlekWKRP In CincinnatiBill Dialholiday traditionTurkeyThanksgivingSitcomGodHolidays<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-size: small;">We all have our own traditions around <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/thanksgiving" rel="huffingtonpost" target="_blank" title="Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</a>.&nbsp; Yours may involve making a huge meal, yams, football, or something your family has done for generations.&nbsp; For me, it's "WKRP In Cincinnati" Season 1 Episode 7, first aired on October 30, 1978.&nbsp; The episode was called "<a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.hulu.com/wkrp-in-cincinnati" rel="hulu" target="_blank" title="WKRP in Cincinnati - Full Episodes and Clips streaming online for free">Turkeys Away</a>", and any radio person or WKRP fan knows the story.&nbsp;</span><br /> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">The show was written by the late, great <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224482/" target="_blank">Bill Dial</a> and features one of the great quotes in the history of sitcoms:</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">As God Is My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-size: small;">Enjoy this great piece of history as you unbuckle your pants <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Tarlek" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Herb Tarlek">Herb Tarlek</a> style.</span><br /> <br /> <object height="288" width="512"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/ARGH13THKHoYcvgLRNOP6Q"> </param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param> <embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/ARGH13THKHoYcvgLRNOP6Q" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&nbsp; 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So, with great thanks to "The Sleep Doctor", <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thesleepdoctor" target="_blank">Michael Breus, MD,</a> time to debunk a big Thanksgiving myth.&nbsp; And yes, I do feel like one of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.html" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="MythBusters">Mythbusters</a>.&nbsp; Probably <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.adamsavage.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Adam Savage">Adam Savage</a>.<br /> <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="w410" style="width: 410px;"><tbody> <tr style="border-collapse: collapse;"><td class="w410" style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="410"><div align="left" class="article-title" style="color: #c25130; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px;"> The Truth About Turkey</div> </td></tr> <tr style="border-collapse: collapse;"> <td class="w410" style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="410"><img border="0" class="w410" height="327" label="Image" src="http://i7.createsend1.com/ei/r/51/6BD/555/csimport/MP900409576.002645.JPG" style="display: block; height: auto; line-height: 100%; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none;" width="410" /></td></tr> <tr style="border-collapse: collapse;"> <td class="w410" height="15" style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="410"><br /></td></tr> <tr style="border-collapse: collapse;"> <td class="w410" style="border-collapse: collapse;" width="410"> <div align="left" class="article-content" style="color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-top: 0px;"> Ever wonder about Thanksgiving and all those sleepy feelings after the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meal" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Meal">meal</a>? Was it the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryptophan" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Tryptophan">tryptophan</a> in the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_turkey" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Domestic turkey">turkey</a>? It's time to bust that turkey myth. While turkey does have tryptophan in it, which is a precursor to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Melatonin">Melatonin</a>, the key that starts the engine for sleep, you would need to eat a 46 pound turkey to get enough tryptophan to make you sleep. Not only that, tryptophan does not work in the presence of large amounts of protein, so even if you could that enourmous turkey, the protein would probably make it less effective.<br /> So why so tired after that meal? The likely culprits are the stress with traveling, making the big meal, and possibly visiting with all those relatives.<br /> There are some sleep friendly foods if you are looking for a a good <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snack_food" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Snack food">snack</a> before bed. Meals or snacks high in carbohydrates, with&nbsp; a small amount of protein, eaten one and half hours before bed, seem to help induce sleep. Perfect examples include cheese and crackers or a small bowl of non-sugar cereal, or even a very small piece of cheesecake.&nbsp; If you are more into fruit as a natural healthy snack then think about tart cherries or tart <a href="http://thesleepdoctor.createsend1.com/t/r/l/iyjycd/cjddhttjy/jt/" style="color: #d62b33; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cherry juice</a>. Studies show it has more natural melatonin than any other fruit and lots of anti-aging antioxidants as well.</div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </blockquote> To you and yours, best wishes for a joyous Thanksgiving weekend! If you run into someone who can give me a job, please tell them I'm home for the holiday and ready to take their call.<br /> <div class="zemanta-related"> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;"> Related articles</h6> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://blog.zocdoc.com/thanksgiving-dinner-makes-you-sleepy-dont-rule-out-tryptophan-yet-fact-vs-myth/" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Dinner Makes You Sleepy? Don't Rule Out Tryptophan Yet. Fact Vs. Myth</a> (zocdoc.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://zombieresearch.net/2011/11/21/what-can-thanksgiving-tell-us-about-zombies/" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Turkey and Zombies</a> (zombieresearch.net)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://aleheads.com/2011/11/22/a-thanksgiving-sixpack/" target="_blank">A Thanksgiving Sixpack</a> (aleheads.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://webecoist.com/2011/11/22/flipping-the-bird-8-turkey-free-thanksgiving-treats/" target="_blank">Flipping The Bird: 8 Turkey-Free Thanksgiving Treats</a> (webecoist.com)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=30b6a15d-05ae-49f6-bad4-2d987ab98155" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-2510002723541802846?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/u5qeHOEXkuRrwqLyn7rKOVSfEfA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/u5qeHOEXkuRrwqLyn7rKOVSfEfA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/u5qeHOEXkuRrwqLyn7rKOVSfEfA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/u5qeHOEXkuRrwqLyn7rKOVSfEfA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/PK8bQwwcqDY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/PK8bQwwcqDY/mmmmmmmmmmmmmm-turkey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)057 Court St, Plymouth, MA 02360, USA41.9584457 -70.667262141.769520199999995 -70.9831191 42.1473712 -70.35140510000001http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/11/mmmmmmmmmmmmmm-turkey.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-7908887824319470737Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:49:00 +00002011-11-18T21:53:02.818-06:00Jerry LucasspyingWashingtonWashington DCMiddle EastprivacysurveillanceintellegenceWall Street JournalspyGeorge Washington University Law SchoolJULIA ANGWINhacking<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote> <div> <div> <h3> By <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS#">JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES</a>, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS#">JULIA ANGWIN</a> and <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS#">STEVE STECKLOW</a> </h3> <a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/">Documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal</a> open a rare window into a new global market for the off-the-shelf <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Surveillance">surveillance technology</a> that has arisen in the decade since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.<br /> <div> <div> <h3> <a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/">The Surveillance Catalog</a> </h3> <div> <div> <div> <a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/"><img alt="[SURVEILLANCE-PR]" border="0" height="176" src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-QQ473_SURVEI_D_20111118142802.jpg" width="262" /></a><br /> <a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> The techniques described in the trove of 200-plus marketing documents, spanning 36 companies, include <a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/#/search/category:hacking">hacking tools</a> that enable governments to break into people's computers and cellphones, and "<a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/#/search/category:intercept">massive intercept</a>" gear that can gather all Internet communications in a country. The papers were obtained from attendees of a secretive surveillance conference held near <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8951111111,-77.0366666667&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=38.8951111111,-77.0366666667%20%28Washington%2C%20D.C.%29&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, last month.<br /> Intelligence agencies in the U.S. and abroad have long conducted their own surveillance. But in recent years, a retail market for surveillance tools has sprung up from "nearly zero" in 2001 to about $5 billion a year, said Jerry Lucas, president of TeleStrategies Inc., the show's operator. <br /> Critics say the market represents a new sort of arms trade supplying Western governments and repressive nations alike. "The Arab Spring countries all had more sophisticated surveillance capabilities than I would have guessed," said Andrew McLaughlin, who recently left his post as deputy chief technology officer in the White House, referring to the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Middle East">Middle Eastern</a> and African nations racked by violent crackdowns on dissent.<br /> <div> <div> <h3> <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/11/18/how-the-off-the-shelf-surveillance-industry-has-grown/">How the 'Off the Shelf' Surveillance Industry Has Grown</a> </h3> </div> </div> The Journal this year <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304520804576345970862420038.html">uncovered</a> an <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_surveillance" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Computer surveillance">Internet surveillance</a> center installed by a French firm in Libya and reported that software made by Britain's Gamma International UK Ltd., had been used in Egypt to intercept dissidents' Skype conversations. In October, a U.S. company that makes Internet-filtering gear <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203687504577001911398596328.html">acknowledged</a> to the Journal that its devices were being used in Syria.