HAPPY NEW YEARS! Calling it a day at the office and getting my ping pong on.

Reading about the top 10 reputation trackers. We have uses Trackur and Rep. Defender @venture51 - http://bit.ly/YNtb - What are you using?

I just got my ass beat in ping pong by someone I use to whoop. Kinda pissed.

Reading about the Net Neutrality issues starting in Australia http://bit.ly/7lQ

@Girlinyourshirt launches a Band Show on inyourshirt.tv - http://bit.ly/AFYPk

Norad Santa Tracker has stepped it up big time this year. Has integration with Google Earth. The kids luv it! - http://ping.fm/0TO59

Shazam on the iPhone is 9/9. Incredible! Top 5 iPhone app of the year.

checking out the Mint for iPhone app.

Checking out issuu.com. actually a pretty cool little app. I throw it in the docstoc arena.

Seriously, do women still wear those ridiculous Juicy jumpsuits? thought those went out with Kanye.

off to get some shopping done. @bridgetztalk is on a mission.

First day of feeling better. 80% now.

0:1 on meeting:deal ratio this morning. I guess the streak had to end.

Kiss your loved ones. careful, if you have a heart this will tear you up. i'd like to be happy for John Walsh, but... - http://bit.ly/YsEh

up from a nap. still feel like crap. jumping on several calls that i have neglected over the day.

New blog post: Dumb Money/Good Money (Start Series 3/6) - http://bit.ly/WLbv

5 hours of sleep this morning. feel worse. going back to bed. sneaking my machine into bed past @bridgetztalk to get a little done.

Apple clones are a big problem for Apple since switching to Intel based processors. http://bit.ly/yhsb

NYC -> PHX

over @infinityinfo hanging' with yacov and team. Nice new place in the old giftcertificates.com bldg.

At bowery wine company with @bridgetztalk and chris apostle. Telling stories.

PHX > NYC

it'd be interesting to hear a VCs response to what their new business model is since the old one is irrelevant. http://bit.ly/15hTn

working for @bridgetztalk today. she helped me out a lot this past week. the list should be rather lengthy starting with starbucks.

@Problogger launches the premium training program for bloggers. i think i am in. http://bit.ly/xBzp

At PB waiting on a meeting & listening to three sales douches outsmarting each other about firewalls & how they can gouge their customer.

Still waiting on the fam to arrive. Terminal 3 is pretty quiet.

Starbucks > Run the dog > Gym > Work > Catch up with friends > Karate Kicks

Happy Thanksgiving!

Leaving sky harbor to go a meeting and then maybe back to sky harbor.

RT - @venture51 Great preso from Andrew Chen at Startonomics on, you guessed it "Startup" - http://budurl.com/hddw

Cat jump fail - http://budurl.com/5jlw

YouTube Live was decent. Started off strong & then got a little boring. Mashable's @paulglazowski covered it - http://budurl.com/r8pg

creating my "meet Brandon" for slideshare. pretty humbling process. fun too.

inbox = 0

kind of a strange day. not that good, not that bad. good discussions though.

Google Lively - Fail - http://budurl.com/sy4r

had a great lunch with a new venture fund forming in town. learned of another new tech fund as well. good action happening in PHX (in tech)

heading over to @republicproject

Adding "post to twitter" to your site is yielding good results. http://budurl.com/6as2

Gaming becoming the next inbound marketing play. Apple accelerating this with iPhone as a mobile gaming device. http://budurl.com/2rtp

starbucks > support Mom on her 3 day walk for breast cancer as a 9 year survivor > apple store > strategy docs for @peoplejar . see ya!

"I am to music what Jordan is to basketball". Kanye is smokin' crack again. - http://budurl.com/ta76

off to watch my daughter in a her dance recital

apparently people are sharing apartments in NYC as rent stays inflated but wages & jobs are way down. they say it's like blade runner.

regrettably, my head hurts.

registering for the AZ Entrepreneur Conf. Guess i missed the early bird. http://budurl.com/gguy

@chandlerp looking forward to the structure & storyboard for @show51tv . you da' man.

creating a deck for a preso at ASU.

