Thoughts of a Gen-Y Millennial in a Social Media World
by Patrick on December 19, 2011
Remember “free nights and weekends”? In early days of cellular telephones, providers would offer free nights and weekend calling to attempt to set their plans apart from the others. They were great deals, a natural bragging point in conversation: “I have Cingular and it’s great and I have free nights and weekends.” The idea of [...]
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by Patrick on August 25, 2011
In the film Up In The Air there’s a certain scene I really love that epitomizes how we approach love, lust, and dating. Alex (Vera Farmiga) and Ryan (George Clooney) are sitting on a boat when this exchange occurs: Alex: You’re so cool. Mr Empty Backpack. (Ryan’s keynote speech) Ryan: You know about my backpack? Alex: I [...]
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by Patrick on July 18, 2011
Awhile back Penelope Truck announced she was coming out with a new book. Of course since she is my blogger crush I didn’t think twice about purchasing a copy. It finally arrived at my home last week. The last time I was excited to see a package from Wisconsin was a couple of years ago [...]
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by Patrick on November 10, 2010
When I walked into that room I knew I was doing something few would have the privilege to do and would only earn that opportunity after years of hard work, dedication, and some luck. I must have a little bit more luck than the rest. Five minutes prior I walked through the press entrance for [...]
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by Patrick on November 9, 2010
If you are an active reader of this blog, you know that I am a believer in bringing the social back into social media. Networking is one of the most valuable things you can do to find a job or help develop your professional career. I am a fan of networking both offline and online [...]
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by Patrick on October 12, 2010
As social media becomes more mainstream two types of social media fans have emerged. The first type are the social media enthusiasts, who are genuinely interested in social media as an evolving way that we interact with each other and communicate. This camp includes the Social Media/PR practitioners and tech nerds that deal and work [...]
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by Patrick on August 27, 2010
Have you seen The Evolution of Dance? I first discovered this video while I was working on New Persuasion at TMG- at the time it was the most viewed video on YouTube of all time. Now it’s 5th. What’s the #1 all-time video on YouTube now? Justin Bieber. If you look at the YouTube charts [...]
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by Patrick on August 23, 2010
I’ve been blogging before it was called blogging. That’s a long time. During my time I’ve seen countless blogs fall by the wayside. Life gets in the way for a blogger and posts become infrequent and eventually stop. Sometimes blogs will unexpectedly end with a farewell post. I didn’t start seriously following blogs til I [...]
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by Patrick on August 18, 2010
It doesn’t surprise me that most TV stars don’t watch television. Unlike stage actors or even film actors, regulars on a successful TV series are constantly filming with little downtime in between seasons. That leaves little time to enjoy the television they aren’t making. There’s also an interesting effect of doing what you love every [...]
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by Patrick on July 12, 2010
Remember when advertising was actually a persuasive tool? You would buy a product because it was advertised to be the best, longest lasting, or a great value. Companies would pit their products against the competitors in ads, hoping that it would win the hearts and minds of the consumers that watched them. Of course that [...]
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