MSN and Windows Live have a PR outreach program called "The Expert Series". It is a group of people throughout MSN and Windows Live that are chosen by the PR team as experts in certain areas. Once an expert has been established, the PR team then goes out to newspapers and radio stations and pitches…
Now that the writer strike is over, the big question that I want to know is: How long will it take to get the reruns off the TV and get back to some new programming? Do you think that the writers have been actually doing some writing during the strike and as a result there…
I’m not a huge TV person (although I do have my favorites that I DVR and watch religiously), but I’ve definitely become a skeptic when it comes to the current crop of "reality shows" on TV these days. Thus, when a good friend of mine told me about the Dirty Jobs TV show the other…
I normally like watching the Super Bowl ads every year along with the game. However, this year like most other watchers, I was pretty disappointed with the ads that were shown during the show. In particular, I thought that they biggest waste of money was by Salesgenie.com and by Bud Light. That being said, there…
It has been a long time since I have gone and seen a concert, so when a friend said that she had an extra ticket for the Decembrists at the Moore Theater in Seattle on Thursday night, I couldn’t pass it up. The funny thing is that I honestly had only heard one of their…
As a die-hard Radiohead fan, I of course went immediately out and bought their latest CD called In Rainbows online. However, after giving the requisite 4-5 listens, I am still struggling to see what all of the critics love about the album. In my opinion, it doesn’t come anywhere close to other Radiohead albums like…
A little Negotiations 101 question for you…. Settle a bet that I witnessed the other day between two friends: SITUATION: You are in a negotiation and you set a value range (let’s say $200-$275) that you are willing to accept prior to entering the negotiation. QUESTION 1: If the negotiation starts above that range and…
I am sort of an animal nut… so when I read about a new book called Creature by photographer Andrew Zuckerman, I had to at least check it out. There are some cool pictures of animals taken on a white background similar to the ones below. You can see more pictures at: http://www.creaturebook.com/ or…
When I heard that Radiohead was selling their album online in a bid-type of environment rather than through traditional channels like CDs and online pay-for-download, I was very interested to see how consumers respond. Radiohead fans are passionate about the music and very different (in my opinion) than the people who like music from Brittany…
After spending Saturday tailgating for the UW Huskies game and having a great time, I had to laugh when I saw these Green Bay Packers tailgating photos of Justin Timberlake, the guy from Dawson’s Creek, and Jessica Biel. If you look at the pictures in progression, make sure to look at the person in the…