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If you’re Keith Richards, do you go out for Halloween as Keith Richards? ♫...

Oct 31st

I don’t want to start any blasphemous rumors, but… ♫ http://blip.fm/~m5bl

Oct 31st

One in five homeowners with mortgages...

Oct 31st

Duplicating keys via distant digital images |...

Oct 31st

FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections...

Oct 31st

APOD: 2008 October 31 - A Witch by Starlight

Oct 31st

5 More Friends uncensored

Oct 31st

Progresso Tomato Rotini is some good ass soup, my friends. Booyah.

Oct 31st

Chairman of the Board, “Witchcraft” ♫ http://blip.fm/~m1ny

Oct 31st

Greatest online video of 2008. Honestly, w hat tip to @adam_roseberg: http://tinyurl.com/5chbt3

Oct 31st

Wassup 2008

Oct 31st

Always had a thing for Johnette Napolitano. Punk rock Italian, quite a package. Anyway…...

Oct 31st

OK, it’s a cliche. But you love it. “Werewolves of London.” ♫ http://blip.fm/~m0es

Oct 31st

Getting in the spirit now. AC/DC, Highway To Hell ♫ http://blip.fm/~m09a

Oct 31st

Wow… feedback is don’t end on such a downer. OK, how about Zombina & The...

Oct 31st

Last one… the darkest song every written. A death row inmate claims his innocence… or...

Oct 31st

Adjunct to new motto, “Keep it small and keep it all”: “Grow it slow and save your...

Oct 30th

AT&T Wi-Fi (17,000 hotspots) now FREE to iPhone subscribers. Suh-weet....

Oct 30th

Priorities for the New President - TIME

Oct 30th

George Will - Careless with the Constitution

Oct 30th

Free Nationwide WiFi for iPhone Users

Oct 30th

Your Gmail Account is Now An OpenID

Oct 30th

Early Voting and Exit Polls - The Caucus Blog...

Oct 30th

Good business is personal.

Oct 30th

Hulu - Saturday Night Live: Don Draper's...

Oct 30th

RT @badbanana: This Obama sitcom isn’t funny. Needs a crazy uncle or something.

Oct 30th

New motto: “Keep it small, keep it all.”

Oct 29th

I am the busiest unemployed guy in America. Had been hoping to catch up on Mario Batali...

Oct 28th

http://twitpic.com/inko - Amazing rainbow over Boston

Oct 28th

http://twitpic.com/inhq - Amazing rainbow over Boston

Oct 28th

http://twitpic.com/inks - Amazing rainbow over Boston

Oct 28th

Editorial - Barack Obama - Editorial Board -...

Oct 28th

matchmine ends today; http://miketrap.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/fin/ To be honest, I’m almost...

Oct 27th

Worst day ever is an understatement. Off to Biltmore for a vodka martini or 3. ♫...

Oct 27th

Fin.

Oct 27th

Fin. « MikeTrap

Oct 27th

Max bursts out into song - pauses to poop - resumes where he left off. Carefree youth.

Oct 26th

A great one, from Colin Hay. ♫ http://blip.fm/~jkof

Oct 24th

Quoted in Digital Music News from @sfmusictech show. Need to work on my proclivity for...

Oct 24th

Report: Social Web Usage Tipped in 2008

Oct 24th

Sarah Palin is not stupid. In fact, she’s smart enough to artfully conceal her remarkable...

Oct 24th

Longing for simpler times. The Alarm’s “Spirit of ‘76”… ♫...

Oct 23rd

Can I get some love for Echo & The Bunnymen, people? ♫ http://blip.fm/~j5vr

Oct 23rd

This one suffered from overpopularity, but it’s still a great tune. INXS, “Don’t...

Oct 23rd

Same vein… The Call, “I Still Believe” ♫ http://blip.fm/~j5t7

Oct 23rd

Last one for this set… U2’s all time great, “Running to Stand Still…”...

Oct 23rd

Ron Howard's Call To Action from Ron Howard...

Oct 23rd

How to Get Growth Back on Track -...

Oct 23rd

Great post by David Sparks on @mashable, “Biggest Mistakes of Social Media Gurus”...

Oct 23rd

Trying to get your CEO on Twitter? “Authenticity feeds trust.” Jack Welch, BusinessWeek...