@kadedworkin is reading 2 books per week. i thought i was on fire with 1 per week.

checking out chi.mp. pretty cool!

disappointing call this morning with a respected tech entrepreneur who judges startup success by the amount of $ raised & size of team.

you know you are in a downed economy when your friend/acquaintances turn network marketers & try to sell you some weird super drink.

gonna pack up and go work from home today. change it up a lil'

strategy day over @peoplejar. checking in on @consultingmo shortly after.

funny flow diagram on SEOBOOK - http://budurl.com/dvwk

@ryanswagar , @peoplejar & I just met with Dizzler. man, pretty smart guys.

Jason Fried on Momentum & why roadmaps, specs & projections are evil. http://budurl.com/vwnr

the time to start something big is now. don't sit on the sidelines waiting this storm thru. it will be too late when it settles. go!

good action today, but i definitely ran out of steam. that's a wrap.

good strategy day over @venture51 . switching gears to focus on @republicproject

linkedin finally adds apps. actually thought i was going to have to wait for opensocial to be implemented - http://budurl.com/kk8r

off to #podcampaz

@guykawasaki is @pamslim 's "link sugar daddy"

can't see thru @Hildebrant big wig #podcampaz

#podcampaz listening to @pamslim talk about corporate exits...

podcasters choice of editor - windows = audacity / mac = garageBand. any others? #podcampaz

newmediainterchange.com is a place to learn more about the media aspect > audio/video/print/photo etc. hmm!

#podcampaz listening to doug welch on "new media interchange"

ouch! had higher hopes yesterday of making it to #podcampaz early today, but halloween crushed that. slowly heading down.

8 Things to Expect in the Next iPhone Update - http://budurl.com/fbfl

No Opera in Appstore? http://budurl.com/8gcy

Looking fwd to podcampaz tomorrow

@flypaperstudio > @venture51 > @republicproject > @peoplejar

off to @flypaperstudio

reading "the 15 key elements all websites should have". - http://budurl.com/awlr

coffee this AM with @ChikiiTV

in between @republicproject and @peoplejar today.

off to the final design review @republicproject

It's a venti awake over ice morning.

Off to Jesse Baylin with @bridgetztalk

working down @flypaperstudio today.

happy bday to Jack (my son). he is 6 today. Love you buddy.

Brightkite for iPhone has moved @Brightkite into my top 3.

off to starbucks and then a half day of work.

Dbag Alert: at the gold tourney at grayhawk and there's two dudes wearing golf clothes and shoes. They are fans.

just got off a call with the lithium team. they definitely know the community side of things.

sitting down with some of the @peoplejar guys this morning.

great meeting today with a bay area social agency. Feedback was validating. also learned that most true SEO majors are winding down PPC.

off to have coffee with @consultingmo

reading: "The 10 Social Networks & What They Say About You" - http://ping.fm/TRDJL

cool little app should anyone need to check if their handle/user name is available on social sites - http://ping.fm/812Wg

Reminder: PodCamp AZ is in 10 days. Great topics & speakers. Spread the love! http://ping.fm/rojtn

calls with attorneys typically aren't as good as the one we just had. maybe it's a sign of times.

winding down tonight. radiohead "live at glastonbury" on DVD. peace out!

good day over @venture51 & @republicproject. i am out. see you tonight.

survey: if I mention CRM, what 3 vendors come to mind? thx in advanced.

finishing "OPEN" and picking up "Tribes" today. review by this weekend.

@pingfm i am so happy you are back it's worth this worthless tweet to say, i really missed you.

man, another good one from #swphx called @reservechute - must have been a good weekend.

@bridgetztalk check out @myshelterhelper . cool app built at #swphx for animal lovers.

@chasers - @twitrratr is pretty slick. was this the project you were on at #swphx ?

winding down after a long weekend of projects.

Startup velocity is so key. "F#%K up Fast", as a @ryanswagar says, & adjust. go, f'up, fix, go again. quit theorizing on the whiteboard.

redesigning bzkicks.com startpage. toning it down a bit and keeping the design consistent with blog and social sites.

android getting much more uptick than i expected - http://ping.fm/Y23lL

Going to spend some time with @bobneeser to help out on his pitch next week.

re-reading @davemc500hats wake up post - http://ping.fm/YKouw

heading to the Rok for dinner tonight & then Bob Schneider at the Rhythm Room. should be a good time with @ryanswagar, @bridgetztalk & julie

funny and good content from @armano http://ping.fm/K7ThN

up all night with my son. this chest cold going around is nasty.

epic GN'R footage from 1st time live performance of Patience at CBGBs back in 87. AXL struggles with the lyrics. http://ping.fm/s6jwy

out of @republicproject / @venture51 and off to a meeting. delivering a preso/plan to apotential new client. hint = bellyflops... ;)

i am pretty convinced that if the video professor shaved his mustache, his sales would decline dramatically. CBTs & staches go hand in hand.

