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Christian Lander of Stuff White People Like Was Good But Canned

April 2, 2009

Yesterday we saw Christian Lander, writer of the the super successful blog and book Stuff White People Like,  talk at Rival. And yes, it was really very interesting. In fact, it’s an extraordinary story of “overnight”-success. However, for those of us who do our homework beforehand, it was a bit of a disappointment. Why? Well, [...]

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The Killer App of Radio Isn’t It’s Power To Disturb, Is It?

March 31, 2009

I’m sitting at RAB’s seminar at Rival. The speaker just defined “marketing effect” as how many people had noticed a campaign. WTF? I notice the bums in the park, burglars in my bedroom, and the tax collector too. But that doesn’t mean I want to develop a close relationship, do business with them or represent [...]

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I Never Want To Be Anything But An Amateur.

March 15, 2009

I‘m sitting here reading a blog post by Ted Valentin where he reminds me of a quote from Chris Andersson’s The Long Tail: “… In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the combination of the electric guitar, the arrival of cheap multitrack recorders, and the fine example set by Sex Pistols gave licence to a [...]

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Cannes 2008 Day X: Sweden vs. Russia

June 19, 2008

We lost the soccer game, but had a great time. Garbergs and Forsman & Bodenfors were among the new arrivals.

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