In the Moment

TIP: Go Offline to Make Mobile Work

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Remember, its your audience that is mobile, not their phone. Always educate and intercept with instruction on "what to do next" and "what to expect" if you invest in emerging media and tactics.

P.S. I never received my bottle(s) of water for checking in, darn it.

TIP b) - always follow through with your deals!

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Enjoy Your Delicious Moments...

When I state "Mobile is empowering, liberating and rewarding," this is just another way to say it.

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The Red River Rivalry

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Is still a one-of-a-kind experience...timeless, this photo could have been taken in 1990 or 2010.

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One Door Closes...

Seven years ago in the very coffee shop in which I now sit, Keith Dudley, Brian Stovall and I drew out the plans for an event marketing agency that would blend technology with product launches, sports, entertainment and tradeshows.  GamePlan was born, and the adventure began. The coffee here doesn't taste the same today as it did then, and I'm about to brew a new tasty chapter of experiences.
As of a few days ago, I turned in my keys to the GamePlan office and joined the team at Blue Cover Studios as their Chief Strategy Officer.  To say it was one hell of a ride, to know GamePlan set the standard and to admit we could have built it into so much more...I'm saying goodbye today with a heavy heart, while I know I am doing what is best for my family and our future.

I can tell you that GamePlan made the impossible possible, and that I'm blessed to have worked with a business partner such as Keith Dudley.  There are too many stories to share here, and I know Keith and I will work together again.  More than anything, I thank the team at GamePlan for some of the greatest experiences I'll ever know.  You will all always be my friends, and we will ride together again soon: SADDLE UP.

My wide eyes are full of excitment to make great things happen for a new roster of clients with Blue Clover's powerful combination of creative and technology professionals, and much of what you knew from me at GamePlan holds steady on this new course.  You know me, it is all about Live + Mobile + Online, and that mad mix of magic stands only to be stronger with the team of which I am now a member.  

You may have heard me talk of "innovation and collaboration" being the beacons of guidance we must all embrace to survive and thrive. I have often said that today's advanced media landscape is too unpredictable and moves too fast for anyone to know what tomorrow will bring. 

Boy, do I know now how unpreditable this life itself can be.
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Christmas Eve

Nothing like the combination of anxiety of Santa and gifts, warmth of
family and seclusion from the real world compares to the feeling that
Christmas Eve brings.

I'm on stop #2 of 5 stops I'll make over the Christmas holidays. Over
rivers and through many woods, Halea and I are seeing family and
sharing gifts. While I usually complain of the fractured obligations
that having "all" parents divorced, nothing intterupts the magic and
"auto-pilot" of Christmas Eve.

The collison of a child's innocence around the Christmas tree with the
one time each year I can see the family "tree" is just too right on,
cool...

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Labor Day 2009

Before we left the house today, we filled the bird feeders and raised
the flag up in front of our house. All at once, each of those two
tasks respectively seemed "unpluggy" holiday-like and obligatory for
the observance of Labor Day. (We continued our unplugginess
throughout the day: lunch at Alamo Village with "Inglorious Basterds";
restocked the wine cellar at Spec's; took Raudy to Red Bud Isle's dog
park).
 
I reckon that 2009's Labor Day will be special for many Americans with
meaning that I'm confident is unique to this year. Teddy Kennedy's
passing surely impacts many of my friends (although I've often been
surrounded by/in arguments against his politics) with greater weight
than it hits me, yet I sympathize with the great work he's done on
behalf of American workers. The holiday must echo his voice for unions
today.
 
At the same time, all of us are certainly affected by the greatest
economic slowdown we've experienced in our lifetimes. No matter who
(it is debated) stated first, "a recession is when your neighbor loses
his job - a depression is when you lose yours," I haven't met anyone
this year who hasn't had a family member, friend, or his/her self
displaced.
 
As we unplug and enjoy the last few hours of the holiday (judging from
email I received and Twitter friends, not everyone unplugged), let us
give thanks for the relaxation today...and count our blessings if we
have a job on Tuesday.
 
Did you unplug or hit the grind today?

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