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WordCamp

August 16, 2008 – 12:21 pm

On to my next session.  Stephen O’Grady is talking about “Open Source Business Models”.  Basically, we’ve learned that money is not bad and open source folks would like some.

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POSITIONING YOURSELF FOR SUCCESS

July 13, 2008 – 2:24 pm

Today I’m attending the first full day of classes at Stanford University.  I’m attending the Stanford Professional Publishing Course (I won the American Magazine Publishers Diversity Fellowship).  My day began with a presentation by futurist Paul Saffo, a Stanford engineering professor.  Saffo’s presentation, Publishing in a Post-Information Age, was packed with interesting (and amusing) bits [...]

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Best Jobs: 2008 Cannes Lions Edition

June 20, 2008 – 6:54 pm

As I’ve been working my way through the crowds at the Cannes Ad Fest, I’ve met a lot of very interesting, if inebriated, folks. Once we make it through the minutia–Who are you? Who do you work for? Are you on the short list?–my fellow festival-goers had some very interesting stuff to [...]

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Late Night at the 2008 Cannes Lions Ad Fest

June 19, 2008 – 7:30 am

This is what the advertising who’s who is up to late night.

Silly Admen. Dancing’s for better dancers.

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Cannes Lions Roaring on the Riviera

June 19, 2008 – 7:10 am

So, I’m back on the French Riviera enjoying the 2008 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. I have developed a certain begrudged fondness for the folks who attend this raucous festival. Much as I’ve made fun of them, I have to admit that they do know how to party like rock stars.
Thus far, the [...]

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The Lions Return: Cannes International Advertising Festival

June 16, 2008 – 2:47 pm

I’ll be coming to you live from the annual Cannes international Advertising Festival for the next week (It’d a hard life for this career blogger). Stay tuned.

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National Small Business Week

April 22, 2008 – 4:32 pm

The Pres has declared this week (April 21-25) National Small Business Week, a week dedicated to recognizing and celebrating small businesses and their contribution to our economy. Several small business owners and plenty of politicos will be out and about in Washington, DC to participate in the week’s events, panels and award ceremonies. [...]

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