So my move to Boulder is 99% and nothing seems to have been lost or broken (although one of my cats hasnt been seen in a day. Hopefully, that will change tomorrow.) Its funny how when one is hyperfocused on one particular problem, there is bit of an expectation that the world stops until one finds the solution.

But real life is always there to remind you of the falseness of that belief. And my friend’s blog posts are empirical evidence to the contrary as well.

Whoa! - Tyler Willis spends a huge amount of time each day pouring through Tumblr posts, and reblogs the best on his. While I am not a big fan of the political stuff, Tyler has a knack of finding what we call in NorCal, hella cool shit. This is no exception.

The value of split testing - Josh Fraser, one of the founders of EventVue, and a developer by trade almost backs into a practice that us marketing folk have known about for years. Its great to see that I know about ONE thing that a big brain like Josh doesnt. With the post, though, the list gets shorter…

FiltrBox is hiring - Cool company, interesting product, founded and run by two people I am proud to call friends, Ari Newman and Tom Chikoore. If you fit the bill send them a resume. If you dont, tell someone who does.

Long Week in Technology Last Week -As some might know, I met John at StartupWeekend DC. A nice unassuming guy with a quiet demeanor. Then you hear him talk about things he is passionate about, and he blows you away. Take a look at what he did last week. Me? I moved to Boulder.

Maybe I am the famous Dave Taylor WWE wrestler after all - Dave Taylor is somewhat of a legend around these parts. He runs AskDaveTaylor, speaks at various conferences, and certainly can be considered a leader in conversational marketing. But, do you want to know the man? Read the last sentence of this post. It is the quintessential Dave Taylor, and exactly why I am glad to call him friend.

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When I started this blog, I decided that I would be open about my past failures and what I learned from them. The biggest thing I learned was that its better to fail fast. I made a ton of mistakes early on, and in many ways, built my successes on top of those failures.

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For those that saw my post yesterday about my fun times with Comcast and Tivo (I suppose the fun times were really had by Todd Vernon), there is an update.

Here is the email I received from Frank, of Comcast, in Philadelphia:

Thank you for the email. In my prior email I was writing specifically regarding Mr. Vernon?s blog and commentary regarding Comcast?s Anti Competitive practices.

Please know that I sincerely apologize for the misinformation that you experienced. Before writing the email to Mr. Vernon I researched your account information and sent an email to our leadership team in Colorado asking them to investigate what occurred, address it appropriately to ensure that is does not happen to another valued Customer, and to reach out to you to correct your experience.

Thank you for being a Comcast Customer!

Personally, I appreciate the response knowing that Frank has little ability to truly effect change in their customer service group, but it was nice and well said. To date, I have not heard from the “Colorado Leadership,” apparently they dont stay up as late as Frank (I received this email at 1:30am EST).

This incident got me thinking about crack. Yes, as in crack cocaine. There is a common belief that crack cocaine is unbelievably addictive, and as such, calling something “crack” refers to the abundant enthusiasm the person has for the item or activity.

Given it was outside work hours, and that much of the conversation Todd and I have at Lijit center on business deals and product expansion, and I tend to not be in the office much, it was pretty interesting watching Todd engage with a subject that he has so much passion about that didnt involve Lijit. Yes, last night, I gave my CEO crack.

And, while it does stretch the metaphor a bit, I do believe that we all need a bit of crack in our daily lives, but like the real crack, too much and passion becomes an obsession, which is never good for anyone.

Whats my crack? Stamping out stupidity. Cant stand it. Cant keep my mouth shut about it. It really doesnt take that much effort to behave in an intelligent manner does it? Oh, and anti-drugs. I am so about an anti drug message. Just Say No, and all that.