<br /> Companies making and selling this gear say it is intended to catch criminals and is available only to governments and law enforcement. They say they obey export laws and aren't responsible for how the tools are used.<br /> Trade-show organizer Mr. Lucas added that his event isn't political. "We don't really get into asking, 'Is this in the public interest?'" he said.<br /> TeleStrategies holds ISS World conferences world-wide. The one near Washington, D.C., caters mainly to U.S., Canadian, Caribbean and Latin American authorities. The annual conference in Dubai has long served as a chance for Middle Eastern nations to meet companies hawking surveillance gear. <br /> <div> Many technologies at the Washington-area show related to "massive intercept" monitoring, which can capture vast amounts of data. Telesoft Technologies Ltd. of the U.K. touted its device in its documents as offering "<a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/documents/267027-telesoft-technologies-hinton-5000-interceptor/#document/p1/a38601">targeted or mass capture of 10s of thousands of simultaneous conversations from fixed or cellular networks</a>." Telesoft declined to comment.<br /> California-based Net Optics Inc., whose tools make monitoring gear more efficient, presented at the show and offers a case study on its website that describes helping a "<a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/documents/266953-netoptics-china/#document/p1/a38148">major mobile operator in China</a>" conduct "real-time monitoring" of cellphone Internet content. The goal was to help "analyze criminal activity" as well as "detect and filter undesirable content," the case study says.<br /> Net Optics' CEO, Bob Shaw, said his company follows "to the letter of the law" U.S. export regulations. "We make sure we're not shipping to any countries that are forbidden or on the embargo list," he said in an interview.<br /> Among the most controversial technologies on display at the conference were essentially computer-hacking tools to enable government agents to break into people's computers and cellphones, log their keystrokes and access their data. Although hacking techniques are generally illegal in the U.S., law enforcement can use them with an appropriate warrant, said Orin Kerr, a professor at <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.law.gwu.edu/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="George Washington University Law School">George Washington University Law School</a> and former computer-crime attorney at the Justice Department.<br /> The documents show that at least three companies—Vupen Security SA of France, HackingTeam SRL of Italy and Gamma's FinFisher—marketed their skill at the kinds of techniques often used in "malware," the software used by criminals trying to steal people's financial or personal details. The goal is to overcome the fact that most surveillance techniques are "useless against encryption and can't reach information that never leaves the device," Marco Valleri, offensive-security manager at HackingTeam, said in an interview. "We can defeat that."<br /> Representatives of HackingTeam said they tailor their products to the laws of the country where they are being sold. The firm's products include an auditing system that aims to prevent misuse by officials. "An officer cannot use our product to spy on his wife, for example," Mr. Valleri said.<br /> Mr. Valleri said HackingTeam asks government customers to sign a license in which they agree not to provide the technology to unauthorized countries. <br /> Vupen, which gave a presentation at the conference on "exploiting computer and mobile vulnerabilities for electronic surveillance," said its tools take advantage of security holes in computers or cellphones that manufacturers aren't yet aware of. Vupen's marketing documents describe its researchers as "<a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/documents/267761-documents-265202-vupen-exploits/#document/p1/a38929">dedicated</a>" to finding "<a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/documents/267761-documents-265202-vupen-exploits/#document/p1/a38929">unpatched vulnerabilities</a>" in software created by <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS#">Microsoft</a> Corp., <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS#">Apple</a> Inc. and others. On its website, the company offered attendees a "free Vupen exploit sample" that relied on an already-patched security hole.<br /> Vupen says it restricts its sales to Australia, New Zealand, members and partners of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.8761555556,4.42201111111&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=50.8761555556,4.42201111111%20%28NATO%29&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="NATO">North Atlantic Treaty Organization</a> and the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="ASEAN">Association of Southeast Asian Nations</a>. The company says it won't sell to countries subject to international embargoes, and that its research must be used for national-security purposes only and in accordance with ethical practices and applicable laws.<br /> The documents for FinFisher, a Gamma product, say it works by "<a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/documents/267850-merged-finfly-isp/#document/p1/a39171">sending fake software updates for popular software</a>." In one example, FinFisher says intelligence agents deployed its products "<a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/documents/267849-merged-finfly-web/">within the main Internet service provider of their country</a>" and infected people's computers by "covertly injecting" FinFisher code on websites that people then visited.<br /> The company also claims to have allowed an intelligence agency to trick users into downloading its software onto BlackBerry mobile phones "<a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/documents/267844-merged-finspy-mobile/#document/p1/a39214">to monitor all communications, including [texts], email and BlackBerry Messenger</a>." Its marketing documents say its programs enable spying using devices and software from Apple, Microsoft, and <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS#">Google</a> Inc., among others. FinFisher documents at the conference were offered in English, <a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/documents/267875-finfisher-arabic-brochure/">Arabic</a> and other languages.<br /> A Google spokesman declined to comment on FinFisher specifically, adding that Google doesn't "tolerate abuse of our services."<br /> An Apple spokeswoman said the company works "to find and fix any issues that could compromise [users'] systems." Apple on Monday introduced a security update to iTunes that could stop an attack similar to the type FinFisher claims to use, namely offering bogus software updates that install spyware.<br /> Microsoft and Research In Motion Ltd., which makes BlackBerry devices, declined to comment.<br /> The documents discovered in Egypt earlier this year indicated that Gamma's Egyptian reseller was offering FinFisher systems there for about $560,000. Gamma's lawyer told the Journal in April that it never sold the products to Egypt's government.<br /> Gamma didn't respond to requests for comment for this article. Like most companies interviewed, Gamma declined to disclose its buyers, citing confidentiality agreements.<br /> Privacy advocates say manufacturers should be more transparent about their activities. Eric King of the U.K. nonprofit Privacy International said "the complex network of supply chains and subsidiaries involved in this trade allows one after the other to continually pass the buck and abdicate responsibility." Mr. King routinely attends surveillance-industry events to gather information on the trade.<br /> At the Washington and Dubai trade conferences this year, which are generally closed to the public, Journal reporters were prevented by organizers from attending sessions or entering the exhibition halls. February's Dubai conference took place at a time of widespread unrest elsewhere in the region. Nearly 900 people showed up, down slightly because of the regional turmoil, according to an organizer.<br /> Presentations in Dubai included how to intercept wireless Internet traffic, monitor social networks and track cellphone users. "All of the companies involved in lawful intercept are trying to sell to the Middle East," said Simone Benvenuti, of RCS SpA, an Italian company that sells monitoring centers and other "interception solutions," mostly to governments. He declined to identify any clients in the region.<br /> In interviews in Dubai, executives at several companies said they were aware their products could be abused by authoritarian regimes but they can't control their use after a sale. "This is the dilemma," said Klaus Mochalski, co-founder of ipoque, a German company specializing in deep-packet inspection, a powerful technology that analyzes Internet traffic. "It's like a knife. You can always cut vegetables but you can also kill your neighbor." He referred to it as "a constant moral, ethical dilemma we have."<br /> <cite>—Paul Sonne contributed to this article.</cite><br /> <b>Write to </b> Jennifer Valentino DeVries at <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS#"></a><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS/mailto:jennifer.valentino-devries@wsj.com">jennifer.valentino-devries@wsj.com</a>, Julia Angwin at <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS#"></a><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS/mailto:julia.angwin@wsj.com">julia.angwin@wsj.com</a> and Steve Stecklow at <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS#"></a><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS/mailto:steve.stecklow@wsj.com">steve.stecklow@wsj.com</a> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"> via <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577044192607407780.html?mod=djemalertNEWS">online.wsj.com</a></div> This, in a word, is some scary stuff. Not only can the government use these things, companies and even individuals like you and me can. For the details on the items, check out <a href="http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/?mod=djemalertNEWS#/">http://projects.wsj.com/surveillance-catalog/?mod=djemalertNEWS#/</a></div> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/document-trove-exposes-surveillance-methods-w">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> <div class="zemanta-related"> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;"> Related articles</h6> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://2012indyinfo.com/2011/11/02/governments-turn-to-hacking-techniques-for-surveillance-of-citizens/" target="_blank">Governments Turn to Hacking Techniques for Surveillance of Citizens</a> (2012indyinfo.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://rt.com/usa/news/dc-governments-spy-surveillance-443/" target="_blank">DC convention helps governments spy on citizens</a> (rt.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_does_google_protect_your_data_in_the_cloud.php" target="_blank">How Does Google Protect Your Data in The Cloud?