Chris Allison

Happy Birthday James

Happy birthday to James Charlesworth, my co-worker and SEO extraordinaire.

Sometimes Simple is Best

In the midst of all the tools designed to help people manage their to-do list, I've found that the best tool for me has been notepad. I have a notepad doc on my desktop that I leave open throughout the work day and update with tasks as they come my ...

Skepticism and Trust

Where is the copper in our cell phone batteries mined and were the miners treated ethically? A long time ago a friend posed this question to me, and it's been bugging me since. Most of us don't know the answer to this and a thousand other questions like it. There ...

Reading for the weekend: PSFK Good Brands Report 09

The brands with the most leadership and relevancy ranked by innovation, environmental responsibility, and community. http://www.psfk.com/psfk-good-brands-report-2009

Reading for the weekend: The Judgment of Thamus by Neil Postman

A bit on technology, culture, and ideology from Neil Postman. Thanks to Nate Evans for the find. Click continue for the link. http://www.sts.psu.edu/Courses/walton/readings/Post1.PDF

Marketing Thought For The Weekend

I need to work on expanding my creative views to ideas that other people will identify with.

A Few Thoughts on Honest Marketing

Headlines that came to mind today on the way to lunch:It's just a car. Because a car is just what you need. it doesn't taste Home-Cooked. it isn't Organic and it isn't Healthy. It's Fast Food and it Gets The Job Done.

Instead of Crowdsourcing, Try a Retainer

I've been planning a massive redesign of every social media property I'm involved in, and I'd like it to be completed holistically and relatively timely, which means I'm going to have to hire someone since I'm not a web designer. If you've ever had a website of your own you've ...

Interests

A quick note of things I'm interested in. This may be interesting to you, but primarily serves as yet another exercise in finding a direction for my blogging and online activity. Bonsai Trees Pipe Tobacco Good Food Social Media SEO Technology Books Design Mitzi Communities

Haiku #1 [Spring]

grass is greener now than it has been or will be winter came, the summer comes