Oct 23rd

Report: Social Web Usage Tipped in 2008

Oct 23rd

October 28, 2008 - The Rise of Ad Networks

Oct 23rd

Getting on the treadmill. Inspired by “Biggest Loser.”

Oct 23rd

On the ground in Boston, dying to know how my team did in NY.

Oct 22nd

Dear United: Please do the math on the operational costs of creating a dis-incentive to check bags.

Oct 22nd

I got those “waking-up-dried-out-in-a-hotel-what-the-heck-time-is-it” blues.

Oct 22nd

People are fascinating.

Oct 22nd

Evening of great cocktails, tapas and conversation courtesy @UberRob, Piperade and the beautiful San...

Oct 22nd

OH: “MaoBama.” Had to laugh.

Oct 21st

Meeting with FOUR of the hottest players in the digital music business in the next 24 hours. Expect...

Oct 21st

Me, Yeager, Caroompas = 820 pounds of busdev meat showing up to do a deal. Too funny.

Oct 21st

Digging Podcast.com integration with iTunes, though I can’t seem to add all podcasts to it....

Oct 21st

Pats are BACK BABY. Ye of little faith…

Oct 21st

Still convinced Lala.com is going to transform the music business. My profile, if you join:...

Oct 21st

Jenkins: “I think it’s exciting. In the music industry, these are the good old...

Oct 20th

Jenkins: “I’m the keynote speaker, and I have no idea where the music business is...

Oct 20th

Listening to @sfmusictech keynote, Stephen Jenkins from Third Eye Blind

Oct 20th

In San Francisco, long but uneventful flight.

Oct 20th

At Logan (sucks), in Legal Seafoods (ok), sipping on a dark & stormy (excellent.)

Oct 19th

Heading for Logan, a little early.

Oct 19th

http://twitpic.com/h3up - So little time, so many cars to park…

Oct 19th

Travel with kids? @wejustgotback is on Twitter now, great site.

Oct 19th

Thinking about trading kids with @yfaktor. He can’t get his to get up, I can’t get mine...

Oct 19th

Critter loves this one too, upbeat Ray LaMontagne ♫ http://blip.fm/~hafz

Oct 19th

Mommy’s away this weekend, having some quality man-to-man time with 3 yr. old. Turns out he...

Oct 19th

Reign of Fire is a good movie, especially if you like dragons and badasses.

Oct 19th

Fareed Zakaria thoughtfully endorses Barack Obama: http://bit.ly/37w2G4

Oct 19th

Martin Sexton’s incredible “Purple Rain” encore. Who is he? Your new fave, after...

Oct 17th

Got a small coffee at McDonald’s this morning, or, as it was known in my Dad’s day,...

Oct 17th

GREAT video of Obama and McCain exchanging jokes at the Al Smith dinner. A credit to our Democracy,...

Oct 17th

Getting on the treadmill. Way better stress response than Doritos.

Oct 17th

Washington Post endorses Obama. Great editorial on why… http://bit.ly/3M7K8h

Oct 17th

Long day, ending with a haunting track from new Ray Lamontagne disc. Light outside says descent into...

Oct 16th

LAST RT: Got 15 mins to test a new music reco system, and a Last.fm account? D me your e-mail,...

Oct 16th

Got 15 minutes to test a new music recommendation system, and a Last.fm account? D me your e-mail,...

Oct 16th

RT: Got 15 mins to test a new music recommendation system, and a Last.fm account? D me your e-mail,...

Oct 16th

Called Mom to share 96.3 on TwitterGrader (http://twitter.grader.com/miketrap) What’s that...

Oct 16th

Craving chicken fried bacon cheesecake for lunch, but concerned about my “health,” as...

Oct 16th

On a panel anytime soon? PLEASE read this, great piece from Spark on how to be good at it:...

Oct 16th

Wow… thanks to @Joshlam for hooking me up with @inviteshare, a MUST for fellow beta junkies.

Oct 16th

CNN: “92% of the country thinks we’re on the wrong track.” Wife: “What the...

Oct 16th

Better Obama response to “I’m not George Bush” would have been, “I’m...

Oct 16th

Round III… Ding ding ding.

Oct 16th

Yeaaaaaah, baby. It’s Wednesday. And after a rough day… it’s business time,...