</a> (readwriteweb.com)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=1dd28899-9ea7-4f9f-8dee-06a4a4968edb" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-7908887824319470737?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-2VEza9R5r-szjMJUeTEB2GLCzM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-2VEza9R5r-szjMJUeTEB2GLCzM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-2VEza9R5r-szjMJUeTEB2GLCzM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-2VEza9R5r-szjMJUeTEB2GLCzM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/uTFe2goQo9k" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/uTFe2goQo9k/by-jennifer-valentino-devries-julia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/11/by-jennifer-valentino-devries-julia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-6461631616632711043Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:16:00 +00002011-11-16T09:16:23.158-06:00censorshipsopastop sopaprior restraint<div class='posterous_autopost'><div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Media_httpamericancen_attfa" height="1972" src="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/markedwards/IkqqfmBzIwotclHHiHcGpojyowphAwcmvbggjBzCygarcEvagwtrvtngucAB/media_httpamericancen_AttFa.png.scaled500.png" width="500" /> </div> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://americancensorship.org/infographic.html">americancensorship.org</a></div> <p></p></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/dont-let-congress-take-away-your-internet-fre">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-6461631616632711043?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JVhLwhbxalSz65qLsZYWujI3QaE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JVhLwhbxalSz65qLsZYWujI3QaE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JVhLwhbxalSz65qLsZYWujI3QaE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JVhLwhbxalSz65qLsZYWujI3QaE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/oAHYe5yDxI8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/oAHYe5yDxI8/via-americancensorship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/11/via-americancensorship.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-6093194540745392492Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:20:00 +00002011-11-15T19:18:34.859-06:00sopainternetRedStateYouTubeDigital Millennium Copyright ActIntellectual propertycopyrightstop sopaMPAAFuture of Music CoalitionlegislationGroovesharkRIAAUnion Square Ventures<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote> <div> A&nbsp;decade ago, the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Digital audio">digital music</a> world was at war, and since then times seemed to have changed for the better. Thankfully, the conflict between technological innovation and the established entertainment industry has evolved from an all-out war to a more productive (if occasionally challenging) dialogue between artists, producers, distributors and industry. And everyone agrees that resources should be brought to bear against the distribution of unlicensed physical product and the worst of the worst in Internet actors. Still, the delicate détente among the players has to be kept in perspective as debate continues regarding how we treat copyright, ownership and intellectual property online.<br /> Unfortunately, two weeks ago content owners declared a new war on the technology industry with the House introduction of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This bill effectively draws new battle lines in the ongoing struggle over content online, with both sides — owners and providers — manning the barricades over the best way to protect content while maximizing consumer access.<br /> Never before has technology changed the music business in such profoundly important and overwhelmingly positive ways. The new model has revolutionized the business of distributing content, expanding revenue streams for artists and labels and providing virtually unlimited access to music for consumers. This isn’t about upsetting the old regime — that’s already been done, and there’s no turning back. Streaming and “the cloud” represent the future, and such open platforms as <a class="zem_slink" href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Grooveshark">Grooveshark</a> — which work with artists, collection agencies and content partners — allow artists to have their music heard across the globe without ever giving up their rights of ownership.<br /> What’s missing from the debate is an appreciation for how technology has opened the markets to more content than ever in our history. Today, thanks to such platforms as Grooveshark, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.youtube.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> and Facebook, as well as hardware manufacturers and software providers, artists are empowered to create high-quality music for millions of listeners around the world with only a few hundred dollars and a quiet basement.<br /> The cost of production has never been lower. The cost of promotion has never been lower. The barriers of access to distribution have crumbled. There are more artists than ever before, creating more music then ever before, and it’s being heard by more people in more places at lower prices than ever before — a direct result of technology and innovation. And yet, many have been slow to participate.<br /> We launched Grooveshark to turn these new technological paradigms into a reality and deliver on the promise of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Network neutrality">open Internet</a> while providing a new, legal alternative to piracy. Because of these new paradigms, the music world is now more vibrant than ever — all while our technology enables content owners to stop album “leaks” and remove unauthorized material from a centralized location.<br /> But all of these achievements are meaningless if rights holders refuse to participate in the process. The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Digital Millennium Copyright Act">Digital Millennium Copyright Act</a> (DMCA) of 1998 — drafted with a fair share of input from content holders — struck a careful division of labor after years of negotiation. SOPA dismantles DMCA overnight, cutting off websites from payment and ad services without even a judge’s review, solely on the basis of a rights holder’s allegations — choking off income until they wither on the vine and die off. This is bad for the country and worse for artists.<br /> Last week, the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.futureofmusic.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Future of Music Coalition">Future of Music Coalition</a> (FMC) voiced its opposition to SOPA, dealing a critical blow to the bill’s credibility. Unlike the other organizations that oppose the bill, the FMC unscrupulously represents the interests of artists, proving that the “job protection” claims of SOPA proponents are a red herring.<br /> Yet, the industry is still trying to force SOPA through, posing great threats not only to the new music paradigms but to democracy and legal due process as a whole. In addition to strangling the flourishing online music ecosystem, SOPA would give the government broad ability to shut down what it loosely deems “rogue websites.” This alone has formed an unlikely alliance of anti-SOPA advocates, from the liberal Demand Progress to the conservative RedState — two outlets that don’t often see eye to eye.<br /> SOPA has declared a new war on the very technology companies that are combating piracy while providing ways to ensure that artists and other content owners realize new alternative revenue streams for their work. We believe in protecting <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property rights</a>, but over-reaching legislation such as SOPA will stifle the now-vibrant music economy, silence consumers and American businesses without due process and create an Internet security hole that could just as easily have been avoided.<br /> Fred Wilson of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.unionsquareventures.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Union Square Ventures">Union Square Ventures</a> put it best on his AVC blog last month: SOPA would kill the goose that laid the golden egg. Technology has delivered us such an animal. No, it’s not just artist royalties anymore — it’s in an entirely new music ecosystem that is not being exploited by those with the greatest control. Legislators are now in a position to encourage compromise, to step back and think about the broader implications of such an expansive piece of legislation or, conversely, to fast-track SOPA and set the clock back 20 years on American ingenuity.<br /> <i>Geller is senior vice president of external 
affairs at Grooveshark.</i></div> </blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"> via <a href="http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/193833-digital-wars-round-2-killing-the-golden-goose">thehill.com</a></div> <b>Paul Geller's very insightful look at all that is wrong with the SOPA Bill, going to the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="United States House Committee on the Judiciary">House Judiciary Committee</a> Wednesday. I've spoken out enough about this ruling, just read the piece and think for just a moment as to how bad this will be for the tech and content creation industries. This bill has to be stopped in it's tracks.</b></div> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/sopa-hits-the-house-wednesday-digital-wars-ro">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> <div class="zemanta-related"> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;"> Related articles</h6> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/11/hollywood-and-congress-target.php" target="_blank">Hollywood and Congress Target Mozilla</a> (readwriteweb.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/stop-online-piracy-act-2011-10" target="_blank">This Ridiculous Online Piracy Law That Blocks Websites Without Warning May Actually Pass Congress</a> (businessinsider.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/243917/lawmakers_seek_alternative_to_stop_online_piracy_act.html" target="_blank">Lawmakers Seek Alternative to Stop Online Piracy Act</a> (pcworld.com)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=69f2b5b4-fc19-4a5d-a661-47e32265f671" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-6093194540745392492?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bv94dTZvE2YzGjLL7LF85UWjdAU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bv94dTZvE2YzGjLL7LF85UWjdAU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bv94dTZvE2YzGjLL7LF85UWjdAU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bv94dTZvE2YzGjLL7LF85UWjdAU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/EYq5qpzo4D0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/EYq5qpzo4D0/ago-digital-music-world-was-at-war-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/11/ago-digital-music-world-was-at-war-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-7090441988845010567Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:33:00 +00002011-11-15T11:37:12.127-06:00radiogeneral managerjobsmall market radio<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> <i>I'm in the midst of looking for a job right now, and most of the things I see are straight commission sales "opportunities" or something that I take an hour to fill out an online application and get an automated rejection letter in two days.