From a post on May 31, 2004. Apripos for this season of elections, economic uncertainty and change. “For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of a triumph, a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeteers, musicians and strange animals from conquered territories, together…
By Scott Westerman – Curator – Keener13.com My first 45: Limbo Rock by Chubby Checker. My first LP: Shut Down Vol II by the Beach Boys. LPs who’s grooves I wore out with repeated play: Crosby, Stills & Nash, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Earth, Wind & Fire. The number…
By Scott Westerman Since The Queen is a dyed in the wool fitness freak, it was only a matter of time until the acquisition of a Nintendo Wii Fit moved to the top of my honey-do list. We’ve had the game system (our first since we bought the original Nintendo…
By Scott Westerman With Colleen traveling and a rare rainstorm inundating Albuquerque, I’ve been cleaning up my home office. I found a piece I wrote in 1989, about my un-spectacular start in radio. Looking back at it from almost 20 years later, the writing isn’t as good as I’d like,…
By Scott Westerman I rarely write here in my day-job role as a Comcast exec. The family blog expresses a few of my other passions. But I saw this post over at the Consumerist today and felt like sharing another opinion. I posted the following in the comment section, but…
By Scott Westerman TweetLater is one of the growing number of support applications that can help us leverage twitter as a messaging machine. Here’s how to use it. Signup for a free account at www.tweetlater.com You’ll see a dashboard where you can add one or more of your twitter accounts…
By Scott Westerman Those of us who have been geeking for many years have built a portfolio of memberships that sometimes become unwieldy. I have six instant messaging accounts: AOL, GoogleTalk, Yahoo, ICQ, MSN and Jabber. Same story on email. Gmail is my primary, but I get stuff through Comcast.net,…
By Scott Westerman It was a sad day when Ken R. got out of the jingle business. I first met Ken Deutsch in 1971 when we were both part timers at WPAG in Ann Arbor. Even then, he was a fascinating guy. We shared a love for well executed radio…
On Tuesday, April 2nd, I ordered a Chumby. Here’s the UPS tracking log that chronicles its trip from manufacturer to ABQ. Notice that the longest delay was in Louisville, waiting to clear customs. We take for granted how quickly stuff can get from one end of the world to another.…
Immediacy, personalization, interpretation, authenticity, embodiment, patronage and findability Doc Searls post is on the money as usual channeling Jay Deragon and Kevin Kelly. Interesting that the 7 generatives tie directly to some of the magic words Rob Curley uses make newspapers relevant in the Internet age. People who realize how…