Posted November 8, 2020. Above: Mission patch commemorating the establishment of the first American moon base in the final year of President Gingrich’s second term. Though the moon base’s name was auctioned off to the highest bidder as soon as it became operational, it was originally named after Vice-President Herman Cain’s famous 9-9-9 tax plan, [...]
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Dispatches from the future: The moon base mission patch.
Posted in politics, tagged 9-9-9 plan, elections, florida primary, gop, herman cain, mission patch, moon base, newt gingrich, politics, silliness on January 31, 2012 | 1 Comment »
More things you need to know.
Posted in insight, tagged brandbuilder, innovation, olivier blanchard on January 19, 2012 | 5 Comments »
We’ll resume our Deathbed Confessions series next week with Part 3. In the meantime, here are a few insights from people far smarter than me that might come in handy: On innovation, grabbing life by the horns, and not pissing your life away: “Do things that are gaspworthy.” That was one of the main messages [...]
SOPA, PIPA and bills like them want to kill this blog. And yours.
Posted in protest, tagged Censorship, SOPA on January 18, 2012 | 7 Comments »
If you like this blog and others like it, don’t support SOPA or any of its variants. If you hate this blog and others like it, support SOPA and all of its variants. It’s that simple. 1. None of it effectively impacts piracy. 2. It throws the baby out the window but doesn’t do a [...]
Deathbed confessions – Part 1: Fear, Bullshit and Truth
Posted in lessons, tagged authentic, brandbuilder, honest, lesson, life, olivier blanchard, transparent, true, truth, wisdom on January 16, 2012 | 16 Comments »
Three completely unrelated things came together this past week that individually weren’t all that fascinating but together formed a something I think needs to be given form to. 1. Fear. I was a guest panelist at Greenville’s Switching: Leaving Freelance for the Corporate ladder and vice versa event. My fellow panelists and I shared insights about [...]
R.I.P. Personal Branding
Posted in branding, tagged authentic, brandbuilder, facebook, image, klout, marketing, olivier blanchard, personal branding, transparent on January 3, 2012 | 212 Comments »
May 2012 finally sound the death knell for all things “personal branding.” Here’s the thing: People are people. They aren’t brands. When people become “brands,” they stop being people and become one of three things: vessels for cultural archetypes, characters in a narrative, or products. (Most of the time, becoming a brand means they become [...]
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