&nbsp; THAT is another blog post.</i><br /> <i>I came across this listing, and while I'm not qualified to do the job because of the whole lots of sales experience thing, this could be a tremendous opportnity for someone who is ready to plant roots and do REAL radio.&nbsp; Here's the listing:</i><br /> <div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <img alt="Nmf68as" height="400" src="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-11-15/okkenrofbyCikbkyByjHimvpkqqIvxjfiCAgoBvAEskcFHajJaJkkpGgHdIs/nmf68as.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="300" /> </div> <blockquote> Do you love small market radio? Are you known as a street fighter and problem solver that leads by example? Would subordinates praise your people skills and leadership abilities? Would superiors commend your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_ethic" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Work ethic">work ethic</a>, character and ability to produce results? Is one of your dreams to live in a beautiful area like the Northwoods and Lake Country of Wisconsin? Heartland Communications Group has an exceptional opportunity for a great <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_manager" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="General manager">General Manager</a> to lead <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.9755555556,-89.2455555556&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=45.9755555556,-89.2455555556%20%28WERL%29&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="WERL">WERL</a>-AM and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.1658333333,-89.3658333333&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=46.1658333333,-89.3658333333%20%28WRJO%29&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="WRJO">WRJO</a>-FM in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.92,-89.2502777778&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=45.92,-89.2502777778%20%28Eagle%20River%2C%20Wisconsin%29&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Eagle River, Wisconsin">Eagle River, Wisconsin</a>. Email your resume in confidence with contact information and references to Dave Martin <a href="mailto:erheartland@gmail.com" target="_blank">erheartland@gmail.com</a> [EOE]</blockquote> <i>I hope you ro someone you know finds this job of interest.&nbsp; Good Luck!</i><br /> <br /> <i>Oh yeah, if you hear of anything for yours truly, feel free to drop me a line at <a href="mailto:mark@markedwardsworldwide.com">mark@markedwardsworldwide.com</a> or call 773.336.2753.&nbsp; Thankyouverymuch!</i><br /> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=cb20a1a2-bf15-40c8-b0fa-ba64f3e3464f" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/great-radio-job-that-im-not-qualifed-for-but">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-7090441988845010567?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h27tYxWhdES_L26lGMGHnvR7Lx8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h27tYxWhdES_L26lGMGHnvR7Lx8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h27tYxWhdES_L26lGMGHnvR7Lx8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h27tYxWhdES_L26lGMGHnvR7Lx8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/l2o33H1TitI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/l2o33H1TitI/im-in-midst-of-looking-for-job-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/11/im-in-midst-of-looking-for-job-right.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-1608403890925126228Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:00:00 +00002011-11-13T17:38:01.920-06:00iPhoneSprintcustomer serviceHandheldsSmartphoneAppleDan HesseATandamp;TFacebookconsumerist.comcustomer careconsumermobile phoneConsumer ReportiPhone 4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> Via <a href="http://consumerist.com/2011/11/reader-gets-att-to-admit-its-their-towers-that-suck-not-the-iphone.html#" target="_blank">The Consumerist</a>: <br /> <blockquote> <div> <div> <img height="240" src="http://static1.consumerist.com/iphoneportraiture.jpg" width="188" /> <br /> (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/notionscapital/5286424197/" target="_blank">Mike Licht</a>)</div> Melissa couldn't get any reception around her home on her <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="iPhone">iPhone</a>, despite living only 20 minutes from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.8833333333,-87.6333333333&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=41.8833333333,-87.6333333333%20%28Chicago%20Loop%29&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Chicago Loop">downtown Chicago</a>. Zero bars. It wasn't just annoying to always miss calls, it was also damaging her rental business. But thanks to a detailed, and snarky, email to the CEO of AT&amp;T, she was able to get the wireless provider to reset its towers and fix the service around her house.<br /> At first <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.att.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="South Central Bell">AT&amp;T</a> told her the problem was with her phone. All the problems would disappear once she upgraded from her iPhone 3G to an iPhone 4. She did, and they didn't. Then AT&amp;T tried to tell her that it was her car that was interfering with the signal. But she would step out of her car and there would still be low reception. Since she could drive to her parent's remote lake house and have perfect reception, it really seemed like the problem was localized around her home. (If you have a low vulnerability to motion sickness, you can <a href="http://www.flipshare.com/view.aspx?nRecipient=&amp;nFrame=NjZFNThDQUYtREFGOC00OEQ4LTk1NEItRTM1Q0Q3M0RDNzQ5&amp;nMedia=NzUxRDgxNTgtMzQzNi00Q0M0LTlEMzItMzRENzhDOTIxOTFC&amp;emailThumbnail=single&amp;nT=" target="_blank">watch this shaky and blurry Flip cam video</a> of Melissa having zero bars inside her house. The text on the screen, referring to the speed of the text messages, says "They go fast inside. Just can't hear you.)<br /> It wasn't until she sent the following email to AT&amp;T CEO <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_L._Stephenson" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Randall L. Stephenson">Randall Stephenson</a> that she got real action:<br /> <blockquote> <div> “</div> Dear Randall, <br /> I know I said yesterday I would stop with the emails but today was not a good day for me and the iPhone 4. Also I would like to mention that I spoke with Katria this morning. I would like to say that the phone conversation was very pleasant, funny and very, very helpful. Seriously. I really mean that. She was very very helpful. <br /> So here is what's going on today. Maybe this will help your tech's figure out the problem. Maybe there is actually a problem. I still believe it's <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.7166666667,-74.0&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=40.7166666667,-74.0%20%28New%20York%20City%29&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="New York City">New York</a> all over again where you had to stop selling them. The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Apple">Apple</a> store even said that but no one at AT&amp;T will admit that. <br /> <img alt="loading1.jpg" height="202" src="http://consumerist.com/loading1.jpg" width="200" />Taken in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=41.5513888889,-87.5013888889&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=41.5513888889,-87.5013888889%20%28Munster%2C%20Indiana%29&amp;t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Munster, Indiana">Munster, IN</a> (25 miles from downtown Chicago). These are taken today and the time is CST. This was while sitting in my car outside. Maybe my car is at fault. <br /> <img alt="loading2.jpg" height="198" src="http://consumerist.com/loading2.jpg" width="200" />Yep, still in Munster IN in my car. Still won't load. Again, maybe it's my cars fault. <br /> <img alt="loading3.jpg" height="305" src="http://consumerist.com/loading3.jpg" width="200" />Wow, look it loaded finally. And hey, congrats to my brother on getting that barfly badge on yelp. I told him to add it to his resume. It shows commitment and follow through. BTW he posted that to his Facebook yesterday so really no new news. Still in Munster IN.<br /> <br /> <img alt="loading5.jpg" height="300" src="http://consumerist.com/loading5.jpg" width="200" />Still in Munster IN. Still not updated. Still really proud of my brother. BTW he's 25, I remember being 25. Good times. <br /> <img alt="notupdated.jpg" height="300" src="http://consumerist.com/notupdated.jpg" width="200" />Wow, have to be connected to a network, that's shocking! Still in Munster IN. <br /> <br /> <img alt="justgotmy.jpg" height="300" src="http://consumerist.com/justgotmy.jpg" width="200" />Now please let me explain that the doctor is really not asking her to sample actual shit. It was pills to make her back feel better. I would never recommend a doctor that makes you sample that. Back in my home town of Whiting IN.<br /> Also had a great call with my lawyer today at 12:29pm again I believe maybe Munster or Highland IN. They couldn't hear me. BTW lawsuit has nothing to do with you. I was injured. I'm not suing. Just want my phone to work. Anyway, again, another important phone call while driving and THEY COULDN'T HEAR ME!<br /> Also Randall, My cousin Amy who is not taking the what we talked about before came over last night and we put our iPhones side by side. She had sent me a text message that never came through. I was unable to take a picture of this. I'm going to suggest to Apple that their next new iPhone model can connect two of them together and some how take a picture. Randall, I suggest if they do make this product you only sell it on the moon. I believe they may have good reception there.<br /> So here we go again. Another day, more lost calls and texts. But I just want you to know I sleep good at night that I upgraded and you got that money and I added internet to my second line and you get that money. I really really really hope you spend it on jet fuel to get around. That would mean a lot to me. <br /> All My Love,<br /> UNSATISFIED AT&amp;T USER<br /> Melissa<br /> <div> ”</div> </blockquote> After she sent this out, AT&amp;T called her to tell her the information in it had helped them diagnose the problem. They were going to reset several towers in her area. Melissa noticed a change. She had more than one bar on her phone and people were able to hear and understand what she said in phone conversations. Amazing! AT&amp;T also credited her $79.99 for her troubles.