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my portland food list

Portland food rocks. Out-of-towners are often surprised at the quality of restaurant they find here. I’ve been recommending some of our favorite places to folks who come out here from the east coast lately, and thought it might be fun to share my list here. (no comments, please, about the... more »

The Impact of a 3″ Screen

I was fortunate to attend the Mobile Marketing Forum last week in Los Angeles. I’m reconnecting with my “phonic” roots this winter, having worked in the telephony market as well as the software/internet markets for much of my adult life. And like everything else, they’ve... more »

Nuggets from the plane ride

I had a little time to read on the plane to the east coast yesterday, and found some fascinating nuggets in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal that I thought worth sharing.
In an article about large websites (like MSNBC or the Huffington Post) moving toward protecting their visitor data from ad... more »

checking in: an emerging brand problem… or opportunity?

“Checking in” on Friday was good for me. I was one of the 10,000 folks who got a free pair of jeans at the Gap. No strings attached. I was just in the right place, at the right time, with the right tool - Facebook Places on my phone - to do so.
The resulting comments on my Facebook... more »

I love infographics

I’ve been looking for an infographic that shows the intricacies of the mobile marketing field, to no avail yet…
Something like the latest version of Brian Solis’ Conversation Prism - that shows the players in social media’s “art of listening, learning and sharing”... more »

PDX’s Urban Airship facilitates purchases from mobile devices

Good news for Portland’s own Urban Airship. They’ve got some very high profile clients, like Newsweek and The Atlantic magazines. And they’re getting some nice coverage in the NY Times for their products, which (in this case) help companies facilitate payments via mobile devices... more »