Lickable Ads: Now That’s Just Gross
A few days ago, I read a story about a new rage in advertising: lickable ads. Like the famous scratch and sniff ads that are a staple of women’s magazines, getting consumers to use a different sense can make cents, it’s just well, licking a magazine to get a taste […]
Enraged Developer Fights Trust President
Outside the deluge continues, with a ridiculous amount of rain piling up on a decent amount of snow to create a nightmare for anyone wearing leather shoes. I read deep into today’s Daily Hampshire Gazette to find a story about two clashing personalities at a recent public hearing for a […]
Buying New Domains…Like It Was Going Out Of Style
It’s been an exciting week, and it’s only Tuesday. I just returned from a tour of Habitat/American Barn’s offices, meeting designers who create plans for houses in their huge computer monitors and figure out how many boards they’ll need to build them. I was showing Dave the info. on the […]
Charlie Runs with the Bulls, Conn Asks the Questions
It’s waiting time at Quebec City Airport, and the taxi ride here from the center city was, well you can call it ‘white knuckle.’ We sped over a snowy highway at 100 kph, the only solace is that this is just 70 mph, but the driver was cool as I […]
Meeting the Past at the Chateau Frontenac
Last night after some down time in my room at the Hilton, we ventured back out into the cold to the famous Chateau Frontenac, now a Fairmont property, that is a one of Quebec City’s most famous landmarks. As we sipped Kir Frontenac, a signature drink created for the carnivale, […]
Dogsledding on Ile d’Orleans, Outside Quebec City
It’s fun to be back on a press trip after a few months at home. I almost forgot how much I enjoy meeting journalists and talking shop with website owners and writers. On this trip, I’m joined by Madelyn Miller, known as the Travel Lady, who publishes nine websites and […]
Dressed for The Cold at Quebec City’s Carnival
The winds were blowing and outside from my 15th floor Hilton hotel room, the flags strained, flapping wildly on their poles. Yet outside, long lines of schoolchildren wound their way past five-foot snowdrifts into tunnels that take them to a park where a huge house has been built of ice. […]
Waiting to Board a Tiny Plane to Quebec City
I’m in the terminal at Bradley, waiting to board a tiny Beechcraft for a 40-minute flight to Montreal. It’s my first trip of the year, and the destination is Quebec City, where they are celebrating the Winter Carnival. Fellow blogger and friend Ginger Warder just returned and she warned me–it’s […]
Grilled Rat; It’s What’s For Dinner in Saigon
What’s new on the menu in Vietnam? None other than rat! I read on this rainy morning a story by James Hookway in the WSJ that told of the booming market for rodent all through Vietnam. Street vendors and restaurants report they are looking for rats to sell, and to […]
Cindy McCain: "The Only Person He Trusts Is Me"
You can always find interesting stuff on Rush Limbaugh’s website. He’s in trouble with the GOP because he’s launching missiles against the assumed nominee. Here’s a link from the Times UK about the target of the talkmiester’s rath. “McCain’s marriage has long attracted attention both for the 18-year age gap […]
New Staff, New Hiring, Make the GoNOMAD Economy Grow
Today we’re running a help wanted ad on Craigslist for cafe help. That’s a good feeling, we’re adding to the jobs of America, the vaunted jobs that every pol talks about. Creating jobs for Americans. We’re doing that at GoNOMAD. The ad on Craigslist will bring in about 10 or […]
This is What Saturday Night Should Be
Last night was the kind of Saturday night I want 52 weeks a year. Sometimes that all important night just creeps up on you, and without plans you end up doing nothing fun. If somebody were to ask me how I’d like to spend Saturday night, last night is my […]
Deerfield Attractions.com Attracts the Neighbors
I ventured out into the sleet and chill to rally fellow business people to join our nascent Deerfield Attractions website, and so far there’s lots of enthusiasm for the plan. It makes so much sense, after all, to try and capture tourist visits using a website, and it didn’t hurt […]
GoNOMAD’s An Exciting Place To Be Now!
It sometimes boggles my mind how much happens in this little office, everything is happening in marvelous waves. We’ve been in touch with another larger travel website about a new partnership, developing a whole new suite of pages with quality content. It’s going to be a great new way to […]
The Subway Sub Soared, But Quiznos Was Too Heavy to Kick
Ad agencies are coming up with rich sources of quality content and ideas…and Quizno Subs is getting sued by Subway over their agency’s latest idea…allow users to submit videos attacking their competitor’s sandwiches. I laughed out loud when I read the topics of some of the 115 videos sent in […]
At Hope and Olive, a Fine Schmooze It Was
The cafe sponsored a get-together for Chamber of Commerce members up at Hope and Olive, a very hip and cool new restaurant that is putting Greenfield on the culinary map. One of their owners, Jim Zaccaro, showed me his selection…more than 30 bottles of wine available by the glass. I […]
Please, Please Stop Leaving that Free Paper Here
It’s a glorious Sunday at the cafe, many people coming and going. I had a chance to read the Republican and found a story close to my heart. It was about free newspapers, and quoted readers in Baltimore MD as having to fight to stop a free daily from landing […]