One of the never-ending delights of the human condition is the flukiness of inspiration, how creativity sometimes springs from unlikely places. And so it is that the newspaper chain with the most interesting and coherent approach to rethinking journalism and news-gathering is not the New York Times Co. (NYT ) or the Washington Post Co. (WPO ).
With two tattoo studios and a client base that stretches from Fayetteville to Jonesboro, Mountain Home’s become the tattoo capitol of north central Arkansas.
Transaction still matters, of course. So does conversation. But the biggest wedge in the social pie of the public marketplace is relationship. Prices less set than found, and the context for finding prices is both conversation and relationship. In many cases, relationship is the primary concern, not price. The bottom line is not everything.
If your story and brand truly engage someone in conversation and relationship, then you will see it in The Bottom Line.
Then this article in PingMag, Kahing Chan: What’s happening at MTV China? The creative director at MTV China in Beijing, asked if the Censorship situation will change in the future answered:
No. This is the only way to keep the balance of such a big country. If the government doesn’t control anything, China will go wrong. This is almost the same as playing a game: if there are no rules to play the game, it won’t be interesting. Even better – you can find enjoyment through all these rules.
I don’t believe his story, but I do believe The Game will get more interesting in China!
I’ve been looking at Microchunking our Story and came up with this version:
We’re a Cute Couple who Get It and we can help You get it.
We’re Cute because when the Deranged Loner (Bill) first came in contact with the Secret Princess (Misty), we lived over 2000 miles apart and had a 30 year difference in age.
We get it because we look, we see, and we play with Brand Hacking.
We can help you if you have a product/service of value and want to enter the Future of Marketing and Media.
Today we were out at Mockingbird Bay Resort preparing for a WiFi Hotspot Installation. The place is beautiful, overlooking Lake Norfork, and just imagine when you can get online by Laptop, PDA, or Mobile Phone!
I’m now into week 2 of using Vista and I have found that the built in Zip extractor is extremely slow. It took it over 2 minutes to extract a 1.38MB file. I did find that WinRAR works on Vista and it extracted the same file in seconds.
Now, one thing I have found that I love about Vista is the Snipping Tool. It works like Print Screen on Steroids! You click the Snipping Tool and then select which area of the desktop you want to cut out as a picture and then it automatically opens up a new box with the area you selected. You can then save the file as a JPEG and you’re done.
Here’s a picture I mashed up of Bill and I in honor of Valentine’s Day. Yes, true love can look scary, but inside it’s so darn beautiful. Happy Valentine’s Day Ninja Bill!
We love it when people take things created by others and make a Mashup with them. Below you can download our logo in Illustrator Format or PNG format. Also, we have provided the Flash file below that has our Shuriken spinning like in the header above; it can be opened in Macromedia Flash to edit. Feel free to download them, mash them up, and email us so we can post your creations!
Download Adobe Illustrator Logo Here.
Download PNG Logo Here.
Download Flash File Here.