<br /> <div> <div> More About: </div> <ul> <li><a href="http://consumerist.com/2011/11/reader-gets-att-to-admit-its-their-towers-that-suck-not-the-iphone.html#" rel="tag">success stories</a>,</li> <li><a href="http://consumerist.com/2011/11/reader-gets-att-to-admit-its-their-towers-that-suck-not-the-iphone.html#" rel="tag">at&amp;t</a>,</li> <li><a href="http://consumerist.com/2011/11/reader-gets-att-to-admit-its-their-towers-that-suck-not-the-iphone.html#" rel="tag">readers</a>,</li> <li><a href="http://consumerist.com/2011/11/reader-gets-att-to-admit-its-their-towers-that-suck-not-the-iphone.html#" rel="tag">apple</a>,</li> <li><a href="http://consumerist.com/2011/11/reader-gets-att-to-admit-its-their-towers-that-suck-not-the-iphone.html#" rel="tag">iphone</a>,</li> <li><a href="http://consumerist.com/2011/11/reader-gets-att-to-admit-its-their-towers-that-suck-not-the-iphone.html#" rel="tag">cellphones</a></li> </ul> </div> <div> From ConsumerReports.org:</div> <div> <ul> <li><a href="http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2011/03/consumer-reports-finds-ipad-2-battery-life-is-at-least-12-hours.html?EXTKEY=I91ECON&amp;CMP=OTC-ConsumeristLinks">Consumer Reports finds iPad 2 battery life is at least 12 hours</a></li> <li><a href="http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2011/03/motorola-xoom-wi-fi-edition-32gb-coming-march-27-at-just-599.html?EXTKEY=I91ECON&amp;CMP=OTC-ConsumeristLinks">Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi Edition 32GB coming March 27 at just $599</a></li> <li><a href="http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2011/03/ipad-2-video-first-look.html?EXTKEY=I91ECON&amp;CMP=OTC-ConsumeristLinks">First Look: Apple iPad 2 (video)</a></li> </ul> </div> <div> <a href="http://twitter.com/consumerist" target="_new"><img height="65" src="http://consumerist.com/css/images/followusplease1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); float: left;" width="161" /></a><br /> <a href="http://twitter.com/consumerist" target="_new"></a> <a href="https://consumerreports.secure-donor.com/consumerist?source=9090000002" target="_new"><img height="65" src="http://consumerist.com/wedonttakeads.gif" style="border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); float: left; margin-left: 10px;" width="161" /></a></div> <div> <a href="http://consumerist.com/2011/11/reader-gets-att-to-admit-its-their-towers-that-suck-not-the-iphone.html#comments" style="color: black;" title="38 Comments"> 38 Comments </a> </div> </div> </blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"> via <a href="http://consumerist.com/2011/11/reader-gets-att-to-admit-its-their-towers-that-suck-not-the-iphone.html">consumerist.com</a></div> <br /> <i><b>Interesting. I'm having a very similar problem with <a href="http://www.sprint.com/" target="_blank">Sprint</a>, and they have been unresponsive, failed to meet commitments to even call me back, and have ignored a score of e mails like this lady sent. I wonder if the people at Sprint even care about customer service. I have the private emails of most of their top execs, including CEO Dan Hesse, but NONE of them have ever written back. Sure doesn't seem like it. And yes, The Consumerist has copies of all my emails and calls.&nbsp;</b></i><br /> <br /> <i><b>SO here's the question: Should I post all the e mails and legally recorded phone calls I've had with Sprint? The call where the dude I'm talking with freaks out when I inform him the call is being recorded and read him the Missouri and FCC laws about recording calls is worth the price of admission alone. Classic corporate meltdown.&nbsp;</b></i><br /> <br /> <i><b>What do YOU think?</b></i></div> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/reader-gets-att-to-admit-its-their-towers-tha">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> <div class="zemanta-related"> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0 0 0;"> Related articles</h6> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sprint-deal-will-mean-6-million-more-iphones-sold-in-2012-2011-8" target="_blank">Sprint Deal Will Mean 6 Million More iPhones Sold In 2012 (APPL, S)</a> (businessinsider.com)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=7b70c4e8-cb5a-42bc-bc36-db3d237b436a" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-1608403890925126228?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9Flb8SzJn4AjFNhVbHUKcNgseQU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9Flb8SzJn4AjFNhVbHUKcNgseQU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9Flb8SzJn4AjFNhVbHUKcNgseQU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9Flb8SzJn4AjFNhVbHUKcNgseQU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/yJZZjXUBDow" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/yJZZjXUBDow/reader-gets-at-to-admit-it-their-towers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)1Overland Park, KS, USA38.9822282 -94.670791738.8834832 -94.82872019999999 39.0809732 -94.5128632http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/11/reader-gets-at-to-admit-it-their-towers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-5838735207968377021Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:29:00 +00002011-11-13T11:04:14.486-06:00Cory DoctorowTechDirtsopaElectronic Frontier FoundationBoing BoingHollywoodPayPalUnited StatesCongressprotectipcensorshipcopyrightDMCAMPAAprior restraintRIAAnet neutralityfree speech<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="240" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31100268?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="480"></iframe> <br /> <blockquote> <div> <h3> <a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/11/11/stop-sopa-save-the-internet.html" rel="bookmark">STOP SOPA, SAVE THE INTERNET</a> </h3> By <a href="http://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1" rel="author" title="Posts by Cory Doctorow">Cory Doctorow</a> at 8:51 am Friday, Nov 11 <br /> Tiffiny from <a href="http://fightforthefuture.org/">Fight for the Future</a> sez, <br /> <blockquote> Google knows it. Viacom knows it. The Chamber of Commerce knows it. Internet democracy groups know it. BoingBoing knows it. But, the Internet hasn't been told yet -- we're going to get blown away by the end of the year. The worst bill in Internet history is about to become law. Law is very real here in the United States and legal language is often different than stated intentions -- this law would give government and corporations the power to block sites like BoingBoing over infringing links on at least one webpage posted by their users. Believe the EFF, Public Knowledge, Google when they say this bill is about much more than copyright, it's about the Internet and free speech everywhere. <br /> The MPAA, RIAA, Hollywood knows that they have been flying in CEOs of as many companies as possible, recruiting people to get petition signups at malls in California, and here's the big point-- they know they have gotten their message through to Congress -- the worst bill in Internet history, the one where government and their corporations get unbelievable power to take down sites, threaten payment processors into stopping payment to sites on a blacklist, and throw people in jail for posting ordinary content is about to pass before the end of this year. The only thing that is going to stop Hollywood from owning the Internet and everything we do, is if there is a big surprise Internet backlash starting right now. <br /> PROTECT IP (S. 968)/SOPA (HR. 3261) creates the first system for <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Internet censorship">Internet censorship</a> - this bill has sweeping provisions that give the government and corporations leeway and legal cover for taking down sites "by accident," mistakenly, or for NOT doing "enough" to protect the interests of Hollywood. These bills that are moving very quickly through Congress and can pass before Christmas aim to give the US government and corporations the ability to block sites over infringing links posted by their users and give <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_service_provider" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Internet service provider">ISPs</a> the release to take any means to block peoples' sites, including slowing down your connection. That's right, some say this bill is a workaround to net neutrality and is bigger than net neutrality. <br /> This is the worst piece of Internet legislation in history - the lawmakers who have been sponsoring (Leahy, Lamar Smith, Conyers) this bill need to be shamed by the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_community" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Virtual community">Internet community</a> for wasting taxpayer dollars on a bill that would break the very fabric of the Internet, create an Internet blacklist, kill jobs and great startup companies, huge blogs, and social networks. </blockquote> <br /> <blockquote> Everyone, the entire Internet community needs to stand together if we don't want to see this bill actually become law. Internet and democracy groups are planning an Internet-wide day of protest called American Censorship Day on Wednesday, November 16th for the day Congress holds a hearing on these bills to create the first American Internet censorship system. Every single person with a website can join and needs to. <br /> Boing Boing, Grooveshark, Free Software Foundation, The <a class="zem_slink" href="https://www.eff.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Electronic Frontier Foundation">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>, Public Knowledge, Demand Progress, Open Congress/PPF, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://techdirt.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Techdirt">TechDirt</a>, Fight for the Future and dozens of other sites have created this day to ask you to join them to stop S. 978 and HR 3261, as hard as you can. Write them, protest, call them, protest, support your favorite sites, protest, sign a letter, block out your site, protest. <br /> Many public intellectuals who are often the ones to help win the public interest over and over are about to come out to lead the charge to stop PROTECT IP/ SOPA - they have to when they learn that the House and Senate will be working to pass this bill before the Christmas. From those doing work on the hill, it's very clear we have been stacked comparatively lightly. The House bill has 40 co-sponsors and major industry support. The only thing that will change the dynamic now is if Congress gets a knock on their door by CEO"s of small and large tech companies, blogs, and news sites and if Internet users start piling on, one by one, and protest. <br /> Tech companies, blogs, news sites are already in a death-do-die battle cry -- listen to them -- it's a few days before the hearing on this bill. But, we need more tech companies, blogs, new sites before the hearing on this bill. Help get them. <br /> I've been trying to think about whether or not the world is going to end if this bill passes like it's supposed to -- and the answer is, "kind of yes". When small sites, and it's the small sites that get turned off in the night and no one for the most part notices, say my friend's political blog or news site gets blocked by the US government and she has no way to get it back up even though everything she did was legal according to current law, and no one can help her except she can choose to file suit to defend herself, I feel like I die inside a little. Living in a country where you are being shut out and left powerless to really defend yourself is like living in another country, the ones you hear about. Life starts to feel shot when that happens, especially to our friends or our favorites sites. <br /> Every site who has user-generated content, posts links or videos to anything copyrighted in it could face new legal threats. <br /> If a copyrights holder disliked links you have on your site, they could simply file a complaint with a payment processor (Visa, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://paypal.