Author: Andy Wibbels

Also add to your calendar: I’ll be presenting as part of the Microsoft Small Business Summit via satellite telecast. Details…

Not sure what this whole ‘social media’ nutty-ness is about? Flummoxed over Facebook? Distraught over Digg? Podcasting maven Leesa Barnes has put together a gaggle of experts to take you on a guided tour of the internet marketing landscape exploring topics like social bookmarking, social networks, virtual worlds, podcasting, blogging, branding – the whole shebang! […]

The market is telling them what it wants – they’ll continue to not listen: China Mobile, the No. 1 cell company in China, claims there are 400,000 unlocked iPhones running on its network. That’s more than 10 percent of the 3.7 million Steve Jobs announced Apple had shipped through mid-January.

One of my most popular posts of all time has nothing to do with marketing or blogging or anything connected to any of my interests. I was probably lurking Metafilter and saw a thread about Crest Pro Mouthwash turning people’s teeth brown. I blogged it as an example of a large consumer products company most […]

I went did theatre training for my undergrad and if you know theatre people, they are always wanting to be ‘on.’ My buddies Brian, Matt and Alan took great pride in one-upmanship with wisecracks, puns and cultural references stretching from Euripides to Tarantino. Plus, I think my family has a very dark sense of humor […]

Be careful what you write: Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, have demanded that the parents of minor children who suffer from anorexia turn over their children’s writings on MySpace and Facebook, as well as any emails where they discuss their problems. The insurer says that eating problems are not “biologically based” and are therefore not […]

Just got back out of the tundra. Working at home today. This type of snow is what I call ‘bullshit weather’ because when you’re out in it you can’t help but saying to yourself: ‘This is some bullshit weather!’

Taser International brings haute couture to your favorite police state: “A handy new holster from Taser International Inc. holds not only your stun gun but a music player too. “Taser’s latest foray into consumer products was introduced Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The holster costs $72.99 on the company’s Web site […]

“You think you’ve seen a film [when you watch it] on your fucking iPhone. Get real.”

Tim O’Reilly compares Web 2.0 and financial markets. Ever since I heard Bill Janeway point out that over time, Wall Street “firms began to trade against their clients for their own account, such that now, the direct investment activities of a firm like Goldman Sachs dwarf their activities on behalf of outside customers,” I thought, […]