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Twitter. Send in the experts. Or are they…
Since Oprah signed onto Twitter some 8 months ago, there has been an explosion of users. Not sure what the Twitter population stands at, but apparently it is enough for them to get about $100 Million in funding. How are they going to pay that back? Hmm, haven’t we been here before?About 9 years ago, I sat on a panel with fellow Brooklynite Jerry Della Femina, the head of Agency.com and about 4 others. It was for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (you know them for The Emmy Awards), very first ever Internet / TV conference. Tickets were $650 each. Marriott Marquis. Times Square.I had never done one of these before, but that didn’t stop them from putting me in the center of the dais. Every question ended in my lap, more or less.Before this event, I started to lower my agency’s dotcom client base from 80% to 50%. Was hoping to get it down to 30%. While it was impossible to say no to a $10 million budget to advertise custom jewelry online, it just didn’t add up. Person after person would come to our office on West 19th street with a fistful of millions left over after they rented a penthouse and bought a Viper with their VC money.Around this time, I was trying to get through a book, first book I refused to finish and to date, the last. Just as you would expect, it was by experts, and anyone with 2 brain cells knew this was hocus-pocus. The book was called, wait, no, I call it The Clueless Manifesto. A reporter from the Washington Post asked me a question, apparently the answer I gave ruffled her feathers and as the 120 minute panel ended, she raced to me and asked if she could call me in 8 months to prove me wrong. I said absolutely, here is my card and here is my mobile. Want my home number just in case? What irked her was that I said this dotcom run would end in 8-9 months. Of course saying this at an internet conference did not make me the most popular guy in the room.I was wrong. It blew up in only 6 months.The reporter from the Washington Post never did call.Much like the old late night “get real estate with no-money-down infomercials,” I’m suddenly surrounded by internet experts on twitter. The porn links, OK I get it, but where the heck are all these experts coming from? Is there some new school out there that gives a degree that makes you an expert? Can they really tell their ASS from SEO?
And just in the nick of time, the clowns are back.
weekend and oprah
How was your weekend?
Mine was great. Sunday was a busy day. My family came over for the afternoon. We had a great time laughing, and had some serious conversation about my younger brother's prostate cancer. (Which reminds me, I have to call the doctor this week for a PSA Test.) My brother got a 2nd opinion, which is always a good thing, and the second doctor recommended he have surgery since the cancer is small and he's healthy. I think that's what he's going to do. It's scary, but probably the right thing.
Last night a group of friends met for our weekly Desperate Housewives party. The show was great. There was more mystery and drama, like there was in the first season. Hopefully Julie won't die; she's the only sane character on that show, but then again, I guess that's why they'd kill her off.
Just now I caught up on Brothers & Sisters. It was an awesome episode. Kevin needs to get a haircut, though. He's not looking so gay this year.
Going to bed early to read Oprah's new book club selection on my iPhone: Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan.
Don't Tell Mommy, OK?
John: "Who's your daddy?"
Mackenzie: "You are, duh!"
John: "Say my name, bitch?"
Mackenzie: "Ohhhhh, dad! I wish mom could join in."
John: "Ok lady, you get a 20 minute time out. Go to your room."
mariah on oprah
i enjoyed mariah's performance of this song, and the introduction by the gay boys.
Lovin this
What a blast. Oprah had a 60s show. The costumes, sets, music, and commericals were groovy. I had seen the commericals for Slinky or Chatty Kathy since I was a kid.
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