Kids Grow Up Fast

This morning when the kids came down for school they both had on some new ONE gear I had snagged then when I was in DC so I had to take this photo as they headed to the bus.

Dylan has really changed from a little boy into a young man this year.

Need proof? Here is the photo I took of them only back in September on the first day of school. Crazy!

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Energy Poverty

Three weeks ago if you asked me if I had ever heard of the phrase “energy poverty” I would have said no. I’m betting most of you reading this are thinking the same thing.

But, ever since I visited Ghana with ONE and have been spending more time getting educated on all that they do and care about it is one of the issues that has really stuck with me and that I can’t kick out of my brain.

Energy Poverty is quite simply, that many people in the world don’t have access to affordable, safe and reliable electricity. When the sun goes down, they are in the dark.

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Mother’s Day With Motorola

Motorola sponsored the most recent episode of Cast of Dads and part of the agreement was that they’d give us each a DROID RAZR to try out over Mother’s Day weekend and that we’d create and share a video. They kind of left the rest up to us and here is what we came up with.

You’ve got until the end of the day today to enter our contest to win one for yourself. Just listen to the latest episode and you’ll find out how.

I love working with brands who are willing to have some fun and experiment. Of course now the question remains if this will ever go beyond a first date. *grin*

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Make Good Art

Even though I’m not a die hard fan of Neil Gaiman, I’ve always respected his work.

Anyone who has a drop of creativity in their system should watch this commencement address he recently gave. His advice to a graduating class of art students really hit home for me.

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Staree Launches

I love seeing people I know take ideas and turn them into businesses.

Once again my buddy Ted Murphy has done it today with the unveiling of Staree.

This is a screenshot of my current page that you can find at http://staree.com/cc

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Brands Only Want to Date?

Over the years I’ve been given the opportunity to take part in many cool initiatives and projects working with brands.

My writing, speaking and knowledge has taken me on trips all over this country and beyond, allowed me to play with tons of cool gear and make some great friends along the way.

I ran my own agency and have worked on numerous award winning campaigns for companies both big and small. As the author of a best-selling book on marketing, I believe I’ve earned the right to say I know a thing or two about how to be successful in media.

But, I’ve been noodling over something for several weeks now and trying to pull my thoughts together around it.

To put it bluntly, it bothers me that brand after brand I come in contact with seems to be very eager to show me a good time around a single project, but they never want to commit to anything long term.

They want to date, but they certainly don’t want a relationship.

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