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If you're into music and you're not following a dude named Lefsetz...you're missing out.
Last week, he opined that the new Jeff Bridges CD sold just 13,197 copies...and yet, that was good enough to make it the the 25th most popular CD in the nation. A nation, as Bob reminds, of 300 million people.
I know there are those that say the Long Tail is hooey. I think this says just the opposite.
Travel 2.0's Troy Thompson recently reposted a treatise from a Washington State-based PR pro that said that she intended to create the State's premier tourism web presence.
While there are several philosophical flaws in her business plan (given that she believes DMOs to be nothing more than pimps), it is an interesting view of the world before us.
The private sector is coming. Are you ready to be relevant?
I, like many, follow Peter Greenberg. And, I got a message from him Saturday night that he would be doing a piece on the the Vietnam-era UW-Sterling Hall bombing on CBS Sunday Morning. Cool...what time?
So I go to the CBS Sunday Morning Homepage. Nothing...nowhere does it say what time this sensational show (with the "other" Bill Geist) airs. Really. Nowhere.
I get when traditional businesses don't have a clue about online marketing. But a monster like CBS?
But, maybe it is because they ARE a monster that they don't get it. Their iPhone app is a disaster...recently averaging one out of five stars in consumer reviews. And I can't find when to tune in to see something I want to see?
Just another example of being way to close to the forest to see the trees.
Sigh...at least I know I can watch it online after it airs.
Bittersweet as always...as is this fairly obscure track from Bruce Springsteen in which he kinda channels the Beach Boys.
Well, at least that's what I hear. It's "Girls in their Summer Clothes" on our Music Friday.
"Love's a fool's dance and I ain't got much sense. But I still got my feet."
Enjoy.
"Use of such devices during take-off and landing may interfere with the plane's navigation system."
I guess I don't hear these terse warnings quite as much as we all used to...but, the whole concept of mobile phones and laptops being able to bring down a commercial airliner always seemed a little far fetched. Especially because we've all forgotten to power down such units once or twice...and made it to our destination safely.
United has all but admitted that the concept was overblown as it announced earlier this week that it was supplying all its pilots with iPads to use for navigation...but only for the first and last 50-miles of their flights.
Another urban legend, put to rest.
Not unlike the early days of the internet, searching for stuff on mobile devices can be tedious and frustrating.
A new study from Modapt and Morrissey & Company reveals that only 12% of smartphone users say their recent mobile browsing experiences have been good. Navigation and slow downloads are the biggest headaches.
Interestingly, 30% say they are searching for destination information.
Guess we all need to step up our game when it comes to designing smarter mobile sites.
I'm not sure what drew my eye to the posterized schedule for our semi-pro baseball team in a local restaurant...but I chuckled heartily as I saw the typo (click image to enlarge).
All games times in CST? Really?
'Cause during the baseball season, at least around these parts, we observe Central DAYLIGHT Time.
I can't help but wonder how many fans showed up an hour early.
I know...I know. None. But, it's still kinda funny.
I still remember the first time I heard this song...in a girlfriend's basement in Shore Acres. I was transfixed, never having heard anything so raw. That's what it was like in those heady early days of rock n roll.
In 1968, Vogue magazine said "she slinks like tar, scowls like war." 42 years ago this week she tore down Woodstock. Just over a year later, she was one of the first inductees into the "27 Club."
On this Music Friday...the incredible Janis Joplin. Turn it up.
It's a line from one of my favorite '60s B-movies that starred Christopher Jones, Hal Holbrook and an unknown actor (at the time) named Richard Pryor.
And that's what continues to happen in Boise as its CVB battles through overwhelming oddities to survive. Search "Boise" in this blog to catch up on the saga if you're new to this soap opera...but suffice to say that the shift in make-up of the Bureau's local funding source Board did not produce the solution that supporters anticipated.
Instead of fully funding the CVB back to its original level, the Board last week offered just under $300,000 in an annual contract after getting pushback when it originally offered $200,000.
Which is playing sneaky panther games...as the destination risks losing over $600,000 in State Tourism grants if there isn't a sufficient match to administer the marketing funds.
But, ain't that just like so many of the people currently holding office in this country. They're just having way too much fun screwing with each other to care about the harm they are inflicting on the unwitting saps that voted for them.
At the same time, though, ain't it refreshing to have the State Tourism office weigh in (check the comments). They know the BCVB is vital to the City and State's economy. A pity so few others do.
The Statue of Liberty is closing.
No, really...it is.
They say it's for renovations.
But..."they" say a lot of stuff.
Coincidence or Harbinger?
Yes...you be the judge.
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