
Highlights From The Last 7 Days
The scoop:
- Team Blue Ocean Ideas has started a number of new projects in the last week: one working on a real estate photo sharing site, one for the 3rd largest association in Baltimore where we are helping to lead and shape their marketing efforts, and one is for a motion graphic project. In addition we have a boat load of projects in the hopper. Looks like it’s going to be a busy fall.
- My gorgeous wife turned 4x (you’ll have to ask her what x=). You can follow her on Twitter for updates on how 4x is going.
- Facebook is close to releasing Timeline for the general public. It’s very slick and probably another game changer in terms of how powerful Facebook is.
- If you want to try the new Facebook Timeline here’s a link that tells you how to install it.
- I was VERY excited about Google plus but I’m pretty sure the recent changes to Facebook including lists will probably kill it and show once again that Google doesn’t do social. I still like the IDEA of circles but the bottom line is if they can’t get masses to move their it won’t be successful.
- Timeline will make Facebook more attractive again to those who have found it has gotten stale.
- I ran my final marathon training run on Saturday morning at 7am with my cousin, John. John’s been VERY gracious to run 3 out of the last 4 training runs with me even though he could and probably should be moving faster than I am. I love being able to spend time together. 3 hours of running goes a lot faster with a partner.
- Josh’s broken leg seems to be healing nicely. After a part time start to last week he was back in school full days Thursday and Friday. The broken leg has only helped his comedic skills.
What I’ve been reading:
- Steven Pressfield has been inspiring me with “The War of Art” and “Do the Work”. I bought “Gates of Fire” on my iPad. Going to get started on that this week.
- I missed «GO» because I was in the hospital with Josh. But I have been studying up on the Enneagram and especially how different types deal with each other. Elise and I are 6 and 8 respectively.
- Great, short, post about using a sharpie for UX and wireframing.
- The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion. Tom Hood & Jackie Brown over at MACPA told me about this one. We preach this all the time. The way we say it is “Everything Matters” but it’s the same idea. I had a client make a bold statement on Friday: “We have a brutally strong strategy” while discussing an idea that is all about gaming pageviews to get people to believe a result that isn’t accurate. He doesn’t get it.
- No Man is an Island by Thomas Merton. I’ve never read anything by Thomas Merton before. This is my first foray. I’m a couple of chapters in and my Kindle app already has LOTS of highlights.

