"If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup." Turkish proverb
"A smile is the chosen vehicle for all ambiguities." Herman Melville
"Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today's image: cloudy by twentyeight. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Ongoing discussions about the leadership problem in media leads me to add one more quotation. Something more to think about, the bottleneck is at the top...
"Where are you likely to find people with the least diversity of experience, the largest investment in the past, and the greatest reverence for industry dogma: At the top."
Gary Hamel
Gary Hamel
Podcasting: Fad or trend? Kurt Hanson offers the pov of three bloggers and his take here.
Congrats & cheers: Radio programming ace Patty Martin & her team at The Drive in Chicago. Early pre-currency indications are, again, history making and please let me add, well deserved. A highly respected local tells me "...a consistently well-positioned, well-programmed and well-marketed station since day one." There you have it dear friends, the secrets to great success.
Making the hits: Web 2.0 impresario and video entertainment ace Rob Barnett is making things happen. Kudos to the My Damn Channel gang, they continue to amaze. In August the site delivered 2.8 million views. But wait, there's more...now they're adding Yahoo! as another distribution partner.