PAH Nation's PAH-FEST Hollywood '09: Democracy In Action

I had the honor of being asked by the gracious and giving Christopher Coppola – who just lost his father, August, this week – to be one of the judges for PAH-FEST Hollywood 2009. If you don’t know what PAH (Project Accessible Hollywood) is, take a...

Though the Looking-Glass: What This Social Media Consultant Does

“What do you do,” asks an unknowing family, one-by-one. I oblige and explain, and yet am asked again, “what do you do?” I guess the better question might be is, what does it mean to have a job on the cutting-edge, where business decisions are...

Pressure To Make An 'Under 40' List

I don’t know if  it’s the Ivy League over-achiever in me or if I’m simply more competitive by nature than I realize, but I feel strangely panicky about having not made a 40 under 40 as yet. It’s not as though I’ve achieved nothing; I...

Live Podcast: Featured Guest Kevin Spier, Bunchball

In my weekly, “Break through the Noise” podcast, I like to give you a wide variety of influencers, not only to get your creative juices flowing, but also how to grow communities and, ultimately, new revenue opportunities. And so I introduce you to a friend...

Web 2.0 Expo: Initial Observations

I’m baaack!   Web 2.0 Expo has arrived and I am the house – or, more specifically, Moscone West in San Francisco – on behalf of my company Eastwick Communications.   I’m already noticing things that are different this year than last: More B2B...