In discussions with clients and potential clients about projects or proposals that require them to step outside their comfort zone, I often hear two expressions:
We need to crawl before we walk
We want to get active online, but we need to take baby steps
I had never spent much time thinking about those statements before. I
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia.’ But only slightly less well known is this: ‘Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.’
You can add one to that. When the only guy in the
A friend and I were just discussing the latest installment of When Bill Clinton Attacks. According to news reports today (which I can’t find to link), the former Pres has a new kinder, gentler press strategy that doesn’t involve tirades against his wife’s opponent, the media, or small children.
With the over-delayed departure of John Edwards, and the implosion of Rudy Giuliani, the race for President comes down to four – Clinton, Obama, McCain and Romney. Between them the race is now an endurance campaign to see who has the resources and stamina to see it to the wire.
It
I’m a bit late to the party on this, but hopefully it’s fashionably late, and not like the guy that gets there after everyone has gone home and wants to sit and chat despite the fact that you’re dropping hints for him to get out. I thought I’d take a closer look at
Thought of the day from the opening scene of the movie High Fidelity:
What came first? The music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns and watching violent videos, we’re scared that some sort of culture of violence is taking them over. But nobody
(cross-posted from TechPresident)
A lot has been written about the Thompson campaign in the past two days. I have read a bunch of post-mortems all focused on what went wrong, but I thought I would spend a little time telling you what went right. For people interested in online politics and the way candidates use
Before I began advising Thompson’s campaign and imposed a degree of radio silence on myself, I had spent a lot of time sharing my thoughts on the absurdity of our culture, our political system, and even my own taste in movies and music. I spent a lot of time chatting about the ways campaigns
From Rich Galen’s Mullings:
Thompson never got more than 16 percent of the votes in any of the primaries or caucuses, so his endorsement would not seem to be crucial to any of the remaining candidates. Nevertheless, two of them were gracious in their comments.
According to Associated Press reporters Dave Espo
As a lot of people chatter about the departure of Fred Thompson from the race, I’m sitting here thinking about the last 9 months and wondering how I can ever look my party in the face again. For that matter, I don’t see how I can look my fellow voters in the face.