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Improv resources
In Bidness, PopCult, me, Me, ME! on March 3, 2010
For those who saw my talk at Ignite Dallas, here are the resource links I promised:
I took my Level 1 Improv class at Dallas Comedy House and am now in their Level 2 class. I wrote about my experience on Pegasus News. The story also includes a listing of other good improv programs around town. There is also a nascent community site: DFW Improv Forum.
For more on using improv in business, see The Applied Improvisation Network or Second City Communications. There was a recent article about the rise of improv in the workplace on CareerBuilder.
Info on London’s Yes And Club, which would be a cool idea in Dallas too.
Improv books:
The Second City book is better than Truth in Comedy, despite the latter’s pedigree. The Improv Handbook is next on my reading list.
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For those who saw my talk at Ignite Dallas, here are the resource links I promised:
I took my Level 1 Improv class at Dallas Comedy House and am now in their Level 2 class. I wrote about my experience on Pegasus News. The story also includes a listing of other good improv programs around town. There is also a nascent community site: DFW Improv Forum.
For more on using improv in business, see The Applied Improvisation Network or Second City Communications. There was a recent article about the rise of improv in the workplace on CareerBuilder.
Info on London’s Yes And Club, which would be a cool idea in Dallas too.
Improv books:
The Second City book is better than Truth in Comedy, despite the latter’s pedigree. The Improv Handbook is next on my reading list.
Related articles by Zemanta
- Laughing Your Way to a Job (abcnews.go.com)
- Fifty Years of Second City (online.wsj.com)
- Second City Tops Off Anniversary Celebration With 24-Hours Of Sleep Deprivation (chicagoist.com)
- Men of the Second City 2010 calendars arrive (late we might add) (timeoutny.com)
Song of the moment: “Cast Away Dreams”
In Bidness, Music, me, Me, ME! on January 6, 2010
Lindsey Buckingham
While working my way through the New Year’s week, I watched a lot of concerts I’d recorded on TV, including Lindsey Buckingham’s HDNET show at Bass Hall a couple of years ago. There was one tune that hadn’t made an impression on me at the time — nor in repeated listenings to the album version. But when I heard Lindsey’s preamble this time it struck a chord.
Without the backstory, you might think the song a downer. But as Lindsey described it, it was about how when you have many dreams, they’re never all going to come to fruition. That’s something to deal with, but nothing to mourn — the burial of those dreams makes room for others. Sometimes you need to put “cast away dreams” to rest in a celebratory fashion, even by dancing upon them.
That’s something I’ve been thinking about lately, especially as I’m contributing to some efforts to provide support and inspiration to entrepreneurs on the rougher side of the adventure. Not every mission is a success — and that’s a good thing to be celebrated.
Let’s dance: Read the rest of this entry »
The diet
In Fam, me, Me, ME! on November 10, 2009
Have you seen this man?
If you’ve only known me during my professional life, the picture at right probably makes no sense to you. It is clipped from a recent Facebook post of a group picture during my senior year in high school. I look scrawny, bordering on gaunt. I was prolly around a buck-sixty.
As the years have gone on, I’ve, um, blossomed to a robust 285. While the first twenty were muscle packed on as a collegiate swimmer, the rest are … not. I recently found out that’s ten pounds more than the apex my father hit– and I’ve always considered him fat.
While I’ve gone on diets before, a couple weeks ago, with April’s help and support, I hit a tipping point and embarked on some major lifestyle changes that I believe may well stick. For that reason, I’m contemplative about how I got here, and anyone who is a glutton for detail or who might be in a similar position can get the full story after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Two (more) good reasons to go to Kelsey’s Interactive Local Media 2009: Me and a discount
In Bidness, Media, me, Me, ME! on October 19, 2009Peter Krasilovsky continues to be inexplicably kind to me and has again included me on a panel for this year’s Interactive Local Media conference in LA. I’m on Friday morning (December 11) with Neil Budde of DailyMe (formerly of Yahoo! News):
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Personalization and Local
Personalization has been synonymous with “local” from day one—in theory. Recently, several cutting edge platforms make the tie more of a reality. We’ll get deep insight into how to make personalization/local work from two of the industry’s leading thinkers and doers—Internet media pioneer Neil Budde, the founding publisher of WSJ.com and leader of Yahoo News, and Mike Orren, the founder of Pegasus News.
Neil Budde, President and Chief Product Officer, DailyMe
Mike Orren, Founder and President, Pegasus News
Funny related story: We at Pegasus News have a flagship technology called “The Daily You.” The first conference I went to after we launched that, I randomly wound up sitting next to Eduardo Hauser, the founder of DailyMe. That was my first proof that this local behavioral thing had gone mainstream.
Also, as a speaker, it turns out I can offer you (my dear friend and loyal reader) a $200 registration discount for the conference. Just click the banner below to download the coupon:
ILM is consistently the best industry conference I attend. It’s no BS; the moderators don’t pull punches; and everybody in the room is a decision-maker who is doing something interesting. Hope to see you there.
Stream o’ consciousness for August 12th
In me, Me, ME! on August 12, 2009
Song of the moment: “If Tomorrow Never Comes”
In Music, me, Me, ME! on August 12, 2009
For $30, Todd will, um, bobble at you.
“If we were all good people, we could work in perfect rhythm. If worms had daggers, birds wouldn’t fuck with them.”
