News and opinion from Cleveland, Ohio on a variety of topics

December 31, 2005


The other way fans celebrated his 21st birthday:

Loyal readers of this ‘blog certainly remember our LeBron Day pilgrimage and celebration of last year. For those new readers who may not recall, Corey and I have pledged to take a spiritual journey to Akron, Ohio and beyond every December 30. This year, we added stops, cemented traditions, and even managed to witness yet another LeBron Day Miracle…



Steve Goldberg drops a p-bomb:

[M]aybe a central website with links to the local self publishing poets and small publishing houses might make sense. It could also help highlight the creative and unique style that Cleveland has developed. And I mean to the rest of the world. It may be the beginning of the Cleveland Poetic Renaissance.



Brian on WCPN’s move:

Kit Jensen–you have big time homework for the new year: Fix the technical flaws at the new studio, hire a lot of new talent, and tell the PD columnists if they want to be on the radio call in like the rest of us. (If you feel bad for Feagler, put him in that glass studio on Euclid and tell him that he is podcasting all day, and see how long it takes for him to realize his mic. is not on.


Happy Birthday, Lori.

As Daniella put it, “It was wonderful to feel the good vibration in the room.”

Stop by and wish her well.



ED leadership advice from Don Iannone:

This is the year of “doing what is most important” for your area’s economic competitiveness. As the saying goes, don’t sweat the small stuff! This is also the year for strengthening your leadership for economic development. Your organization and community will need stronger leadership in 2006 to reach their top economic objectives…



Seth Godin asks:

Is marketing the art of tricking people into buying stuff they donā??t need?

Or is it about spreading ideas that people fall in love with?

December 30, 2005


No MP3s, no DVD players, no car stereos .

Lovely.



Posted by Liz Lawley:

The Pew Internet & American Life Project has just released a new report entitled How Women and Men Use the Internet. The short description: “Women are catching up to men in most measures of online life. Men like the internet for the experiences it offers, while women like it for the human connections it promotes.”

Next Page »