Scott J Hale

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blink and youll miss it.

cutting room floor. audio-philes be warned. this is pre-prepro from this record. a song you should never hear. tonight its free (for ten minutes) because you guys deserve it. wed get legendary little darling tonight, but i got a nomadic head.

Fall Out Boy decided against putting this on their new record? Why you ask? Because it fails to be good. The first person that said “maybe don’t let other people hear that” should be thanked.

But I appreciate the effort to show the world that you don’t just sit down and make a good collection of music without some errors along the way. Also, I think they said this will only be up for 10 min. (so it might not work).

May 26, 20092 notes

The Problem With Critics

“Twitter has millions of users, but apparently only four of them actually understand what it does.” - Gene Marks (BusinessWeek)

Everybody on Twitter knows what Twitter is and how to use it. There are no rules. Individuals can use it however they want.

General usage of Twitter is not complicated at all (celebrities have figured it out…I hope you can too). Marketers are figuring out how to use the general public to help, engage, empower and build community. The general public on Twitter does not need to engage anybody unless there is value in such activity for them.

Part of empowering the general public is helping them get value from Twitter (and all of social media). Very few people get value from simply posting what they are doing, but they may get value from a community that inspires them to do it better.

On the other hand, brands can receive value from what YOU are doing. Should we stop calling Twitter “social media” and start calling it “social exchange”?

meltinyourmouth:

State Rankings

5 SOUTH DAKOTA
5 NEBRASKA

29 ILLINOIS

Awesome. Spending lotsa time driving through co-5th place champions SD & NE this Memorial Day weekend (likely not taking the wheel, thank god, there are Iowa drivers out there for C’s sake) and cruise through magic number 29 every. single. day. WOO.

I originally misread this post…NE and SoDak are tied for 5th BEST driving states. There is no way that SoDak is tied with NE. Driving in SoDak is always dangerous. The rankings are based on how many people KNOW the driving laws in the state. South Dakotans might KNOW the laws, but they choose to IGNORE them about three times for every six blocks driven. Furthermore, if they aren’t ignoring laws, they are ignoring lane lines and the other cars that are on the road.

May 22, 20096 notes

May 20, 20091 note

Insomnia is apparently a huge ‘problem’ (over 64 million people experience in a given year) in America. You know what I call insomnia? A productivity enhancer.

Forget that insomnia lowers performance, slows reaction time, and increases the risk of an anxiety disorder. Think of all those hours you can be slowly reacting and performing horribly.

Well, its nap time.

inmywardrobe:

whatthehale:

Check, check.

I was just reading this!

Does that mean Crispin doesn’t have any work for the interns to do? Or is this a way for Crispin to win some new business? Either way, I think it’s kinda cool - at the very least these kids will make more money than the minimum wage they’re making now AND they’ll (hopefully) get some good experience out of it.

For my money (well actually the highest bidder’s money), as an ex-professional-intern (survived 7), it is possible for interns to be more creative than the big shots. They aren’t as jaded, haven’t “heard it all” … they have nothing to lose if they fail and everything to gain if they succeed. It’s kind of a baller idea.

Genius on all accounts. I’m confident that internship was pretty competitive and they’ve got some good talent in there. CP+B has some guts to put their reputation on the line for interns, but as the elder Hale said, interns are often more creative than the jaded big-shots. Even if they don’t get a great consistent client (I bet they will) out of this, the publicity has been all positive. Just another creative step for a day in the life at CP+B. Good work.

seriouslythough:

ardenashley:apollosraven:joshawesome:

Your Hand In Mine by Explosions In The Sky

Played this in a research presentation on art therapy today. It was one of very few options i had on my iPod because it turns out every song in my library requires an acquired taste. As I stepped back to consider if the majority of people who are not me would like the songs I listen to, I realized the answer is a resounding no. That’s ok, somebody has to support them.

May 14, 200913 notes

MOVIE QUOTES, MOVIE QUOTES, MOVIE QUOTES

Today’s AM drive-time topic was “people who talk in movie quotes.” I can’t quote a movie (correctly) or sing a lyric (even remotely right) to save my life. These people are not me, but they WERE hilarious. Favorites included:

“I like to picture my Jesus in a tuxedo t-shirt. It says, I wanna be formal, but I also wanna party, Cause I like to party, so I like my Jesus to party.” -Talladega Nights

“Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?” -Zoolander (FAVORITE MOVIE EVER. VIDEOTAPE in my large tubed bedroom television/VCR as. we. speak. Judge me. Do it.)

