Jim Banister

85 degrees, clear and sunny in Mazatlan. Lovin' it. Though that 9" of snow in Park City over the last 24 hrs doesn't such. We're it 24", I'd be jealous. But I'll take 85 degrees and sunny over anything less than 10" of snow. ;-).

Happily ensconced at El Moro Towers in Mazatlan with tequila in hand and laptop on the veranda over the pool. Great working environment.

I know Christmas is over, but I thought this #Addictionary Word of the Day was still deserving: "Wrap Artist" http://www.addictionary.com/words... #newword

My wife and I are showing 5-yr-old Hailey the Wizard of Oz for the very first time. As Dorothy breaks into the first rendition of "Over the Rainbow" early in the sepia-tone part of the movie, Hailey laments "doesn't she even know she's not in color?"

#Addictionary Word of the Day happened to me in a mild form yesterday. http://www.addictionary.com/words... Tree lights on or off Xmas morn? #newword

Perfect #Addictionary Word of the Day for Xmas morning "wiik" http://www.addictionary.com/words... #newword

New word! http://cumulusguy.amplify.com/2009....

New word! http://cumulusguy.amplify.com/2009...

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The Contextual Web - http://jimbanister.com/?p=326

blogged today: "The Contextual Web"-- a few guiding principals from phil #windley worth considering. http://jimbanister.com/?p=326

E! Online's Celebrity Addictonary Word of the Day is "jockblock." Clever definition. http://celebrityaddictionary.e... #newword

I think I could come up with a better definition for today's #Addictionary Word of the day "O Tannenbum." You? http://www.addictionary.com/words... #newword

Viewing authorSTREAM slideshow - Six Slides on Social Nicheworking... http://www.authorstream.com/Present...

Six Slides on Social Nicheworking - http://jimbanister.com/?p=324

blogged today: "Six Slides on Social Nicheworking" http://jimbanister.com/?p=324 Or "Co-opting Dominant Social Utilities for Fun and Profit.”

Have you "santatized" your child? I know I have. #Addictionary Word of the Day http://www.addictionary.com/words... #newword

Have you guys seen this singer/songwriter character Mark Gormley? Strangely compelling... http://www.youtube.com/watch...

WARNING! Firefox again updated with 3 CRITICAL, and 1 HIGH security bugs! Update to v3.5.6 immediately! Retweet this! http://www.mozilla.org/securit...

@windley Phil- saw Scoble interview. Cool. I have a local Utah company working with big media co's (http://www.spectrumdna.com) We'd like to talk.

Can innovation be "market researched"? Ford: "If I'd asked people what they wanted, they'd have said a faster horse." http://adage.com/smallag...

Just counted how many internet-based account logins I have-- 88. That's just personal, not business. Phew! Too many.

Everyone see Cashmore's 2010 Social Media Trends to watch? http://edition.cnn.com/2009... Our PlanetTagger platform incorporates 5/10 outta the gate.

Cannot #starbucks make a decent friggin cup of coffee? $2.20 @ JFK and no amt of sugar can take away the burnt taste. Whatta racket.

Two years ago Fed Dept of Transportation had 1 employee making $170,000 per year. This year: nearly 1800 DOT employees makin that. WTF?

It's a start. "Goldman Bows to Pressure Over Pay" http://online.wsj.com/article... Forces discretionary pay into context of long term profitability.

RT @tkpleslie: Very valuable stats re: social media ROI expectations from Sept. '09 poll of 133 CMO's : http://www.marketingcharts.com/interac... @myen

Talking to assignment editor @richzahradnik who has some brilliant ideas on hyper-local news. http://memetagger.com/User...

The #TSA are a bunch of knuckleheads taking orders from more knuckleheads. We're a 3rd world country compared to travelling in Europe/Asia.

Legal-ease - http://jimbanister.com/?p=322