During the time I worked at Yahoo, I spent two years refining my Launch radio station to the point that it was a great representation of my music tastes. However, now that I work at Microsoft, I have started using the Pandora radio station. It is a pretty cool music application. I have been rating and creating…
Last night I went to the Dave Matthews and Rolling Stones concert at Qwest field in Seattle. Thanks to Stephanie for the tickets courtesy of XBOX. I have to say that despite their age (Mick turned 63 on July 26th) Rolling Stones still have it. Highlights included: A guest performance by Dave Matthews for Let it Bleed A…
A friend just sent me an email about a promotion that is happening in Seattle during November. It is a cool special which allows you to eat at any of 25 participating restaraunts in Seattle and receive a $25 prix fix menu. Most of the particpating places are great as well. Cant wait to try some new places out. Anyone else…
I went to see the Killers concert on Thursday night. I hadnt spent much time listening to the new album, but I pretty much know the entire first album by heart. It was at the Paramount Theater in Seattle, and I was excited to check out a new music venue. Overall, the concert was…
A friend of mine iving in Boulder just sent me an email gloating that A-Basin had opening day today. I just couldnt believe that the season started so early this year. Then I found out it was because they had created a bunch of artificial snow… Either way, as the article states, it is…
I just saw that BusinessWeek announced its latest MBA program rankings. For the past four years, Kellogg has been #1. However, this year we dropped down to #3. Looking at the rankings, it is clear that 1) the students love Kellogg and 2) in the minds of others, the school continues to thrive at educating…
On the way into work this morning, I heard on NPR that there have been 109 journalists killed in Iraq since the war started. Maybe I am naive, but I cant believe the number is that high. I understand the need for journalists to get the scoop but that seems like a risk that…
I know that it was a symbiotic relationship between the creators of Lazy Sunday and YouTube, but since they were one of the primary reasons for catapulting YouTube into the viral marketing stratosphere, the creators of Lazy Sunday should get paid. I must have gotten the Lazy Sunday link sent to me at least 80 times and I probably…
Below is an article from Advertising Age about how MTV is shifting its online advertising sales strategy from one focused on its growing number of vertical properties to one which focuses on target "psychographic personas". I think that this makes sense for MTV since it will help them to alleviate their siloed approach to ad…
This weekend I decided to plan a trip for my friends to Bandon Dunes Golf Courses on the Oregon coast. The names of the two courses are: Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes and they are the #28 and #22 respectively ranked courses in the US. http://www.golfdigest.com/courses/americasgreatest/ It should be fun since I invited family friends,…