September 2009

Acknowledging Mortality with a Baby

September 28, 2009 Fatherhood

My wife’s roughly five weeks away from delivering our first child (again, a girl, it’s our first, that’s the lowdown). Overall it’s been a pretty normal pregnancy; nothing really exciting–which frankly is a good thing. As she’s getting bigger (naturally), she’s officially to the point where she wants the baby to come out already. Her [...]

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Google Reader Links for First Day of Fall

September 22, 2009 Email Marketing

As the weather begins to turn cooler here in the mountains of Utah, I figured it was time to put together another collection of links on email, business, and the theories about it all. Here we go: Word to the Wise Blog – “The hidden cost of email blasts.” @wise_laura talks about Seth Godin and [...]

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Trim the Fat – Bulk is a Naughty Email Marketing Word

September 18, 2009 Email Marketing

The following is part three of the multi-part series on “The Naughty Words of Email Marketing.” Feel free to chime in through comments or through Twitter. While “Bulk” is not as naughty of a word as, say, its alliterative alternative “Blast,” nonetheless, the importance of identifying it as “naughty” is… well… important! Loren McDonald writes [...]

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Cable News Media Indictment with Humor

September 16, 2009 Politics

People often forget that comedians and cartoonists are the Court Jesters of our day. They can make fun of the “King” without getting killed. A short post today featuring one of my favorite comic strips ever: Non Sequitur. The part that stands out to me the most here is the line “It’s the context in [...]

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PowerPoint or Twitter Solution to Sluggish, Confusing Government?

September 14, 2009 Email Marketing

The other night, after reading through some of the media’s junky coverage on Obama’s healthcare speech (as well as the completely unnecessary hoopla over Obama telling school children they should work hard and stay in school), the following idea popped into my head that I promptly tweeted: “What would happen if Congressional bills were forced [...]

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