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="PayPal">PayPal</a>), who would then have 5 days to respond to their request or risk legal ramifications. If bills like this are allowed to pass, we'll be spending another $47 million dollars every year to help corporations fill out and enforce Internet blacklists. <br /> Sites that would be legal under the DMCA and its safe harbor provisions would now risk losing everything for allowing user generated content. It also has added in the streaming felony bill that would make it so ordinary Internet users are at risk of going to jail for 5 years for post any copyrighted work that would cost $2,500 to license. And because copyright is so broad, that means videos with copyrighted music in the background, kids in a school play, people singing karaoke could all be a risk. <br /> Because the law affects almost every Internet user and the sites they use every day and have come to love, and because granting sweeping blacklisting powers is just sickening to almost everyone, we need your help -- if you can encourage your favorite site to join the protest, and help drive the maximum number of people to contact Congress on November 16th (until the bill dies), please help. <br /> These bills represent a major blow to openness and freedom on the Internet, free speech rights, and the fabric of the Internet itself. If SOPA is allowed to pass, the Internet and free speech will never be the same again. </blockquote> <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/sopa-hollywood-finally-gets-chance-break-Internet">SOPA: Hollywood Finally Gets A Chance to Break the Internet (EFF)</a> <br /> <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/10/house-takes-senates-bad-internet-censorship-bill-makes-it-worse.ars">House takes Senate's bad Internet censorship bill, tries making it worse (Ars Technica)</a> <br /> <a href="http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2011/10/protect-the-Internet.html">Protect The Internet (Brad Feld)</a> <br /> <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/protecting-the-safe-harbors-of-the-dmca-and-protecting-jobs-2011-10">Protecting The Safe Harbors Of The DMCA And Protecting Jobs (Business Insider)</a> <br /> <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s978/show">S.978 - Commercial Felony Streaming Act</a> <br /> Tags: <a href="http://boingboing.net/tag/business" rel="tag">Business</a>, <a href="http://boingboing.net/tag/censorship" rel="tag">censorship</a>, <a href="http://boingboing.net/tag/copyfight" rel="tag">Copyfight</a>, <a href="http://boingboing.net/tag/free-speech" rel="tag">free speech</a>, <a href="http://boingboing.net/tag/net-neutrality" rel="tag">net neutrality</a>, <a href="http://boingboing.net/tag/protectip" rel="tag">protectip</a>, <a href="http://boingboing.net/tag/sopa" rel="tag">sopa</a></div> </blockquote> <br /> <blockquote> <div> <div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b>This isn't the wild ravings of a small group of activists. This is a serious threat to content providers and regular people who use the internet every day. The RIAA is the only organization I have had personal experience with in regards to abuse of copyright laws, and they are simply EVIL. If this bill becomes law, they and other industry groups will be able to have almost anything taken down from the web at their whim. </b><br /> <b>We don't need this kind of censorship in the name of copyright or protecting artist's rights. I believe in protecting artist's rights and that artists should be compensated for their work. I don't believe in "industry organizations" acting like brown shirted Storm Troopers yanking anything they think threatens their ability to make a profit from the internet. </b><br /> <b>America may be the land of opportunity, but it should not be the land of censorship or prior restraint. Please do what you can to make ure this bill doesn't become law.</b></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/government-approved-censorship-could-be-comin">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> <div class="zemanta-related"> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;"> Related articles</h6> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://newsworldwide.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/the-stop-online-piracy-act-a-blacklist-by-any-other-name-is-still-a-blacklist/" target="_blank">The Stop Online Piracy Act: A Blacklist by Any Other Name Is Still a Blacklist</a> (newsworldwide.wordpress.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/11/american-censorship-day-wednesday-and-you-can-join" target="_blank">American Censorship Day is this Wednesday - And You Can Join In!</a> (eff.org)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/stop-online-piracy-act-2011-10" target="_blank">This Ridiculous Online Piracy Law That Blocks Websites Without Warning May Actually Pass Congress</a> (businessinsider.com)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/30375" target="_blank">Urgent: Stop [U.S.] American censorship of the Internet</a> (creativecommons.org)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/11/hollywood-new-war-on-software-freedom-and-internet-innovation" target="_blank">Hollywood's New War on Software Freedom and Internet Innovation</a> (eff.org)</li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.marketingtechblog.com/stop-sopa/" target="_blank">Government and Hollywood's Next Attempt to Control the Internet</a> (marketingtechblog.com)</li> </ul> </div> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=4b65491a-99cb-4dfc-be74-cb1d50d9993e" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-5838735207968377021?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C1YYKLJ9KQO9PgsfqK6Bhqt1keo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C1YYKLJ9KQO9PgsfqK6Bhqt1keo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C1YYKLJ9KQO9PgsfqK6Bhqt1keo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C1YYKLJ9KQO9PgsfqK6Bhqt1keo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/-Mvl_SVFvCw" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/-Mvl_SVFvCw/government-approved-censorship-could-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)1Chesterfield, MO 63017, USA38.6412778 -90.535235638.5916688 -90.61419959999999 38.690886799999994 -90.4562716http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/11/government-approved-censorship-could-be.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-3888423626920794235Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:41:00 +00002011-11-11T07:46:29.742-06:00Spinal TapHarry ShearerRemembrance Day11-11-11nigel tufnelMichael McKeanChristopher GuestThis Is Spinal TapTufnelnigel tufnel day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> <div class="p_embed p_image_embed"> <a href="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-11-03/ixirjoDmfkenyrGjfhlcjhvqqexhecBGJsspoHiolgHrErJHfJztrawdGEDC/111111.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="111111" height="759" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2011-11-03/ixirjoDmfkenyrGjfhlcjhvqqexhecBGJsspoHiolgHrErJHfJztrawdGEDC/111111.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> Today is a special day, a day we dedicate to the legendary rock star Nigel Tufnel. Today is <a href="http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/05/spinal_tap_nigel_11.php" target="_self">Nigel Tufnel Day</a>!<br /> If you are unaware of Mr. Tufnel's body of work, you need only look at his <a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Nigel_Tufnel" target="_blank">Wikipedia bio</a> or watch this video clip of his brillianace: <a href="http://youtu.be/ll7rWiY5obI.%C2%A0">http://youtu.be/ll7rWiY5obI.&nbsp;</a>; Sadly, the Copyright Police will not let me embed this masterpiece for your viewing pleasure.&nbsp; If they haven't taken this down, you might want to look at this video for a HI DEF understanding of the importance of this day.<br /> <iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XuzpsO4ErOQ" width="560"></iframe><br /> A day like this comes only once in a lifetime, and I for one will be celebrating it by turning MY life up to 11.&nbsp; I hope you will do the same.<br /> <br /> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/november-11-2011-nigel-tufnel-day">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> <div class="zemanta-related"> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em; 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float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-3888423626920794235?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aT2LRpaRzsupitJKGRrOvqvDotY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aT2LRpaRzsupitJKGRrOvqvDotY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aT2LRpaRzsupitJKGRrOvqvDotY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aT2LRpaRzsupitJKGRrOvqvDotY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/Eay_5dCIpMY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/Eay_5dCIpMY/november-11-2011-nigel-tufnel-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0St Margaret St, Westminster, London SW1P 3, UK51.5001524 -0.126236250.8694949 -1.3896636999999998 52.130809899999996 1.1371913http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-11-2011-nigel-tufnel-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-5469287132313991352Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:11:00 +00002011-11-07T14:11:20.135-06:00Matt RyanUnited StatesiPhonebroadcast radioRadio broadcastinghd radiotelevisionPortable People MeterArbitronmorning showsLockerGnomeChris Pirillo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RWFF4Gp-xHw/Trf3U8fH_XI/AAAAAAAACns/SmE2v_xYU8k/s1600/deadradio.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RWFF4Gp-xHw/Trf3U8fH_XI/AAAAAAAACns/SmE2v_xYU8k/s1600/deadradio.JPG" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">via followthemedia.com</td></tr> </tbody></table> I came across a post on <a href="http://www.lockergnome.com/news/2011/11/03/is-local-radio-dead/" target="_blank">LockerGnome</a>, <a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/about/" target="_blank">Chris Pirillo's</a> website about all things tech and geek (and I say that in only a good way) posted by <a href="https://plus.google.com/112301869379652563135/about" target="_blank">Matt Ryan</a> that asked if <a href="http://www.lockergnome.com/news/2011/11/03/is-local-radio-dead/" target="_blank">local radio was dead</a>.&nbsp; Chris's conclusion on a <a href="http://youtu.be/2mayFsam8Zs" target="_blank">video</a> that was part of the post was that it was but it just doesn't know it yet, and it got me to thinking about the industry I've been involved with for most of my life, its past, and most importantly its future.<br /> <br /> According to the ratings service Arbitron,<a href="http://arbitron.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&amp;item=783" target="_blank"> local radio reaches 93 percent of Americans 12 years and older in the average week</a>. &nbsp; I certainly have had my disagreements with Arbitron over the years, especially since they've introduced the <a href="http://www.arbitron.com/portable_people_meters/thesystem_ppm.htm" target="_blank">PPM</a> as the way to measure radio listening, but I do believe that local over the air radio still touches almost everyone almost on a daily basis.<br /> <br /> For now.