Scattered Thoughts from a Scattered Mind at 0401 CST as I get ready for a roadtrip to do a Free Public Seminar and some private training for my first boss.
* Google’s done it again … they just make stuff that works more intuitively.
* I feel like I"m cheating on radio … I can’t wait for the 9-hour drive … I’ve got the iPod all programmed and ready to go.
* On the playlist: Wilco, Patty Griffin, Willie, some of Roy’s private Wizard training, Dennis Miller
* :30s take longer to write well than :60s
* Woof.
* Before I leave today, I’m going back to school … the first in a series of steps to become certified as something that heretofore made me want to wretch … a sales trainer. Once in a while, you get shown the light … 12-weeks of telecoursing … I’ll keep you posted.
* Interesting article in the new Fast Company about the agency, CP+B, that created subserviant chicken for Burger King. They create advertising based on sound strategy. What a concept.
* Maybe I’m getting older, but it used to be fun to spend a client’s money … now it’s more fun to figure out ways to save them money.
* Evidently, Gene Wilder’s written his memiors. I’ve always liked him from film but even more so when I read his afterward in his late wife’s book. Newsweek says his book’s great.
* Phil’s got a new one coming out, too.
* UHD (Universal Hi Def) will be showing the first two rounds of The Masters in Hi-Def … notable because in smaller markets it’s still hard to get most available channels. To my knowledge, most local cable companies with HD packages, as well as Direct and Dish, carry UHD. Will be calling in sick those afternoons.
* Speaking of Hi-Def, have you been to The Zone if you live in mid-Mo? Heard someone on The Big Show the other night say it reminded them of a cool bar in Vegas. I’d have to agree. Look for them to have PS2 and Xbox tourneys on their giant screen in the near future … in Dolby Digital … sick. For transparency’s sake, they’re my client.
* We’ve signed eight or so new clients since the first of the year. It’s an exciting time.
* Hope it is for you, too.
* My wife and I are travelling separately today, then meeting up on Friday. I just saw her typed list of things to pack … it’s a meticulous outline worthy of defense in front of most disseratation committees. I don’t even know what I’m wearing, but did I, umm, mention I have my iPod already programmed?
0418 CST … Drive safely.