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• Review: Gatorade Natural

  

  As someone who drinks a lot of gatorade (my uncle, who is also my dentist, is probably cringing right now), I figured I had to check out Gatorade’s new line of “Natural” drinks. Apparently the only place that carries them is Whole Foods. Whole Foods [...]

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• Book Review: Emergency: This book will save your life by Neil Strauss

  

  Having read some of Neil Strauss’ stuff in the past (New york times stuff, the game, etc.), I had a good idea of what I was getting into with Emergency: This book will save your life. I knew the title was [...]

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• What the ad world should learn from the Old Spice guy

  I was amongst the throes of people who were captivated by Old Spice & Wieden+Kennedy’s intense ad campaign that exploded all over the web the last few days. These types of things “should” be happening all the time, but it seems like most big brand ad agencies still haven’t grasped [...]

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• Are simplified hadoop interfaces the next web cash cow?

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  I have this thesis that goes a bit like this: phase 1 of the modern world wide web was about linking documents (hyperlinks), phase 2 was about enabling users to create content for the web (user generated content/social media), phase 3 was about linking the creators of that content (people [...]

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• The only five tips you need to get started with in social media

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  I speak about social networks, social media, viral marketing, yada yada, all the time and figured it was time to use my pulpit to dispel lots of the myths and bullshit we’re seeing out on the web these days. So here are my top five [...]

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• What is good social media advice?

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  A couple weeks ago I was on a panel at the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce annual goals conference, and the topic was getting noticed using social media amongst other tools. On the panel with me were a PR specialist, an Advertising specialist, an Email/direct [...]

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• What startups can learn from the world cup

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  I’m an avid soccer fan and student of the game (20 years of playing + 3 years coaching), and just like millions of other people around the world have been watching way more soccer than I normally would recently. [...]

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• Automattic caught A/B testing pricing for Vaultpress

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  As someone who is fascinated by a/b testing, metrics driven design, lean startups, and all of the things that go with smart startup design, I found it particularly interesting what I saw the other night while chatting with a friend of mine. We were [...]

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• Is the BP Gulf Oil Spill the perfect excuse to diversify Florida’s economy?

  
  
  

  When news first broke of the oil spill, one of my first thoughts after a bout of swearing and cursing at BP was “how is this going to affect real estate prices along the gulf coast?” Then it hit me, real estate prices are a [...]

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• Are startups too focused on the exit?

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  I read through HackerNews and tons of other blogs, am also incredibly fascinated by the proliferation of tech communities outside of silicon valley, but I keep seeing a common thread amongst all the naysayers. The argument goes that in the end it doesn’t matter [...]

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