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-22HvYFbNnRM/Trg3EwMLaDI/AAAAAAAACpE/T5Pk-XZaPUA/s1600/ppm+in+hand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-22HvYFbNnRM/Trg3EwMLaDI/AAAAAAAACpE/T5Pk-XZaPUA/s200/ppm+in+hand.jpg" width="193" /></a></div> The PPM, or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_People_Meter" rel="wikipedia" title="Portable People Meter">Personal People Meter</a>, is a means to electronically measure what <a href="http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-08-08/entertainment/22209138_1_portable-people-meter-arbitron-gift-cards?utm_source=Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=ea429f3e57-TRI_08-12-2010&amp;utm_medium=email" target="_blank">listeners</a> are hearing and it has forced many broadcasters to drastically change the way they program their stations so they are more "PPM Friendly".&nbsp; That means stations have had to move commercial breaks to "<a href="http://www.arbitron.com/downloads/ppm_spot_study.pdf" target="_blank">better play the PPM game</a>", tell talented Air Personalities to cut down the amount of talk they do on the air, and make it easier to <a href="http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=1275563&amp;spid=24698" target="_blank">import generic programming to local stations</a>.<br /> <br /> Those changes have led to mixed results and <a href="http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/98185/hundreds-cut-by-clear-channel-yesterday?ref=search" target="_blank">hundreds of lost jobs</a> in the radio industry in the last month alone, (FD) including mine.&nbsp; PPM wasn't the only reason for the layoffs, big radio companies had to cut expenses because of <a href="http://adage.com/article/mediaworks/radio-advertising-revenue-recovery-slowing/229380/" target="_blank">lower revenues</a>, and even one large company said <a href="http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/legal-and-management/clear-channel-layoffs-aren-t-just-about-1005457642.story" target="_blank">the layoffs were designed to make their stations better</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>All that is just background for the meat of this post.&nbsp; The people who own radio stations, whether they are the big companies or the smaller operators, simply do not understand that the way they deliver "radio" has to change, and they have to get out in front of the change. &nbsp; </b><br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P0G5JMeN4_o/TrgG52m_ckI/AAAAAAAACn0/YlyfILOCro8/s1600/tower1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P0G5JMeN4_o/TrgG52m_ckI/AAAAAAAACn0/YlyfILOCro8/s200/tower1.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: xx-small;">CourtesyTom Bosscher</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> Those big giant towers in the middle of cornfields and cemeteries, those <a href="http://www.ac6v.com/clearam.htm#USA" target="_blank">50,000 watt legendary AM stations</a>, those <a href="http://www.hdradio.com/" target="_blank">HD Radio</a> channels that nobody is listening to, they are losing value and necessity every day.&nbsp; Broadcasters think all those things are trophy's, somehow showing how "heavy" they are in the industry.&nbsp; Going forward, all that hardware and <a href="http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/facultypages/pammack/lec122/radio.htm" target="_blank">early 20th century based technology</a> will mean very little to listeners or advertisers.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.ctia.org/media/press/body.cfm/prid/2133" target="_blank">Wireless device usage is exploding</a>, and now there are more <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless" rel="wikipedia" title="Wireless">wireless devices</a> activated than there are people in the United States.&nbsp; Most of those devices have the ability to play audio, whether they be <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone" rel="homepage" title="iPhone">iPhones</a>, <a href="http://www.android.com/" target="_blank">Android</a> devices, tablets like <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/" rel="homepage" title="iPad">iPad</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Fire-Amazon-Tablet/dp/B0051VVOB2" target="_blank">Kindle Fire</a>, or gadgets we haven't even heard about yet.&nbsp; Yet, broadcasters continue to do a second rate job of serving those devices and don't see the future where people can receive the radio station from their home town, Spotify, Pandora, or a local radio station in <span class="flagicon"></span><a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a> on the same device WITHOUT using AM, FM, HD Radio, AM Stereo, FM Quad, or any of the other failed and antiquated technologies that broadcasters have tried to force on consumers.&nbsp; Toyota is rolling out<a href="http://www.kurthanson.com/news/dash-system-supports-pandora-and-iheartradio-will-be-offered-2012-tacoma-camry-and-prius-v" target="_blank"> a car with Pandora and I Heart Radio </a>in 2012, making it even easier to not listen to local radio.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Avk_d_cqdOQ/Trg2lI7-kiI/AAAAAAAACo8/-g-HpI8O2SA/s1600/mobile-devices.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Avk_d_cqdOQ/Trg2lI7-kiI/AAAAAAAACo8/-g-HpI8O2SA/s200/mobile-devices.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">image via&nbsp;<a href="http://randallcole.com/iPrint.aspx" target="_blank">randallcole.com</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> The days of wireless delivery platforms and complete parity for any kind of audio or video stream are here, and American broadcasters are not prepared for the migration from those old school technologies they've relied on for almost a century to the wireless, personalized experience that listeners will discover, adopt, and almost certainly use to replace traditional broadcasts.&nbsp; As media guru <a href="http://www.jacobsmedia.com/about/staff.asp" target="_blank">Fred Jacobs</a> wrote almost a year ago, <a href="http://jacobsmediablog.com/2010/12/21/best-of-jacoblog-local-schmocal-part-3/" target="_blank">being local matters</a>, no matter how the content is delivered.<br /> <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> Local matters.&nbsp; While consumers may enjoy renting movies from <a href="http://www.netflix.com/?mqso=80025836">Netflix</a>, buying toaster ovens from Amazon, bidding for cars at eBay, or creating custom music channels on Pandora, <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nearly-all-consumers-97-now-use-online-media-to-shop-locally-according-to-biakelsey-and-constat-87221242.html">that doesn't mean they've lost interest in what's happening next door, down the street, and in the heart of where they live</a>.</blockquote> &nbsp;Jacobs isn't the only one who sees the future, The brilliant media strategist <a href="https://plus.google.com/110393793385605809236/about" target="_blank">David Martin</a> wrote <a href="http://davemartin.blogspot.com/2004/08/real-difficulty-in-changing-course-of.html" target="_blank">this blog post</a> in <i>August of 2004</i> about the future of music radio.<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> It is time to admit it - we are operating in a fundamentally different business environment; the rules of the game are changing and so must we. </blockquote> Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit last month, <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/internettrends2011" target="_blank">KCPB's Mary Meeker</a> showed the growth of mobile usage and the fact that Pandora, the online radio network, is already getting 60% of it's traffic from mobile devices. Those people listening could be listening to traditional broadcasts, but they're turning off AM and FM and turning on digital streams.&nbsp; <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bDZnaIEahNw/Trgma8QoroI/AAAAAAAACos/QUQ9lZpknDc/s1600/62.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bDZnaIEahNw/Trgma8QoroI/AAAAAAAACos/QUQ9lZpknDc/s320/62.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Radio companies will tell you they have a "<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505125_162-49240237/want-a-strong-digital-strategy-stop-focusing-on-technology/?tag=bnetdomain" target="_blank">digital strategy</a>".&nbsp; Here are real live examples of those strategies in action at some of the major radio companies right now.<br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li> A major radio company has moved all its stations to its own app for smartphones and tablets, but after testing the Android app on six different devices over three carriers, the app was only able to stream listenable audio on two of the devices.&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=28790" target="_blank"> Android now commands 40% of the U.S. smartphone market</a>, but this company's stations can't be heard on a majority of those phones and many Android tablets.</li> <li><a href="http://www.clearchannel.com/" target="_blank">Clear Channel Media Holdings</a>, the country's largest radio owner, has recently hired <a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Robert_W._Pittman" target="_blank">Bob Pittman</a> to run the company.&nbsp; Pittman is a very smart man and understands the future of content delivery as shown by the company's huge investment in <a href="http://www.iheart.com/" target="_blank">I Heart Radio</a>, their streaming and station creation app.&nbsp; Unlike the above example, this app works on every Android device I tested it on, as well as devices on other platforms.&nbsp; They may have some of the right ideas, but have eliminated hundreds of jobs in the last month as they add more centralization to their programming, completely ignoring the fact that being local is one of traditional radio's most important ways to differentiate itself and keep listeners, regardless of how the content is delivered.</li> <li>Most other radio companies let each station create their own digital presence, controlling the overall look of websites, but using a myriad of vendors for streaming and mobile applications.&nbsp; Most of the reason for this is that the companies either refuse to acknowledge the future of mobile while they concentrate on those big towers in the cornfields, streaming a single station (often badly), or trying to make people care about HD Radio.&nbsp; One major company will let any station have an iPhone app, but the station has to wait until a certain number of iPhone apps are downloaded before they can have an Android app.&nbsp; Looking at the penetration of Android, it is clear this company does not understand how listeners use streaming or even what they listen with.</li> </ul> All of this brings us back to the topic of this post.&nbsp; Is local radio dead?&nbsp; Not yet, but in most cases the people who own local radio stations don't realize that their properties are dying slowly in a hospice called AM and FM. <br /> <br /> These broadcasters, notorious for spending their lifetimes in perhaps the last industry to see the world as it really is time after time, need to get their brands on life support by coming up with a well thought out, forward thinking strategy that involves delivering audio how and when people want it, making local information available no matter where the listener is (how many radio executives really understand the power of <a href="http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/travel/gps.htm" target="_blank">GPS</a> and <a href="http://mashable.com/follow/topics/location-based-apps/" target="_blank">location based application</a> development?) and adding a strong social and interactive component to their brands.