Mobile service for Ping.fm posts 90% of the time where Twitteriffic sees challenges sometimes with connectivity. Why?

iPhoners: liking the Fringe app for iPhone like I like Meebo for the desk/web top. So far so good.

bottled water vs. tap. what is better for you? you'll be surprised. - http://ping.fm/RGeE3

these are real. new macbook pro pic. http://ping.fm/HHszs

my son went crazy over this video from Gizmodo on the F-35B. He loves Transformers. http://ping.fm/YF52e

i am a big meebo fan. love it! today 11 more sites added community chat. they continue on a great trajectory. http://ping.fm/qsWtM

winding down. sick little girl requires attention. big rest of the week @republicproject and @venture51. throw some bellyflops in there too.

here's great article from @ryanzuk on Twitter/PR. nice to be mentioned with some great company. thx! - http://ping.fm/Lg4CQ

RT - @pitchengine - pitchengine How media use printed press releases by @gumshoo http://bit.ly/4mUrvQ

new mac book/mac book pro accidentally released in install guides. not sure it was an accident, but here is the slip. http://ping.fm/zGSHW

dear traditional media, you are feeding the beast with your articles on the next Great Depression. typical!

good kickoff discussions w/ lithium as we learn that the community footprint should be established prior to the social footprint. for most.

43 degrees in AZ right now. I am actually cold.

Back in ptown to 74 degree afternoon weather. Wow!

OU vs. Texas. Sorry @johnnygoudie , @alpharev & other Austinites, got to root for @bridgetztalk 's alma mater.

@davemc500hats offers advice to tech startups & entrepreneurs. it goes a little like, "Wake the FU%# up..." - http://tinyurl.com/3q6x3v

dinner & then off to the Duffy show with the Def Jam crew for this fundraiser. should be a good time.

picking up the pieces from last night and heading over to the Dussault shop on Melrose. pics from the opening - http://ping.fm/AVbRt

@ryanswagar rooms at Mondrian LA have been redone and are pretty sweet.

over at the RP/V51 office for a solid half day, then off to LA. looking forward to touring @jasondussault 's store on melrose.

time to relax as another proposal gets proofed and sent. really excited about this one.

a little mid-morning bright eyes for all of you. http://ping.fm/STR7Y

i think it's time for the toon avatar to go away. cool idea when only a few people did it. seems like everyone has one now.

off to LA tomorrow for a lil' biz & fun. checking out the new dussault store, @bridgetztalk is dragging me to a concert & visiting friends.

just figured out (w/ help from @ryanswagar ) that grooveshark has a flex-based lite version, & it's killer! http://ping.fm/7SAfq

Mail Goggles from Gmail Labs prevents "drunk sending" - http://ping.fm/KSyjq

in a jam session on @republicproject wireframes & page prototypes with @ryanswagar & the RP crew.

@ryanzuk like your fire to find the right blend between traditional and new PR. you are on to something and you will get it. good seeing you

good action in the office today.

so, the cool thing is i only hear "web 20" a couple X / wk now. the bad thing is i hear "web 30" "semantic" & "cloud computing" 100X / wk.

reading "top 5 reasons vista failed". interesting assessment. top of digg tech right now. http://ping.fm/vAKmH

@kadedworkin nice meeting you saturday. i misplaced your card. can you dm your info over?

heading off to @flypaperstudio . slept in a ittle bit today.

signing off. fun and productive weekend. party at the W last night forced an early shut down tonight.

off to starbucks. i think az has turned the corner. so nice out.

OJ found guilty an probably going away for life. 13 years, to the day, after he got away with murder the 1st time. http://ping.fm/r0xzF

time to shut it down today. see you little bit this weekend.

getting things done listening to kings of leon. music is the answer to the worlds problems. njoy! http://ping.fm/eJ8P1

@chasers & I were talking about social consulting last night and the one thing which we kept coming back to is, social consulting is labor.

