It’s Friday night. The week has been very tough, so I am really needing the two days away from work. Though the weekend is going to be equally busy, I am looking forward to the variety that it will bring. All that aside, I have to say that this evening was really nice. Originally, Amy
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October 1st blew in today with little fanfare. I always seem to get a little nostalgic around this time of year, and this time of year seems to come faster each time. It seems like just yesterday that I was preparing for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. In some ways, I suppose I relish in the
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In my line of work, a huge part of my role is disseminating material company news to the largest audience possible. (For those not familiar with the term, “material news” is a public company’s news that might affect the value of its securities or influence investors’ decisions). So, when working with these companies, it is
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Coming off of a week vacation, one would think I would be completely refreshed after my first week back, but not so much. This week has been a series of stresses across all aspects of my life, work, music, play, etc., and I am thanking goodness it is Friday. I think it will be SO
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Even as a 38 year old guy, I became a huge fan of the Harry Potter series (though I am embarrassed to say that I have never read one of the books). In any case, once I skeptically watched the first movie over eight years ago, I found myself hopelessly addicted to the storyline. Since
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Have a look at my video, which shows three of the drumsets I am currently selling. For more information, please give me a ring at 408.438.3408. Click to View: AS 1 – iMovie
Okay, I’ll admit it – I am, and have always been, afflicted by a severe form of Gear Acquisition Syndrome, or G.A.S. For as long as I can remember, I have been looking for the really good deals on music gear, telling myself that I will just keep the pieces I want, but sell the
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After devoting the majority of a previous blog entry to vacillating between praise and criticism of the evolution of PR into what I defined as PR 1.5, I started thinking about one of the key elements that is facilitating that (r)evolution – social media. I should say that early on in my career, in the
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I wouldn’t say I was an early adopter of social media platforms like Facebook. After about a year of hearing friends yammer on about how great it was to be able to find people they had lost contact with long ago, I finally caved. From that point on, I was pretty much addicted to the
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“History won’t be kind to PR 2.0, i.e. a moment in time when infatuation with tools replaced understanding of communications.” –Amanda Chapel via Twitter In part I agree with Ms. Chapel’s cynicism of PR 2.0, particularly as I look back on my career of over 13 years, and see how profoundly the role has changed.
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