No kidding, today I received this contextual ad on Facebook:
Fast home refi, good credit or not. Countrywide®. 4 out of 5 approved
Good credit or not? Was this ad in the queue prior to the early August economic panic over the sub-prime mortgage sector — and not pulled?… Read the rest
“This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.”
– Winston Churchill
“People, through their growing addiction to high volumes of email transmissions, defend themselves against the risk of communicating with one another.”… Read the rest
Max, Julian and Laura at the beach…
 Julian’s first dip in the ocean…
Julian happy with Daddy…
Julian passed out on the beach…
Julian (aka “Billy Idol”) and I learned that A&D ointment and salty air is good for spiking hair…
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“A friend is a present you give yourself.” What an ironic fortune cookie to receive tonight with my Chinese takeout — just as I edit a recent post on friending for my next MediaPost column. (It appears that quote originally is from Robert Louis Stevenson.)… Read the rest
“Friending” in social networks is passé. My esteemed colleague Pete Blackshaw wrote recently in ClickZ:
… Read the restLately I’ve been getting so many darn friend and connection invites that my head is spinning. From LinkedIn to Facebook to the all-too-common (and bogus) MySpace invite from the girl “who just broke up with [her] boyfriend and is just looking for fun,” it’s all getting a bit crazy.
