Monthly Archives: December 2009

DVD Review – Mad Men

Posted on December 14, 2009 by techimage

Mad Men, originally an HBO series is now available on DVD, and it’s a pretty good rental.  Each disc has 3 hour-long shows that bring you into the Madison Avenue advertising life, circa 1960.  It’s an inside look at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Lawren Markle, Reviews | 39 Comments

Inc. 500 Companies and Social Media in 2009

Posted on December 14, 2009 by techimage

I found out about a recent University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research study about the usage of social media in fast growing corporations in 2009 via a tweet from someone that I am following. The study is interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in B2B | 22 Comments

Borderlands

Posted on December 10, 2009 by techimage

Having just recently gotten back into the console gaming scene, I thought it best to complement my XBox360 with a subscription to Gamefly, a netflix-like service that allows users to rent one game out at a time, and swap it … Continue reading →

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Blind Side

Posted on December 10, 2009 by techimage

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. It held the interest of 2 people in their mid-40s, a 10-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy, who deemed the movie “something to think about” and “inspirational.”  I’d normally write off a movie … Continue reading →

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Gen Y and the social media myth

Posted on December 10, 2009 by techimage

This morning I read yet another in the unending series of articles talking about Gen Y, how connected they are, and how important social media is to them. The impression we're always given is that marketers have to know Facebook, … Continue reading →

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Gen BuY: Uncovering the mystery of Gen Y and its impact on the economy

Posted on December 9, 2009 by techimage

This past month, I traveled to a conference in Seattle, giving me 8.5 hours of uninterrupted time to dig into a book that I have been anxious to read over the past month called “Gen BuY: How Teens, Tweens and … Continue reading →

Posted in Dan Green, Reviews | 37 Comments

The Big Night (Co-Directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci)

Posted on December 1, 2009 by techimage

Forget Julie & Julia. The Big Night, released in 1996, is the best food movie ever, and one of the great unsung American movie-making treasures. Tony Shalhoub (of TV’s Monk) and Stanley Tucci, who also directed, play two Italian immigrant … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Tim Boivin | 25 Comments