Oct 15th

Anybody got a Mufin beta invite?

Oct 15th

Markets reflect struggle of fear/greed. “Fear” had facts on its side before rescue, now...

Oct 15th

Great podcasting overview from @glenng of http://www.podcast.com. Key: “Podcasting is about...

Oct 15th

HubSpot’s @bhalligan slides are on http://www.slideshare.net/hubspot. #nms08

Oct 15th

Early meeting with Jonathan, now back at the conference.

Oct 15th

HubSpot’s @bhalligan: SEO Tip 3 - Blogging SEO best practice is spend 25% of time on post, 25%...

Oct 15th

HubSpot’s @bhalligan: SEO Tip 2 - Add accurate, targeted page descriptions to every page,...

Oct 15th

HubSpot’s @bhalligan: Organic search results are the place to be, and the key to getting there...

Oct 15th

HubSpot’s @bhalligan: SEO Tip 1 - Determine most important inbound link terms, adjust page...

Oct 15th

Dow Jones CMO: Right now people need quality information, not the “amplified ignorance”...

Oct 15th

Cool new promo…Create a MatchKey, get a chance to win Patriots tix: http://bit.ly/wmXNp

Oct 15th

Remarkable how hard @chrisbrogan works to promote conference sponsors, w/out schilling

Oct 14th

Useful, focused discussion among community platform tech/service providers: Webbed, HiveLive,...

Oct 14th

Enterprise scale social media monitoring systems: Radian6, Crimson Hexagon, BuzzLogic, Biz360,...

Oct 14th

Don Peppers: “Our reputation preceeds us electronically now.” That’s it, folks....

Oct 14th

A “millennial” is someone who got a trophy for participation. 90% expect to...

Oct 14th

Content Marketing = Sharing objectively valuable information to serve subjectively valuable goals....

Oct 14th

Content marketing panel is shallow, meandering, and painful. Sorry guys. #nms08

Oct 14th

Group of “millennials” on stage explaining how smart / important / generally great...

Oct 14th

“Our focus should not be on emerging technologies, but on emerging cultural practices.”...

Oct 14th

AMBER ALERT @genochurch’s 14 yr old daughter is missing in NC/SC/GA http://tinyurl.com/5yodvb...

Oct 14th

Up earlier than most mammals to catch @chrisbrogan 8AM keynote at New Marketing Summit in Foxboro....

Oct 14th

“There is no big idea, only a series of small ideas.” #nms08

Oct 14th

Brands need to understand that “social media is a commitment, not a campaign.” #nms08

Oct 14th

David Meerman Scott: “On the web, you are what you publish.” #nms08

Oct 14th

Chris opens #nms08 with this little gem: “Listening is the new marketing.”

Oct 14th

Ambivalence: Watching Sarah Palin stump speech on CNN, with ticker in lower right showing DJIA up...

Oct 14th

In Brazil, Brazil Nuts are known as “nuts.”

Oct 14th

Wes Welker dropped a pass. WES EFFING WELKER. It’s like a nightmare. Like being a Raider fan.

Oct 13th

Have not been a Cassell-basher. Trying not to punish him for not being Brady. But Matt… my...

Oct 13th

sonofabithmattcassell. Dammit.

Oct 13th

First post on @chrisbrogan et al’s Dad-O-Matic… The most important thing you can teach...

Oct 13th

Pats look just awful. Awful. Beer me.

Oct 13th

First Dad-O-Matic Post

Oct 12th

At the office, helping smart people polish demo for next week. And by “helping,” I mean...

Oct 12th

http://twitpic.com/ftg5 - Bucatini All’ Amatriciana, official pasta of Fall.

Oct 12th

http://twitpic.com/ft6z - Bucatini All ‘Amatriciana, official pasta of Fall

Oct 12th

Just ripshit at this “Obama hangs with terrorists” nonsense. World coming apart after...

Oct 11th

Imbibo ergo sum.

Oct 11th

Positive vibes for the people. Settle into some Dive Index, “The World Is Kind…” ♫...

Oct 11th

OH, on financial crisis: “It’s worse than a divorce. I lost have of what I have and...

Oct 11th

“REMAIN CALM. ALL IS WELL.”

Oct 11th

Did you really lose and get back all that money today? Hint: No. We all need to kick back. Chillax....

