A Hawaii vacation: The Royal Hawaiian and Disney’s Aulani

One thing I always thought I’d do with this eponymous blog is tell more personal stories at some point. I work enough that the content pretty much reflects my life — but unlike earlier in my career, now I try and to take vacations to periodically reset and refresh. This blog post talks about one of them.

If you’ve ever been to Austin for SXSW, what you may not know is that it’s spring break – not just “for geeks,” but for many schools in Texas, including UT Austin. So I requested to have my SXSW session on opening day, then left with the family for a full week the next morning.

A return to my old Kentucky home

I'm heading to Louisville this week.  Usually I wouldn't comment publicly about client interactions, but these are a bit different.  And just as I've taken your input and shared at PRWeek's Next Conference, SXSW and Web 2.0 Expo, I'll share any comments here with the people I meet. First and foremost, I'm in town to participate …

Concept: Twitter #taxishare

I travel pretty frequently.  If you do too, this might sound familiar.  Whenever I fly somewhere, the first thing I'll do upon landing is turn on my phone's radio to send/receive SMS and check email.  I'll usually scan Google Reader and/or Twitter while waiting to deplane.  Then I'll make my way straight to the taxi …

Advice on family-friendly Belgium?

I'll be in Belgium soon for a week on vacation (mostly).  If you've been there – or live there – what advice would you give on interesting things to do for a family? We'll be based in Brussels; Bruges and Antwerp are likely day trips. To give you an idea of things that have gone …

A ninety second business trip

Carlos Whittaker is one of the earliest people on my social graph.  I was inspired by a video on his blog last week called My Day In 90 Seconds. Earlier this week, I applied the concept to a business trip.  Video embedded below. [Click here if you can't see the video.] Here's what's happening: Sunday: …

Whereabouts 11/13-22

Some things I'll be doing over the next couple of weeks, in case you're interested in meeting up. – Thursday, 11/13:  SNCR Tweetup at Vox Populi in Boston (Back Bay), 7 pm – Monday, 11/17:  Meet Aaron Strout Tweetup at Guero's in Austin (South Congress), 7:35 pm – Wednesday, 11/19:  PR Week Next Conference at the …