This dude at Starbucks is TALKING REALLY LOUD on his phone. Player has got to close some biz and he needs to do it loud. Dbag.

Got a great education on SEO last night from @chasers. guy knows his stuff.

signing out. updated @flypaperstudio twitter page design.

going to give grooveshark another try. apparently you don't need to download anything. @grooveshark ?

is it already that time to book SxSW? do a lil' digital, but mainly going for the music & hang with friends.

over at RP and V51 today.

a lot of talk about chinese democracy. not excited. a) it ain't GnR w/o the guns. b) 15 years is way too long. c) axl quit eatin' spaghetti.

if you love an artist (enough to go see them live) then buying their album is a "no brainer". the experience is incomplete otherwise.

dear every social app: please start using autommatic's gravatar. not sure it's possible, but it would be cool.

cool, just modified the plurk layout for RP using tinypic and a minor tut. pretty easy.

anyone else notice a big surge of friend requests on pownce? making me want to go there more.

working with a friend, who is in production, helping me write content and segments for our upcoming show. he's good!

interesting article about digg. interesting how it's more prominent on mixx. http://ping.fm/BUNLo

watching iron man with my kids. forgot how good it really was.

climbing the ranks of digg this morning is a post about "web people" as @bridgetztalk refers to them. read on - http://ping.fm/T2Kmk

apparently a lot of bands lost a ton of plays on myspace. seems to be the same time they launched myspace music. heard this a lot at ACL.

on a call with a so called web strategist that one of my clients hired. i have never heard someone use "cloud" more often than this dbag.

finishing a call with new york and then focused on @flypaper_studio the rest of the day. catch up is going well.

back in the swing of things in AZ. interesting mashable article on when to fire your social media consultant - http://ping.fm/FW6DM

more on net neutrality & Australia seems to have some answers - http://ping.fm/mR9iT

Travel day from hell. Good to be back in PHX.

Sweet! A delayed flight & a potential canceled flight could lead to an all day journey through texas or vegas. Happens to me often in ATX.

see ya autsin.

ACL Sunday was the ticket. SSPU, racounteers & band of horses were all tight.

off to ACL. big day today with SSPU, band of horses & the foo.

paul newman passes away at 83. http://ping.fm/GttV1

taking a nap

place in austin is killer. @ryanswagar found it. off to see manu chao and @johnnygoudie tonite.

Started at the Paste mag party last night then over to beauty to meet @alpharev - Finshed the night at lucky with @beauxloy & the weber crew

Breakfast at el sol y la luna recovering from last night. @johnnygoudie is stopping by. Catching him at antones tonite

guess i am going to the techcrunch meetup tonite in autsin. wasn't planning on it, but got the invite. okay, cool!

Sat next to delta spirit on the flight to Austin. Checkin' them out at ACL.

Flying to Austin.

amazing new nintendo ad on youtube. it's top of digg & is nearing 1M views on youtube - check it - http://ping.fm/vZOPy

$29M C round for Digg. Seems like a lot. http://ping.fm/89V1Q

myspace music launches tonight. reviews seem mixed. what do you think? http://ping.fm/b93kf

@ryanswagar intro'd me to a guy who founded a popular seattle coffee chain & his next idea is killer. going to be a fun project. stay tuned!

crazy travel over the next couple of weeks, austin, SF, maybe NY and LA. hmm!

building some stories for a new campaign @flypaperstudio. it's a sales tools campaign. ;)

2 days of training a new employee on social media footprinting, outreach and protocol. love younger talent b/c this stuff is in their DNA.

man, i love fresh pineapple. i could the whole think in one sitting.

google 10th birthday site. http://ping.fm/3BZEU

Startup Weekend Phoenix in one month. hope to see you there. http://ping.fm/1ngw0

techstars racking them up (more on microVC) http://ping.fm/v9gWZ

just called southwest & they changed my flight within 4 minutes. not 1 hassle or 1$. another reason i quit flying us airways.

off to hang with the family and get ready for a productive pre-Austin day tomorrow. night!

adobe announced CS4 today and releases it tuesday. http://ping.fm/SZVVM

interesting take on hulu & why youtube is in its sites. http://ping.fm/U85HE

intense debate is now an autommatic joint & they do it w/o any VC$, proving once again that "micro vc" has legs - http://ping.fm/XShv3

"clay is gay", shocking! - http://ping.fm/XShv3

Good cactching up with @rz_az this morning. He's eager to learn and blend the new social methods w/ tradiotional PR. Cool!

