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Viral marketing. Buzz marketing. A trendy business idea that’s still emerging, and apparently very difficult to implement and fan into flames. Needs much more costly research and development. Or, perhaps, organizational transformation.
Cefiore launches this “Fro Yo Yourself!” online video contest on July [ . . . ]

Got an email this week from Joe Carter, about a new online magazine / network:
I’m the managing editor of Culture11 (www.culture11.com), a new online magazine/social network that was started by Bill Bennett, David Kuo, Steve Forbes, et al. Today is our first [ . . . ]

I broke the trackball retaining ring on my Blackberry Curve (8300) right before my flight SNA-DFW on Sunday. Serves me right for tinkering with cleaning the trackball without knowing its fragility and never reading instructions manuals or user’s guide. I got sand [ . . . ]

While I’m waiting at John Wayne Airport (SNA, aka Orange County Airport), it’s possible to connect up to the Internet via WiFi. No free WiFi hotspots (yet?), but there are several pay options.
// [update 6/15/10] There is now ad-supported free wifi at [ . . . ]

This is way forward-thinking: Gnomedex is live-streaming its main sessions right now, for another day (up ’til 5:45pm Pacific Time / 8:45pm Eastern). They’ve been doing it for several years now (audio since 2006; cf. the Gnomedex philosophy)

This conference allows its non-attenders [ . . . ]

Question>> I’m about to launch an intentionally diverse church, and sometimes I get asked whether we should be intentionally diverse or just start and see whom God brings. Well, I have an answer as to why we want to seek being diverse [ . . . ]

Stopped by the City Walk soft urban side of our Vantis housing community here in Aliso Viejo this afternoon.
City Perk, our local coffee shop / cafe, is doing an unofficial soft opening for a week or so, looking for feedback on [ . . . ]

Andy Crouch has a new book, Culture Making: Rediscovering our Creative Calling, that’s making its deserved rounds. You can even read the introduction and the 1st 5 chapters for free(!) [update 9/2008] there’s also a free group study guide for Culture [ . . . ]

Unbelievable. My 7:00am JetBlue flight got cancelled. I had gotten up at 4:00am to catch an airport shuttle to LGB and didn’t find out about cancellation until I was en route. I scrambled (ie. Getting online on my laptop via blackberry curve [ . . . ]