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Bay Area Shots

Just got back from a cool trip to the West Coast, been pimping the software like a man on fire. Met with some very cool folks who led us down some great paths, gave wonderful advice, and let us fly back home with our head's spinning. Wanted to pass on some slick sites , some great pics, and while I'm at it - a couple of sick tunes.

First off - Surf Canyon. Met the CEO of this search enhancer, that I had downloaded prior to ever meeting him, I just found the tool very useful and was very impressed by his approach to web 2.0 and business. If you need deeper insights EVERY TIME you look something up on Google, Craigslist, or Yahoo then Surf Canyon is a must have.

Searchme Visual Search engine is a great way to take in massive amounts of information quickly and with some great tools to boot. Two of the guys we met with were very cool, and extremely bright. They not only have some serious minds at work, the apparent depth to pull off search engine competition, but some cool new tools coming down the pipe. I would be more than pleased to call them my primary search partner.

FOHBOH - which stands for Front of House, Back of House is a social network focusing exclusively on the food business. These  folks know what they are doing and I was thrilled to present our web tool to them and get their feedback. If you sign up for the service, and you definitely should, hit me up here.

Pics - Bay Area on Flickr.

Tunes - Couple of tracks to keep your head bobbing.

Everlast's latest Folsom Prison Blues(video), Friend, & Saving Grace (video from the Show Saving Grace)

Grand Agent and Pete Rock - This is What They Meant by Soul - Damn this song is so old-cool. I love it...

Rehab - My boy Jay knows this dude and whipped his apple at Mazzio's in Warner Robbin's, GA. He hit a homer with this song though...Bartender(video). Then hear about the fight here...This Town.

Turnpike Cowboys

Yesterday I spoke at the 2008 SFM Conference in Austin, TX. We had a chance to talk, or at least discuss some topics during the presentation, and that's my favorite way to hold these conversations, a little more open, a little less of my opinion and a little more what the group is thinking about.
The perfect speech would be an open room with 50-60 people, high-speed internet connection and begin with the notion of "What's on Your Mind?" We would then connect to our software and begin to dive into the human behavior behind the actions, wrap the thing up with CultureWaves and walk out of the space with a presentation each of the participants could use in their respective business, and know the content because they had helped create it.

Speaking on open and engaging... after I was done talking I rushed over to hear Grady Spears, celebrated author and restaurateur talk about Cooking the Cowboy Way. It was funny, refreshing, and manly! I am not a big foodie, but I like to hear people talk about food, especially when they are passionate about their recipes, meat, and ultimately taste. He was a great speaker, and I walked out hungry thinking about flank steak. During the time in the breakout he talked about the different type's of cowboys around the world, Gauchos, Crackers, etc. Was a great history lesson I thought. Then at the end, when people where asking questions, one of the men in the room asked if Grady could recommend a simple recipe for ribs that a guy from New Jersey could follow. Everyone laughed when Grady said "Yeah, step away from the ribs. Send them to Texas and we'll cook them for you." But, everyone laughed harder when the gentlemen responded, "Come on, I'm a Turnpike Cowboy."

Classic!

Best iPhone Game Ever!

If you don't own an iPhone, I understand, but I have officially found your reason to buy one if you want too.
Here's what you do: ladies and gentlemen put your current cell phone on the floor, go put some boots on (or clogging shoes), jump with all your might, land directly on top of your current cellular and destroy it. Make up whatever excuse you need to in order to convince anyone concerned regarding a financial decision of this caliber, because you just had aford bring the TRUTH about your new phone.

And the truth is: forget the touch-screen! Old news. Don't worry about the visual voice-mail, it's for hags. The clean lines and seamless integration with iTunes - who cares? Hottest little ditty on the cool kids wish-list? Pfffft! The reason to buy a new iPhone, two words - Cannon Challenge. Link to App Store.

This little baby is the end-all-be-all for video games. Not too hard, not that thought consuming. It is the modern day Tetris for mobile gaming enthusiasts. Bold statement for me to make? HELL YES it is.

But, I've got experience, reason, and a variable of believability going for me.

Experience - been gaming on a handheld since Coleco Head to Head Football.

Reason - it's free and from Discovery Channel, they make educational crap you know!

Believability - I walked into the software programmers offices today touting my love for this game was given confirmation that it was in fact the greatest app ever on the iPhone and reason to celebrate. As a matter of fact, I owe Scott a great thanks for the picture of his "Winning Score" that I have posted above. And in doing so, found the only glitch on the game so far - that upon his final winning shot Cannon Challenge could not take being beaten and told him via his perfect score that he had the won - and subsequently also lost.

Small price to pay for the greatest game yet, enjoy your cannon!!