Todd Snider: “If Tomorrow Never Comes (with story) / Sideshow Blues” (Live at the Soiled Dove)
The bad news is that my copy of the original, complete with honky-tonk piano and screaming guitars is all entwined with ITunes DRM so it won’t post. (But you can get it here.)
The good news is that the live bootleg version I posted includes the background story. The song stands on its own, but it’s even richer with the story. Plus it comes with a bonus version of “Sideshow Blues.”
And while I’m posting on Todd Snider: Love you man, but $30 bucks for a freakin’ bobblehead? That’s kinda optimistic.
Stream o’ consciousness for August 11th
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Stream o’ consciousness for August 3rd
In me, Me, ME! on August 3, 2009
Stream o’ consciousness for August 2nd
In me, Me, ME! on August 2, 2009
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@markbriggs Tell them no need to worry about KOMO. [#]
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… Sweep the leg. [#]
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… You’re the best!
Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down (punctuation literal) #karatekid #joeesposito [#] |
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"Turn on, tune in, and drop out." – Marshall McLuhan (Honest. McLuhan gave it to Leary cuz it didn’t fit his own rap) (via @johnperrybarlow) [#]
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Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z, uh… maybe we ought to rethink this naming system. (via @scottkarp) [#]
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Listened to 7 songs.
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If you think your business is people interacting w/ content AND comment on your site, check & tremble: http://www.greactions.com [#]
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Stream o’ consciousness for August 1st
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Minor irony: as this talk goes on, many AH Belo sites are down… [#]
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Decherd: "How do you support great journalism in the face of this kind of revenue decline?" [#]
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Current rev of all AHC papers < DMN alone in 2000. [#]
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4th recession Decherd has seen. Difference = Internet. [#]
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Decherd: "Have to receive a fair value for what we deliver every day." [#]
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Remembering days of customer complaint over Sunday paper being too big for dog to pick up. (ah, memories) [#]
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"our advertisers don’t care what our circulation is in Tulsa or Amarillo" [#]
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Decherd: Attrition rate from higher sub prices is fae less than modeled. [#]
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Decherd: nonprofit model is swell idea. Doesn’t work. (room laughs) [#]
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RD: Nonprofit model is not "commonsensical" b/c no wider print distribution. Foundations/donors will lose interest. [#]
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RD: philanthropy is fickle. Don’t be lulled into notion it is substitute. [#]
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RD: "Briefing has probably annoyed the heck out of a lot of you" Al Dia profitable. Quick "will be there" [#]
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RD: "All about the core" (niche sections didn’t work. It’s metro, sports, etc" [#]
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"Internet cannot save traditional media." Price destruction. [#]
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RD: paid online won’t save the day. Online fees + ads not replace what was lost. Industry missed boat years ago. [#]
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RD: Kindle is horrible financial deal for us. [#]
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NPR.org has by far the best "site not found" page I’ve ever seen. http://is.gd/1WtO3 (via @ckrewson) [#]
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Just got my awesome b-day pressie from April: http://twitpic.com/ca5l4
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So. Disturbing. Sex dolls for dogs: http://is.gd/1WyJp (Hat tip: Chad Jones via Facebook) [#]
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Aggregation of my tweets during Belo honcho Robert Decherd’s lunch talk: http://is.gd/1WzYg [#]
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RT @mikebullock: Hey DFW, rain or shine here are the estate and garage sale listings for this weekend. http://tinyurl.com/9fofxy [#]
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April got us a couples massage at The Crescent Spa. I hope my masseuse is ready for a workout. [#]
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@old97s The bootleg community can suck eggs. Everybody converts to MP3 if they want to listen to the music. #unnecessarypretention [#]
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At stoplight. Crone in next car yelled at me for "the texting." Replied that she needed to mind her bidness; that she is greater danger… [#]
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…she gasped, called someone to report "assault…well, verbal assault!" People behind honked cos she didn’t notice light change #couldntmakeup [#]
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Listened to 20 songs.
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Thunderstorm Convertible #shouldbeabandname [#]
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The one thing I absolutely cannot tolerate is hypocrisy … unless it benefits me. Then I blithely ignore it. [#]
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Light at the end of the tunnel @ http://tinyurl.com/nykonq (via @seankovacs re: G Voice iPhone app rejection) [#]
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Listening to Dwight Yoakam – Please, Please Baby http://qtwt.us/fyq (testing qtweet) [#]
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Dear Bob: We Haven’t Met, But Texas Tribune Heart DMN Anyway!! BFF, Okay? « Insomniactive – http://qtwt.us/gyq [#]
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Listened to 12 songs.
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Interplanetary Biscuit #shouldbeabandname [#]
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Watching Karate Kid recorded of AMC and drinking mimosas… [#]
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…Mom is convincing son that she could never make the $ and bennies in computers that she could make after breaking into foodservice (!) [#]
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… forgot how integral crap soundrtracks were to 80’s films. [#]
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… Was 1984 really a cruel, cruel summer? [#]
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Stream o’ consciousness for July 31st
In me, Me, ME! on July 31, 2009Stream o’ consciousness for July 30th
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In me, Me, ME! on July 29, 2009Stream o’ consciousness for July 28th
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RT @johnperrybarlow: The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth. – G.C. Lichtenberg [#]
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Shared 2 photos.
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