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Editorial

Sunday Espresso: On Showing Up and Wine Badges
Less Napoleonic
08.29.10

As much as I like anything that makes wine more fun, and approachable, I’m not so sure we’re going to see the 100-point system replaced anytime soon.

Sunday Espresso: Baby photos 2.0, X10 surprises, Gilt memoires
Typing into the Void
08.22.10

The latest game, though, involves… making money. Who doesn’t want to make money, right?

Sunday Espresso: Future of Media, Foodie-ville, Mickey Rourke
Life in a Tent
08.15.10

All of that with iPhone in one hand, a plate in the other, and, for some arguably less fashion-forward, a wine glass holder slung around their necks.

Friday the 13th: A lifetime of horror film memories
Bump in the Night
08.13.10

My first taste of horror, though, came in the form of a novel that I probably read at far too young an age: The Shining by Stephen King.

Sunday Espresso: Laughter, Magazines, Backgammon (blood)
Succinctness Counts
08.08.10

So when it comes to these uber-sexy iPad magazines, people get very excited at first. After the euphoria wears off, they launch Angry Birds.

Sunday Espresso: Ottawa, Gophers (still), Jett
Beautiful Thing
08.01.10

As I glance over into our yard while typing this, I envision a gopher, dancing and taunting me.

Sunday Espresso: Alan Frew, Twitter No-stars, Loni vs. Mantis
Confidential
07.25.10

Cupcake has been the central personality on so many of our SSC videos, yet the whole ordeal has tested my Canadian-born patience. Time for change.

Sunday Espresso: Yelp for Laughs, New Media Elvis, Theatre Tweets
Half as fun, Half as smart?
07.18.10

Hollywood Movie Star “very upset with StarkSilverCreek”

3-D marketing gone wild: Odor defense
Consumer Branding
07.12.10

I think the only question here is: Can using the term “3-D” help sell more deodorant?

Sunday Espresso: MCL tear, TED addict, 11th hour
I must be Dreaming
07.11.10

I grimace, and limp to the fridge. I need a cold beer, and don’t have time to decode Loni’s arcane compassion.

Showing up is half the battle
motivating ideas
07.05.10

Skills and smarts are critical to any endeavor, but are they overvalued? What role does sheer determination and “balls to the wall” play?

Sunday Espresso: Father’s Day Playboy, World Cup, Joan Crawford tomatoes
Twitch and Roll
06.20.10

Stages across the Bay Area are full-on gay these days. And that, of course, is not …

Sunday Espresso: World Cup 98, 24, T2i
Run-n-gun
06.13.10

Within 20 minutes, one million people had poured into the streets. Dancing, celebrating. All next to the Arc de Triomphe at Place Charles de Gaulle.

Sunday Espresso: Glee, ThinkPad, Creative Thrashing
Editorial
06.06.10

She asked me, “would you watch Glee alone?” To which I gave her the typical male are-you-out-of-your-bleeping-shower-curtain-warped-ga-ga-mind?

Robert Parker tastes the Blogosphere
Wine and New Media
06.04.10

Few personalities are as polarizing to an industry as Robert Parker. He almost single-handedly created the …