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Archive for March 30th, 2009

Behind Every Great Company and Feature…

Monday, March 30th, 2009

…There is a great press agent.

AOL email has had an “unsend” button for more than a dozen years. This is so funny. Google announces this feature and it makes news on CBS. AOL has it for a dozen years and it is considered an old and outdated email client. :-)

Go figure. How many PhDs did it take to copy this old AOL mail feature 12 years later?

One Million Words in the English Language

Monday, March 30th, 2009

I love trivia like this as posited in this article on Economist.com!

Now that is a lot of words to learn and use on my blog. Read it here.

Eighteen Players from Hershey

Monday, March 30th, 2009

There are 18 different players from Hershey that have been in our lineup this season. Eighteen players have tasted the NHL and have helped their own careers while helping our franchise to a playoff berth.

I believe this story and this theme of our rebuild has been underestimated. And underreported.

Can you name an NHL and AHL partnership that is thriving more than ours?

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Frozen Four

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Here is the news release regarding the Frozen Four to be held at Verizon Center.

We are so very pleased to have played a small role in landing this great event here in DC.

The city will be rocking with all things related to college hockey. This was a great job by the Greater Washington Sports Alliance and by Washington Sports and Entertainment. Enjoy these games while we head on the road during the last week of the season.

Inside the School of Assassins

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Wow, another awesomely great film here. Really powerful.

I love documentary films, the original reality programming. This one is very moving. It combines religion, military, personal demons and overcoming it all to shine.

Check this film out ASAP. Click here.

Jumping the Shark?

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Whenever the New York Times or Time Magazine say you are important and are peaking, you can bet the opposite is about to happen. Read this article to see why I am concerned.

Facebook is hitting 200 million members with the majority of them being outside of the United States. It reminds me so much of the instant messaging growth patterns of AIM and ICQ back in the mid 90’s or - even before that - chat rooms and message boards on AOL.

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