Who’s ready for spring? I can safely say that I am gladly holding my hand up and hpping that this warmer weather will help kick this nagging cold that I’ve got. This has been a good week for me as it’s both my and my son’s birthday fell during the week. So it means that there will be a good time and some cake at the Esposito household. It is also the start of a three-day weekend for me since Boston has this holiday centered around the Marathon, which if you like charity and helping out kids, then you should consider dropping $10 or more to my friends Tamsen and Tom Webster’s 26.2 mile run that will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester:
Hopefully you’ve got a great weekend lined up and get out and enjoy some fresh air. Catch you next week and until then, enjoy this week’s edition of Five for Friday.
Cookie Monster Arrested For Shoving 2-Year-Old In Times Square – Say it ain’t so Cookie, say it ain’t so. While this is a bad job from a guy in a costume, it was not the real Cookie Monster knocking down kids, just some guy getting paid to take pictures.
Is Oreo really the brilliant marketers everyone thinks they are? – keeping with the cookie theme…this is a really insightful article from Arik Hanson. There was a healthy debate in the comments where I might have fed into a troll, but overall a good read.
We Can Do Better – a little while back, gaming company EA was named the worst company in America based on a web poll that got beefed up by internet chat boards. Instead of cowering, the company’s COO took to their corporate blog with a commitment to change and spelling out what he really thought about the poll.
Everything you need to know about the Earth’s five Ice Ages – I have a lot of smart folks in my social circles and every now and then I see an article come across that just makes me thing and sit down and read a smarty pants article (to feel smart). So thanks to Geoff Livingston, I share this with you.
The Evolution of eBay’s Social Strategy – a look behind the curtains of sorts with eBay’s social media strategy.
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