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“The other side doesn’t have conference calls. They just put stuff out there.” That’s a good lesson for everyone from peHUB’s article “Silicon Valley Blindsides Hollywood on Piracy” [http://goo.gl/iS0ez]. Just ‘putting stuff out there” usually wins.

When describing how the traditional media companies were caught flatfooted in their campaign for SOPA and entertainment lawyer noted: “We do some of that (online) stuff, but it has to go through a committee of 14 people,” he said. “The other side doesn’t have conference calls. They just put stuff out there.””

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Up way too early but off to #CES I go…

In Sign of the Times, Puma Sends Bloggers to Cover Sailing Race

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Time to become a freelance blogger: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/jQ2Jh2j-hSY/

Penis tattoo gives guy permanent erection

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Don’t tell me you never thought of doing this… what? Oh, you didn’t think of sticking needles in your penis. Oh yea,right, me neither! I guess when Viagra isn’t enough there’s always a permanent tattoo.

The Body Odd – Penis tattoo gives guy permanent erection.

[Photo] Gillette Stadium – 12/24/11

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Christmas Tree Inspector

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The Christmas Tree inspector hard at work making sure all the ornaments are in their proper position.

Walking in NY

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Ringing the Bell

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Kai

We have a big day planned for tomorrow as the team is headed to NYC to ring the closing bell at NASDAQ. It has the feeling of a school field trip with buses and all. The only real difference is the #1 question everyone has is whether their broadband cards will work effectively on the trip down. Geeks on a bus, baby!

11 tips for better meetings

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Kai

http://www.boston.com/business/gallery/having_better_meetings/

This is an old(er) article from Scott Kishner from the Boston Globe but one that bears constant revisiting as it re-introduces the problems with meetings as inefficient time suckers. The article introduces some interesting ways to increase the effectiveness that a heavy meeting culture can induce. Continue reading →

Culture

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Kai

A great video on the impact of culture of companies of various sizes. This series is being filmed and produced by the folks over at wistia.com. Check it out.