Monthly Archives: February 2009

Be Essential!

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Todd Chandler

Recently came across this car­toon in Tony Karrer’s eLearn­ing Tech­nol­ogy blog. Thanks to John Brentlinger at revJohn for intro­duc­ing me to Tony’s blog.

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Establish Daily Routines

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Todd Chandler

While read­ing an arti­cle about Robert Caro’s work habits in Newsweek Mag­a­zine, I got to think­ing about my own per­sonal work habits. I’ve never been one to estab­lish daily rou­tines. I have a fear that they lead to ruts and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Smile!

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Todd Chandler

The fol­low­ing clip is a feel good prank from the agents at Improv Every­where. I love how in the write-up of the event, one of the agents talked about the joy of watch­ing “vic­tims” smile after the encounter. Sev­eral years … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Your Defining Brand | Experience vs. Products

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Todd Chandler

“Could you iden­tify your­self with only 5 brands?” That’s the engag­ing ques­tion being asked at 5brands on tum­blr. Read­ing through the var­i­ous responses, I noticed that some of the brands referred to expe­ri­ences (Star­bucks, ESPN, Google), but that most referred … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Best Super Bowl Ads

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Todd Chandler

Wow! What a great game, but more impor­tantly here are my favorite three ads. #3 Bud Light: Meet­ing“How about we stop buy­ing Bud Light for every meet­ing.” #2 Dori­tos: Crys­tal Ball“I think that’s a yes.” #1 Hulu: Alec and Hulu­wood“I mean what … Con­tinue read­ing →

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