Showing the benefits of a web service to Roz.

reading how businesses can benefit from social networking: http://ping.fm/KHldL

off to @flypaperstudio

ping adds support for yammer, multiply and youare.

testing youare.com in private beta. it's kind of like pownce meets linkedin. sort of.

off to hot yoga

@gapingvoid post this morning gen'd a ton of diggs - http://ping.fm/fKnqT

winding down the night. going to do my guitar practice. nothing like loggin' 10 hrs on a sunday. that's life, for now.

establishing a social footprint for two companies right now, sitting by the pool and listening to radiohead at glastonbury. no complaints.

plurk seems to be pretty big in asia. anecdotal evidence, but i was just scrolling through the interesting plurker's list.

chasing down people to pay invoices. anyone using a app like freshbooks to manage this? are there other apps? anything else that might help?

checking out @tedhackman 's ravigate (in private alpha). see some possibilities here.

reading: driving and texting...http://tinyurl.com/a5w

new facebook group has over 1.5M users to protest new facebook UI. http://ping.fm/zY2g0

At a wedding in sun city & 8 champagne glasses deep, nodding my head to a woman telling me how she gets diarrhea from frog legs. Wow.

off to catch up with @bobneeser. been a while.

off to guitar lessons.

microsoft campaign "i'm a PC" making you install silverlight. seems to take forever.

Travis Barker and DJ AM were critically injured in a plane crash and four others died. http://ping.fm/LCvcH

microsofts newest commercials are pretty decent, but their metadata on the campaign's creative tells you a lot. http://ping.fm/Sz0vd

Looking forward to a semi relaxing weekend. It was an awesome week. See everyone tomorrow.

done with the board meeting and heading up to another meeting over at the RP.

down @flypaperstudio for a board meeting.

Dear cleaning service, where is my underwear?

definitely not ready to go on a "media-diet" but glad to know you can & it's becoming more acceptable when you need to.

learned from @charleneli today that SMBs should not drive conversations to their site, but go engage the audience in the right communities.

good morning all. heading down to see @charleneli speak today.

the next phase of the $300M for micorosoft's campaign seems like a better play & should resonate much better - http://ping.fm/jiNGh

microsoft calls is quits on the new campaign. No soup for seinfeld or gates. http://ping.fm/VuNQh

had a lot of responses to my "lid reduction" comment earlier today - a lid reduction is a haircut. i thought it was better known. ;)

heard another down round story today. what's everyone else hearing on A2 & B rounds? seems valuations r coming way down 4 the few getting $.

talked with a social/buzz firm today who guarantees a specified amount of traffic in the form of unique. pretty interesting pitch.

Skipping out to get a lid reduction.

dang! a premature launch w/ a major tech blog review can be so destructive. gotta launch w/ your ducks in a row. velocity & "ready" are key!

Back of the napkin thinking is incredible with Evernote. Craft it, take a pic on your phone and send to Evernote. Cool!

if you are a saleslogix alum you can also join us on linkedin here: http://ping.fm/yIxGN

are you an ACT! alum? come join us on linkedin. http://ping.fm/FObaw

retweet @copyblogger "The only truly happy people are children and the creative minority." ~Jean Caldwell

anyone else from #phx going to thursday's event? http://ping.fm/E6qWV

i personally like the new facebook experience. if you want the old experience back then read on - http://ping.fm/80UPl

9 hours of sleep and still feel a bit groggy. a day of ny, lawyers, music and web.

interview from #tc50 on angels getting a shot. even more relevant today as the financial markets keep tumbling. http://ping.fm/Ef2Xu

back down @flypaperstudio today. free trial and new rev launched on saturday.

winding down the night listening to @alpharev - one of my new favorites.

reading - http://ping.fm/7OoI5

off to a bday party.

ouch

stubhub being blamed for the major rate increase for tickets in MLB. hmm!

watch an apple commercial & then watch the new MS commercial. apple = simple & elegant. MS = slow, clunky & torturous. kinda like vista.