Oct 11th

A bluesy, vocal triumph from the great Susan Tedeschi. Never really broke through, but I always...

Oct 10th

Finally saw “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” Great movie.

Oct 10th

Like Lay’s potato chips… one song from this disc makes you want to hear the rest....

Oct 9th

OH: “Caribou Barbie” (Sarah Palin)

Oct 9th

Sometimes I forget how good The Clash was. Then I remember. ♫ http://blip.fm/~e1k9

Oct 9th

Wow. Beautiful day.

Oct 9th

Netflix charging more for Blu-ray because, “As you may know, Blu-ray movies are more...

Oct 9th

Caught up on Mad Men. Even better this season.

Oct 9th

A little something from my boys John Lee Hooker and Van Morrison in honor of today’s Dow...

Oct 9th

Sam Adams Octoberfest is cram packed with October-y goodness.

Oct 9th

Loving this tune… jaunty little ditty from Okkerville River, via KEXP SOTD on Odeo… ♫...

Oct 8th

Date night. Hasta.

Oct 8th

Hung with the cool kids tonight, @nabeel, @dcancel, @far33d, and a handful of cardless luminaries....

Oct 8th

Is it me, or is John McCain building a bridge to the 20th century?

Oct 8th

Next 10 days huge for matchmine. HUGE.

Oct 8th

Go time.

Oct 8th

Good luck changing the subject tonight, John. Take your best shot, so Barack can pop open a family...

Oct 8th

Coordinated global interest rate cut is a great move, and marks the start of a new era in financial...

Oct 8th

“…or somethin’ like that.” ARE YOU SHITTING ME? GET THIS GUY AN...

Oct 8th

Net: Obama won some undecideds by seeming Presidential, McCain lost some conservatives by proposing...

Oct 8th

Easy on the hair jokes, Shecky.

Oct 8th

Wow. Obama unveils 13-min Keating Five ‘documentary’. http://tinyurl.com/3syvwq Not...

Oct 6th

Off to Bain-sponsored “Founders Club” event tonight (http://bit.ly/2pjytF ). Anybody...

Oct 6th

Dow closed -360 after smart money stepped in to clear the -800 bargain bin. Let’s all just...

Oct 6th

Work stress insulating me from financial market stress. If I don’t think about it too much. Uh...

Oct 6th

Largest Dow point drop is a little misleading… barely cracks the Top 10 on percent basis....

Oct 6th

At Drumlin Farm Fall Festival. Crawling with critters, and Patagonia clad parents.

Oct 6th

It’s official: hooked on HBO’s True Blood

Oct 6th

Cooking for 8 tonight. Organic Broccoli Soup w Gorgonzola Crostini, Bucatini Alla Amatriciana,...

Oct 4th

The Economist polled economists on which US Presidential candidate had best economic plan. Result:...

Oct 3rd

Yelped “Sky” in Sudbury, MA. Exec Summary: Sucks. http://miketrap.yelp.com

Oct 3rd

House passed the “bailout” bill.

Oct 3rd

Now both sides get to feel the other has a shallow, unqualified extremist charlatan leveraging...

Oct 3rd

I fricking hate this woman. Hate. With the white hot intensity of 1000 suns.

Oct 3rd

What do U think the Devil’s going to look like? A long, red, pointy tail? No. She’ll...

Oct 3rd

Expectations of Palin tonight are now so low, if she can keep from drooling on herself, she wins.

Oct 2nd

Warren Buffet to Charlie Rose: “You wanna be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when...

Oct 2nd

Warren Buffett on $700B: “It’s not spending, it’s an investment. And if they...

Oct 2nd

Channel surfing, came across an AC|DC concert in HD. That was an hour ago. About to go get my...

Oct 2nd

OK. Back to MSNBC.

Oct 2nd

I got… Nine Lives. Cat’s Eyes. Cruisineverywomangotmerunninwild… ♫...

Oct 2nd

At Luigi’s in Wayland. Solid nieghborhood Italian, good if you stick to the basics.

Oct 1st

It’s official: child #4, arriving Feb. Maybe most beautiful song about fatherhood ever, Chris...

Oct 1st

Thanks for listening, @pandora_radio. You guys rock.

Oct 1st

Dear Congress: Going forward… If it’s too big to fail, it’s too big to exist.

Oct 1st