Big Mick Hughes is one of the best known live sound engineers in the concert industry. He is the long time front-of-house mixer for Metallica, a larger than life personality, and until now, someone whose reputation as a legend was…
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Take The Big Mick Challenge
Jeff
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Copper Prices
Jeff
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I came across an interesting article in last week’s Wall Street Journal regarding the continuing strength of commodity prices based on demand in China. This article speculated that a lot of the Chinese buying was a stockpiling of material…
Looks Like Google “knol” Is Going “Knolwhere”
Jeff
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I said I’d get back to you with a report regarding Google “knol”, their new project to build a knowledge base. I posted two knol articles back at the end of April to see if Google was ready to take…
Hit “Upside the Head” With A Mic Stand
I was helping unpack a large shipment of microphone stands yesterday, when I got a great “blast from the past“. I am always amazed at the sorts of experiences that will turn back the clock for a few minutes. I…
Want To Get Rich? Start Here
I find that I have gradually moved from being amazed at how many great media services I can subscribe to on the internet to being just distracted. The time required to keep with with online subscriptions to Netflix, audio books, …
Blowin’ In The Wind
It’s outdoor show season, and that means that drought stricken areas all over the country are planning elaborate and expensive outdoor events so they can make it rain. It’s all but guaranteed that 30 minutes before the event is over,…
This Drummer Is Hot!
So, I’m watching a Metacafe video of the drummer for The Dave Matthews Band (Carter Beauford) while the site serves ads for “printer drums”, drum heaters” and “ear drum” protection. I realize that keyword driven advertising has a long way…
Nobody Likes To Get Old
As part of our new marketing strategy built around goodideaguys.com, I am trying to work on a new social media presence for our business. I have resisted using sites like Facebook and Twitter to date, partly because they can be…
Quick Follow Up To Yesterday’s Blog
Yesterday, I posted some comments on Google knol and I have already gotten a couple of questions answered. While the articles don’t show up in search when the key words are used by themselves, when you combine the key words…
What’s Google Up To Now?
Jeff
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Have you heard of Google knol? I hadn’t either until yesterday. Knol is an acronym created by Google, and it means “a unit of knowledge“. Knol is a new content creation index from Google that has a lot of similarities…
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