Incredibly pleased for my friend and client Curt Smith, whose single All Is Love (featuring Zoe Keating) has been named to Amazon’s Best Songs of 2010 list. Congratulations to him, and to his collaborators Zoë Keating and Charlton Pettus. A lovely way to end a fantastic year!
My highschool pal Jeff Krulik, along with his friend John Feyn, produced one of the most talked-about guerilla documentaries of all time, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, in 1986. That means the 25th anniversary of the film is nearly upon us. The pair will be guests on Carson Daly tonight; please check it out if you see…
A few friends on Twitter found some recent suggestions of mine about managing their Tweet streams helpful, so I thought Id present them in blog form. You didnt catch my tips on Twitter? Not surprising. One paradox of Twitter is that the more people you follow, the less likely you are to see any given…
Some time ago, when I was an executive at a production company, I ran out to do a weekend errand in grubby clothes, no makeup, hair pulled back. Not my proudest sartorial moment, but I was in a hurry. Needless to say, I ran into my CEO’s wife in the store, and was mortified for…
In 1968, Charles and Ray Eames wrote and directed the short film “Powers of 10,” adapted from the book “Cosmic View” by Kees Boeke. In a few minutes, it takes the viewer through the minutiae and magnitude of physical life as we know and imagine it. From a couple having a lakeside picnic to the…
The terms leader and manager are often used interchangeably. C-Level executives are often referred to as company managers or senior management. In a typical corporate structure, there is generally a manager position and title, often indicating the first opportunity for one to oversee people or other resources. At the same time, there isn’t ordinarily a…
Thanks to the marvelous Miss Whistle, I read the Guardian’s article previewing 15 recipies from Ottolenghi’s upcoming cookbook. Tonight I made his “Chickpea, tomato and bread soup,” which is quite similar to a Tuscan ribollita. Let me just say that even though there are just two of us, there were no leftovers.