@ryanswagar I agress, the microsoft campaign is freakin' weird. it's not relevant. it's like a really, really bad seinfeld episode.

finishing the day. deciding if tonite is mellow, semi mellow or maybe a little on.

when @golfsullivan uses the "camel nose in the tent" metaphor you know he is really getting into the pitch. i love it!

@heathflicker got dressed up for me today. he is looking very dashing.

@rz_az thanks for thinking of me for your article.

down @flypaperstudio at the first crm partner meeting. vetting out the partner strategy.

good night all. early day tomorrow down @flypaperstudio .

calling it a day. see ya!

just finished a day of wire framing. 10 hours of experience design. you know how it goes, "what if", "what about", "who cares"...

@yammer_team if ur servers don't burn up tonite then we will know something is up. i'll call bullshit on @techcrunch & assume he invested ;)

in regards to yammer & the #tc50. i guess people just really wanted a bus. model for twitter. @yammer, your stuff is pretty cool.

yammer wins the #tc50. cool, but how does an incremental technology win the show that is suppose to be breaking new innovation? @om ?

just got logo comps back and they are looking pretty good. wireframing site this week.

looks like silverlight has some maturing to do. NBC goes back to flash. http://ping.fm/iih1T

arizona is teeing up some cool conferences w/ marketing profs, az entrepreneur & podcamp az. should be a fun october and november.

going to bed late means i woos out of working out in the morning. dang it!

last day of #TC50. curious to see the write ups comparing #DEMO and TC50.

thinking about scrapping the wordpress blog project and going with squarespace. thoughts?

verdict: genius on itunes08 is pretty cool. free version makes great playlists. yes, it will make me buy more songs.

trying genius out on the new itunes. my gut says it's going to make be want to buy more songs.

wished twitter had comments as "replies" are a bit hard to track. hint to yammer, make it more like Jaiku. corporate will love you for it.

WOW! Tonchidot is incredible. #tc50

itunes8, new nanos & touch at www.apple.com

best panel so far at #tc50 (mark cuban, @kevinrose, @dondodge, & roelof botha)

mixxt gets noted as well on my try list. #tc50

popego was interesting from #tc50. popego, do you realize your beta invite link is down?

also, the format today (panel feedback after every pitch) is much better.

lineup today #tc50 is much better.

showing @jimsagar the value of ping.fm

getting a demo of icontact.com right now and i am really impressed. lot's of utility. very cheap.

over at the consultingmo.cm this afternoon. pitch went pretty well this morning.

so far, not that impressed with the lineup at tc50.

ashton not doing so well at TC50. twitter is killing him. did web 2.0 just get punk'd?

TC50 is experiencing all sorts of issues relative to streaming. back on now!

off to PB to finish the pitch and proposal.

word up, Sunday!

entourage starts tomorrow. can't wait. best show on tv. hands down!

retweet on why men have nipples - @mortonfox @bzkicks http://ping.fm/4tk7u

@ryanswagar worked on my putting and flop shots last night. surprised i was in any condition to process the lesson, but i did.

really, really hungry!

getting ready to do the walk of shame as @bridgetztalk takes me to get mt car.

listening to rain maida on reco from @ryanswagar. it's killer.

anyone want to join me on plurk? starting to really like it. love to have you over there too. http://ping.fm/dwynf

if i said CDN, who else (other than akamai, limelight, bitgravity & vitalstream) would you throw on the shortlist?

terrible night sleep. ugh! jumping on a call with new york and then off to the office. crankin' this weekend for a big pitch on monday.

heading out to a casual meeting. just got a pitch moved up on us. big week next week.

a day of CDNs, social plans, shows, freemium, decks, proposals and messaging. a lot to do, but all good stuff.

off to flypaper.

good day so good night all.

ping.fm just went open beta. go check it out - www.ping.fm. incredible "social-all" app.

Chrome blows up on twitter search. should see it today. http://ping.fm/8xu4M

@wilskitz can't say i agree. google is an innovator. though their search needs improvement it's the best around. Chrome will be a revolution

good morning all. off to the gym and then a solid day of making it happen.

ping.fm is hands down the best social app which i have tested in the past 6 months.