&nbsp; The benefits will be immediate, and will keep their brands viable for years to come.<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yN7cKjylxY8/TrgyFEgigJI/AAAAAAAACo0/v8b_eDVpCAA/s1600/kitchen1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yN7cKjylxY8/TrgyFEgigJI/AAAAAAAACo0/v8b_eDVpCAA/s200/kitchen1.jpg" width="198" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There once was a radio in the kitchen</td></tr> </tbody></table> Almost a decade ago, these same broadcasters began to see the number of people using radio in the morning begin to decline&nbsp; Traditionally, the morning show was the most listened to and most profitable daypart for radio stations.&nbsp; Where did the listeners go?&nbsp; Directly to television, because TV figured out they could give all the local information and much of the entertainment people were getting on the radio and add pictures to it.&nbsp; Morning radio listening continues to decline, especially among listeners under 40, and some of the most successful local TV morning shows are produced by former radio morning show producers.&nbsp; Yet, the radio industry for the most part has done little to fight the migration of listeners to television.<br /> <br /> A recent story in the <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-1016-bf-early-news-20111016,0,6016669,full.story" target="_blank">Chicago Tribune</a> talks about how FIVE local TV stations are doing local morning newscasts starting at 4:30AM and two of them continue locally after the network morning shows start on affiliate stations.<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> The moves reflect a national trend that has reached critical mass over the past two years. Most large-market stations now broadcast local news at 4:30 a.m., with at least one station starting that early in all of the top 50 markets, according to Steve Ridge, president of the media strategy group for <a href="http://www.magid.com/" target="_blank">Frank N. Magid Associates</a>, a television consulting firm. <br /> "Thirty years ago, we had to beg stations to get into the morning news business," Ridge said. "Now, it has become the most lucrative daypart in local television."</blockquote> I for one do not want to be a pall bearer at local radio's funeral, but I'm afraid that I'll live to see that day.<br /> <br /> <b>What do you think?&nbsp; Comments are welcome!</b><br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=98cb4290-1d36-439f-b67c-afd2cbdcc33f" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-5469287132313991352?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wVYWVZ_-94wUq2wp-YMdfEcgdx0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wVYWVZ_-94wUq2wp-YMdfEcgdx0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wVYWVZ_-94wUq2wp-YMdfEcgdx0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wVYWVZ_-94wUq2wp-YMdfEcgdx0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/KGNgbUSQJhA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/KGNgbUSQJhA/is-local-radio-dead-in-some-ways-it-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)37200 Washington Ave., St Louis, MO 63103, USA38.6270025 -90.199404238.2293395 -90.8311182 39.024665500000005 -89.5676902http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/11/is-local-radio-dead-in-some-ways-it-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-8773490165799160757Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:36:00 +00002011-10-29T14:38:01.694-05:00chicagosocial mediaEmploymentTwitterWeb 2.0broadcastYouTubeFacebookLinkedInmark edwardsradiost. louisMarketing and AdvertisingAbout.mekansas citybusiness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zPvPCC7vqFY/TqsdYIEb2dI/AAAAAAAACmk/xugOfqW29lY/s1600/SuperUnemployed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zPvPCC7vqFY/TqsdYIEb2dI/AAAAAAAACmk/xugOfqW29lY/s320/SuperUnemployed.jpg" width="320" />&nbsp;</a></div> I had the joy of being <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2B1wIX/www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/98220/mark-edwards-parts-ways-with-kzpt" target="_blank">downsized out of my job</a> yesterday, joining a LOT of people in radio who are now out of work.&nbsp; I'm not too proud to use the power of the Interwebz to get my story out, so below are many career related links about me.. Even a quick glance will show you a long and successful career in radio, a growing track record of accomplishment in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="New media">new media</a>, social media, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Web 2.0">Web 2.0</a>, or whatever you'd like to call it.&nbsp; Most importantly, it shows that I'm available now for your employment or project pleasure.<br /> <br /> MY LINKEDIN PROFILE <a href="http://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7679798" name="1334c5cdb74b1c73_webProfileURL"></a><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/markedwardscubfan" target="_blank" title="View public profile">http://www.linkedin.com/in/<wbr></wbr>markedwardscubfan</a><br /> MY GOOGLE PROFILE (LOADED WITH LINKS TO MY MANY INTERNET OUTPOSTS) <a href="http://bit.ly/markedwards" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/markedwards</a><br /> MY <a href="http://about.me/" target="_blank">ABOUT.ME</a> PROFILE <a href="http://about.me/markedwards" target="_blank">http://about.me/markedwards</a><br /> I'm available anytime via phone at 773.336.2753 or e mail at <a href="mailto:edwardsmark@gmail.com">edwardsmark@gmail.com</a>.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> Don't make me wait in line at the Unemployment Office.&nbsp; Get me while the getting is good.&nbsp; <i>Fresh Mark Edwards is ready to be served!</i><br /> <br /> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"> <a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=92ead101-d7df-413a-a161-57b31b1614c7" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-8773490165799160757?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nrWMbRAr5SMQnaYK8IVjmC4-PJ0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nrWMbRAr5SMQnaYK8IVjmC4-PJ0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nrWMbRAr5SMQnaYK8IVjmC4-PJ0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nrWMbRAr5SMQnaYK8IVjmC4-PJ0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/0hvZY70_h_A" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/0hvZY70_h_A/please-hire-me-ive-been-downsized.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/10/please-hire-me-ive-been-downsized.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7679798.post-7614128724095410396Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:01:00 +00002011-10-20T16:08:48.565-05:00Muammar El-GaddafiQuadaffifashionGaddafi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="posterous_autopost"> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" height="551" src="http://static.happyplace.com/assets/images/2011/10/4ea0543b7e46a.jpg" style="height: 629px;" width="500" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>Own that runway girl!</b></i></div> The world may have just lost a wildly unhinged fascist dictator, but hell just gained a wildly uninhibited fashion icon. Had Gaddafi been a contestant on <i>Project Runway</i>, there is no way he would ever have been accused of "boring Nina," though he might have gotten the occasional "that crotch is insane!" from Michael Kors. In his memory, we've gathered some of his more insane, and insanely fabulous, looks from throughout his decades of volatile rule.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" height="505" src="http://static.happyplace.com/assets/images/2011/10/4ea0546bd2ef0.jpg" style="height: 576px;" width="500" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>Miamidaffi</b></i></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" height="616" src="http://static.happyplace.com/assets/images/2011/10/4ea054972a8f1.jpg" style="height: 703px;" width="500" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>Sunday Brunch With The Girlsdaffi</b></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b><img alt="" height="663" src="http://static.happyplace.com/assets/images/2011/10/4ea05dd59d801.jpg" style="height: 756px;" width="500" /></b></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>Twinkiedaffi</b></i></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" height="367" src="http://static.happyplace.com/assets/images/2011/10/4ea054ae91749.png" style="height: 419px;" width="500" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>Williamsburgaddafi</b></i></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" height="336" src="http://static.happyplace.com/assets/images/2011/10/4ea054be7a3d4.jpg" style="height: 384px;" width="500" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>1978 Caprice Classic Upholsterydaffi</b></i></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" height="696" src="http://static.happyplace.com/assets/images/2011/10/4ea0545c92448.jpg" style="height: 794px;" width="500" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>Don't Forget My Homiesdaffi</b></i></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" height="595" src="http://static.happyplace.com/assets/images/2011/10/4ea054cce3e8a.jpg" style="height: 679px;" width="500" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>Lovely In Layersdaffi</b></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b><img alt="" height="615" src="http://static.happyplace.com/assets/images/2011/10/4ea05e2fa9a74.jpg" style="height: 702px;" width="500" /></b></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>I Have A Naughty Secretaffi</b></i></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" height="265" src="http://static.happyplace.com/assets/images/2011/10/4ea054ec82c99.jpg" style="height: 303px;" width="500" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><b>Unusual Susepctaffi</b></i></div> </div> </blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"> via <a href="http://www.happyplace.com/11517/a-breathtaking-fashion-retrospective-on-the-late-colonel-muammar-el-gaddafi">happyplace.com</a></div> Oh how he will be missed. Many thanks to <a href="http://www.happyplace.com/">www.happyplace.com</a> and <a href="http://www.someecards.com/">www.someecards.com</a> for the chilling retrospective.</div> <div style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com/">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://markedwards.posterous.com/a-breathtaking-fashion-retrospective-on-the-l">Mark Edwards 3.0</a> </div> </div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7679798-7614128724095410396?l=markontheweb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/e7u73E_EgyEmghYTRkiEeCFZfYk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/e7u73E_EgyEmghYTRkiEeCFZfYk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/e7u73E_EgyEmghYTRkiEeCFZfYk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/e7u73E_EgyEmghYTRkiEeCFZfYk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~4/XxFO45FCaVQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/CSmP/~3/XxFO45FCaVQ/breathtaking-fashion-retrospective-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mark Edwards)0http://markontheweb.blogspot.com/2011/10/breathtaking-fashion-retrospective-on.html