December 2009 Archives

Doing a quick end of year cleanup while preparing for a great 2010 I found this video of a keynote I gave a few months ago in Pensacola, FL for the iTen Wired Summit 2009. A big thank you to Celia Hilton from Hilton Heads Productions for editing this to 5 minutes.

Some of my favorite ads from 2009

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It's that time of the year when everyone publishes their "best of" lists, the year in review, top blog posts, and so on. Not one to buck the trend, I thought I would contribute to this flow of content with some clever and fun ads from 2009.

These are a few of my favorite ads from 2009 and ones that I could easily remember, meaning they stuck with me for some reason. What were your favorite ads?

Note: I would have included the Dos Equis commercial, Most Interesting Man in the World, but they do not have an official video you can embed. Social media FAIL.

I had the privilege of being invited to talk at LessConf in October and it was one of the best conferences I have been to in a while. The other speakers were amazing and I learned a ton. From thinking differently about design and conventions from the Contrast.ie guys to how Wufoo does support, it was an all-around awesome experience. I had a great time chatting with Mike from FreshBooks and even stole his customer dinner concept. Better than any of the speakers were the attendees and BarCamp the next day. Everyone there was doing interesting things, engaged in the community and super passionate. This is what makes a great conference.

While I am still not sure why the great guys (Allan and Steve) from LessEverything wanted me to talk, they did a great job recording and editing in my slides. Watch the full presentation below.