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iMovie handholding 
 It's the nature of fundraising to find one's butt in possession of obligations for which one's butt is inexperienced, unqualified, or both.
 Which is why I find myself in charge of putting together a brief iMovie. I have the footage shot and the clips in the program. I also have a bunch of stills. All I need is to do the voiceover and put the thing together. I know it's real easy and all, but it's still a bit opaqe to me.
 If you're up for offering a little quick instruction to get my butt out of this particular sling, send me an email. Thanks.
 
Dude, it's something else 
 Allan Karl points to Dell's decision to remove "Computer" from its name. Sez Allan,
 Dell? What have they earned? Perhaps status as one of the only brands that successfully built its franchise on price. But no brand can last forever with price as its primary attribute. Sure, it can live up to ugly and poorly designed hardware and a difficult to navigate and understand online store. Hey. But its computers are cheap. And that's a brand promise Dell will always live up to — name change or not.
 
Once again 
 I tested positive as an AKMA.
 
Ads you want 
 Grant Henninger likes the idea of text ads for blogs. Which is what we're getting with BlogSpot blogs like this one and this one, courtesy of Google.
 
Blogrise 
 Web Dawn — Rebirth of the Social Marketplace is brand new, as of today, and inspired by Cluetrain, no less.
 Without Technorati, I'd never have found it this fast, I'm sure.
 
Like we said 
 The Memory Hole diagnoses doctoring of a front page photo in the London Examiner. (Thanks to Max for the link.)
 Kinda reminded me of something:
 What¹s more, networked markets get smart fast. Metcalfe¹s Law, a famous axiom of the computer industry, states that the value of a network increases as the square of the number of users connected to it — connections multiply value exponentially. This is also true for conversations on networked markets. In fact, as the network gets larger it also gets smarter. The Cluetrain Corollary: the level of knowledge on a network increases as the square of the number of users times the volume of conversation. So, in market conversations, it is far easier to learn the truth about the products being pumped, about the promises being made, and about the people making those promises. Networked markets are not only smart markets, but they¹re also equipped to get much smarter, much faster, than business-as-usual.
 
See, it's how you play the game. 
 The other day our six-year-old asked, "Papa, what does 'endure' mean?"
 "It means to last, to survive, to withstand."
 He looked at me.
 "An endurance race," I explained, "is one where everybody tries to outlast everybody else. The last one running — the last one who hasn't dropped out — wins."
 I could tell his mind was elsewhere, wondering about something.
 "Do you follow what I'm saying?" I said.
 "Uh huh."
 "Then what does 'endure' mean?"
 "Agony."

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