Entries tagged with “purple cow”

It's day two at the CMA - Canadian Marketing Association - National Convention and Trade Show (full disclosure: I am the co-chair of this event). And, after hearing Avinash Kaushik (Occam's Razor, author of Web Analytics - An Hour A...

Welcome to episode #95 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Whoops! I totally screwed up the intro and said, "welcome to episode #85" - I have no idea what I was thinking. Actually, that's not true...

Welcome to episode #94 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. The bottom line is that I am still trying to recover from everything that went down in the past two weeks. From sharing the stage with...

Welcome to episode #93 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. From 35,000 feet in the air, here's my first PlaneCast (hat tip to Joseph Jaffe). It was a crazy week from performing on stage at the...

Yves Behar is a world-leading designer. At TED, he's talking during the How Do We Create? session (this year,the TED Conference is based around the theme of "Big Questions"). In discussing his design process, where he thinks creativity comes from,...

According to Wikiquote, the saying, "common sense is not so common" is attributed to the French Writer and Philosopher, François-Marie Arouet (also known as Voltaire). I find myself thinking about that quote a lot lately. I also catch myself picking...

Welcome to episode #89 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. I got some good ranting going on here about whether or not Bloggers (and other Social Media types) really do own the brand? I think we...

Packing for the next trip to the Space Station? You know how tight those weight restrictions must be. Virgin Galactic has your first-class ticket booked, but you might be a little lonely if the weather is overcast. Thankfully, Richard Branson...

I just finished reading Seth Godin's latest book, Meatball Sundae. As "messy, disgusting" as Seth Godin describes a Meatball Sundae, this one tasted exquisite. While I typically don't run book reviews on this Six Pixels of Separation Blog, I could...

A Seth Godin action figure? Why not? Archie McPhee is now selling the Seth Godin Marketing Guru Action Figure for $8.95 (no, I am not kidding). It comes complete with a purple tie, Mismatched socks (the place where you can...

I know the Holiday Season is all about giving and being thankful for family and friends, but I see nothing wrong with spoiling yourself a little bit. I'm hoping you'll take ninety minutes during this Holiday Season to spoil yourself...

In a recent episode of my Podcast, Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast, I blurted out something. It was unintentional, but got a lot of attention... and it got me thinking. I was talking about the power...

I saw a report from the Center For Media Research in the middle of August that threw me for a loop. Here was the jaw-dropper: “Content replaces communications as primary Web use... Internet users are spending nearly half their online...