"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety." Isaac Asimov

"If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music." Thomas Carlyle

"We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting." Blaise Pascal

Today's image: Mount Rainier by rasone. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

On the day job we sent this TED video to our media clients last month. Want a killer local promotion - an initiative where media can make a real difference where it counts, here it is. Also great enterprise story potential. What's being served in your local schools? Kudos to Ann Cooper. Love her passion. Reinventing the school lunch



Congrats & cheers: New media maven Tom Webster did a fine job moderating the Edison Media Research webcast Music Royalties and the Future of Online Webcasting. Kudos to Tom's panel Tim Westergren, Kurt Hanson, Alan Levy and David Oxenford. If you missed it yesterday, the archive is posted here. [Related: Used Twitter to do a real-time blogging of the webcast. The microblogging format seems perfect for such things.] Tina Brown bows The Daily Beast. Like the site, lovin her email alert The Morning Scoop.

Ran out of Tuesday. Back tomorrow with more on engagement, advertising and some insights on those issues taken from the new Tom Asacker book, A Little Less Conversation, Connecting with Customers in a Noisy World