“I’ve sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn’t want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.” -Caddyshack

“While we’re young.” -Caddyshack

Must be genetic. I cannot quote, or recognize a quote from, a movie under any circumstance. I have literally walked out of a movie theater, listened to AM say a quote from the movie and replied “What? Where is that from?”

May 13, 20093 notes

Oh, I see now …

motivated team-player - looking for someone who needs a job badly enough that they’ll put up with lots of unmotivated, annoying people from whom you’ll have to get buy-in on almost everything you do.

high achiever, driven to succeed - must be a complete brown-nose whose sole mission in life is to please and impress management.

customer-focused - can take a lot of abuse from clients AND management and still act pleasant.

resourceful, independent self-starter - since we have absolutely no time or resources to train you, we expect you to figure everything out for yourself…quickly.

attentive to details - we have strict policies and procedures and won’t hesitate to blame you for everything if you make a mistake.

flexible, enjoys multi-tasking - we are unorganized and change corporate directions daily, so you’ll need to be able to clean up our messes and do jobs that A) you weren’t told about in the interview, and B) aren’t trained to do properly - all on a moment’s notice.

agent of change - you’ll be responsible for implementing a bunch of stuff we’ve been unable to make happen with a group of people who are digging in their heels and refusing to convert.

works well under pressure - our management team considers everything urgent and is going to micro-manage you daily.

solution-oriented - we are going to give you lots of messes to clean up and expect you to figure out how to handle them without our direction and with a big smile on your face, even though we aren’t going to give you any resources or support to get it done.

Thanks for the continued motivation sister.

“If you’re selling the best whatever-it-is in the world, stop talking about it. Start telling me how I can use it to make me into a superstar.” —Chris Brogan - Shut the Hell Up You Self-Promoting Turd

“Attention everybody on Facebook with statuses saying how excited you are to be graduating college…you shouldn’t be.” —

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(via whatthehale)

Thanks. This is really good news.

May 12, 200934 notes

“You might be a tweet-a-holic if… http://is.gd/jtNH” —PhilipNowak

“New Blog Post: “Turn Avoidance Into Engagement” http://bit.ly/RpT3l. Social media can help!” —

Check it out.

Gobstoppers

I seem to have mixed my chewy Gobstoppers with my regular Gobstoppers. One stops my gob, the other does not. There is no way to tell which will do which. It is perhaps the greatest candy conundrum I’ve ever encountered.

May 11, 20091 note

Now that Twitter is down ... What to do, what to do.

(via whatthehale)

Consider yourself addicted.

“The avg. individual with a drug addiction has to steal an avg. of $1k worth of property and goods to raise $200.”

I assume a person that is addicted to Twitter would also have to steal $1k worth of property and goods to raise $200 if that is the chosen method with which they raise money…

Statistics are funny.

May 9, 20092 notes

“I can access my entire Twitter feed on Tumblr now. Looks a lot like the Twitter webpage, but I like it. I will definitely be using this.” —

AND, I can reblog them on Tumblr where they will then again be posted on Twitter. Actually, this is really cool if I’m not reblogging my own posts. Fail.

Mrs. Dude's Boob Fund

My friends over at www.dudetodad.com have a new project underway this week. With Mother’s Day on its way, they are trying to raise as much money as possible in the next week to support breast cancer research. The first $15,000 will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation while any money beyond that will go to start a new fund that will help families dealing with breast cancer.

Why are some dudes and dads trying to raise money for breast cancer behind the logo of a pig wearing a bra? Because the man behind the only daddy-blog of its kind, Hugh Weber (www.twitter.com/hughweber), has a wife and brand new daughter with an unbelievable story to tell.

Hugh’s mother-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer while she was pregnant with Hugh’s wife, Mrs. Dude. Mrs. Dude’s mom was told that she could treat the breast cancer if she terminated the pregnancy. Or, she could give birth and severely diminish her own chances of recovery. The story continues, but I will let you check it out for yourself at www.theboobfund.com.

Pass the story on to anybody with a mother (that’s everybody) and make a quick donation in the name of your mom. Any amount helps, and your mom would probably appreciate it far more than a new porcelain plate or a vacuum.

May 5, 20092 notes

Stimulation

The human brain will seek to achieve the optimal level of stimulation.

The optimal level differs from person to person, but it is fairly fluid across a lifetime.

Daydreaming often occurs when stimulation is too low while burnout and frustration are common when stimulation is too high.

Do your brain a favor and try to reach your optimal level. I find that when I am listening to a speaker, it helps to stay in constant physical motion. I do not need to focus my phonological loop on the physical motion, but it occupies my brain enough that I find myself thinking in different directions less often.