“Journeys Across the Region” – ArtScope’s latest on Boston area Galleries and Events
When Insults Had Class
The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, “If you were my husband I’d give you poison.” He said, “If you were my wife, I’d drink it.A member of Parliament to Disraeli:
“Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.” “That depends, Sir,” said Disraeli, “whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”“He had delusions of adequacy..” Walter Kerr
“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.” Winston Churchill
“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” Clarence Darrow
“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.” – William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book;I’ll waste no time reading it.” – Moses Hadas
“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” Mark Twain
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” Oscar Wilde
“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend… If you have one.” – George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
“Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second… If there is one.” Winston Churchill, in response.
“I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.” – Stephen Bishop
“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.” John Bright
“I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.” Irvin S. Cobb
“He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.” Samuel Johnson
“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.” Paul Keating
“In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.” Charles, Count Talleyrand
“He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.” Forrest Tucker
“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?” Mark Twain
“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” Mae West
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” Oscar Wilde
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… For support rather than illumination.” Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.” – Billy Wilder
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.” Groucho Marx
Frank Gehry: Architect, Artisan Takes NYC Hi-Rise Living to New Heights
Taking Craftsmanship to New Heights - Gehry and his skyscraper
Wow. I know Gehry as the architect of the Rock & Roll Museum in Seattle and the Stata Center here in Cambridge (at MIT). His project “New York By Gehry” is a multi-purpose skyscraper in Manhattan that is more subtle than the other projects, more restrained in terms of odd architectural detail, unique in it’s features (bay windows, anyone?), taller than anything nearby, and absolutely gorgeous.
If you like accidentally encountering brilliant works of artisanry and craftsmanship, subscribe to the pubs that promote it. Like this one – Curbed NY. You’ll find inspiring stories that … the best way I can put it is … they just make me smile. And if you’re like me, they’ll make you smile too.
Gehry’s fascinating to watch and listen to in this short video (“The Film”) as he talks about what makes his building special. (Personally, I was mesmerized watching him sketch!) Enjoy the movie!
The Anatomy of a Perfect Landing Page
Landing Page Infographic from Formstack. Click on image to learn more.
I love Landing Pages because they’re where the rubber meets the road. I love the power of Infographics like this one from Formstack to explain how things work.
A bit about Landing Page mechanics: You connect to me/my business through email, blog, newsletter, website, referral … and you’re interested in what I do/say/offer. So you click on a link. Here … learn more. And if you like what you see, you’ll share some info with me so I can keep you up to date and offer you enticing things to help you convert from browser to qualified lead to buyer! Or maybe you’ll bite right then and there.
The Landing Page is where the action happens. Sign up here. Do It Now. Like our page. View our Demo. Take advantage of our special promotions …
If you don’t know Landing Pages from landfills, click on the big image for FormStack’s helpful ideas and examples.
Some other Landing Page examples:
A Landing Page example from Hubspot
Click here for landing page examples from HubSpot. They sell Inbound Marketing solutions (lead generation) and have tons of great ideas.
I’d love to share some of your thoughts on what types of landing pages work best for YOU at converting browsers into buyers. Any ideas??
An experiment in shared annotations (using Crocodoc)
This is a boon for any groups looking to markup and review docs without having to launch the originating application …. I’m just playing with it here at the moment, but if you want to know more about it, definitely give me a shout. These guys rock.
What you’re looking at is an active PDF document being viewed within the post … withOUT Adobe Acrobat or Reader. Go ahead – play with it. You know you want to. Add some of your own annotations!! (btw, the doc’s owner decides whether the viewer is allowed to annotate or not. No free-for-all unless you want one!)
Game-changing innovation comes to story-telling
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
This is an app for the iPad. The 15 minute interactive storybook can be downloaded from iTunes for $1.99, $2.99 for HD. It is a spectacularly creative, beautiful and completely engaging “book”.
As creators of all things big and small, what could you use this technology for? What part of your story would you tell with pictures, games, movies, interactions??
My mind is racing with ideas for some of the artisans I know … and who knows what sort of innovations we’ll see tomorrow?? Or the next day??
An Idea A Day Keeps Your Options In Play
I’m thinking about creating a program specifically to feed ideas to my clients that could lead to new opportunities. So many of us are experts at what we do but the creative thinking about our business needs it’s own instigator.
What would a great idea a day be worth to you?
Are you equipped to leverage those that make sense?
Do you even care, or are you satisfied with things just the way they are?
Mind Maps, or how to identify 20 new ideas in 10 minutes
Message Marketing with Mind Maps – Website Magazine.
Whenever I start with a new client, I meet with them first to explore their universe. I like to go deep and wide because, to me, the most interesting stories are on the fringe. The places where people don’t typically think of making connections, but where the returns are there for the taking. Using mind mapping software to facilitate free-thinking, quickly captured ideas is my very favorite way to do this – mind maps are spare on formatting, huge on organizing, and kind of fun to create, too! And when you’re done, push a button and your random thoughts are organized into an outline, ready for further exploration.
I started reading this article and loved it. They were writing about what I do! Mind maps are truly excellent tools for flushing out a whole bunch of tangents quickly, easily and as detailed as you want to go. So here – read this article to learn more about it – and then pick up a software app of your own. I’ve been using Freemind and it works fine for me. Other products have their own pros and cons. All have free versions so you can check them out before buying.
Here’s a snippet from the article.
Defining Mind Mapping
Mind maps are visual diagrams which represent concepts and/or tasks that can be, or are by their very nature, connected. Using the many available solutions on the market such as Mindomo, Mindmesiter, or FreeMind will provide Web marketing teams a way to understand these connections, a framework to generate ideas (brainstorm), and a means to prioritize tasks and visualize progress. The ways in which mind maps can be used are many.
Website Magazine reader Dave Gammage for example commented on a recent Facebook poll that “Mind mapping is a great technique for just about any type of individual or team brainstorming — site creation, product creation, or problem solving.” Most marketers, to their own detriment however, opt to work from “experience” and “intuition” — and often do so in a vacuum. [click here to read the rest of the article]
