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Back, Sort Of

I am finding it's taking a while to get my head back into all the things I have to do. The trip was fantastic. Here's a shot of the family heading up the final stretch to Holcomb Lake. We decided to take horses for all – the kids are…

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I am finding it’s taking a while to get my head back into all the things I have to do. The trip was fantastic. Here’s a shot of the family heading up the final stretch to Holcomb Lake. We decided to take horses for all – the kids are pretty accomplished riders and my youngest couldn’t do the whole walk. We’re glad we did, it let us really roam out there in the Sierra.

I hope to be back at posting this week. I am traveling with my family for two more weeks soon, so posting will be light throughout the summer, and my focus is on FM. However, if you follow me on Twitter, I’ll keep you updated there as best I can. Searchblog isn’t the best place to post personal stuff, but I figured you might want to see what I’ve been up to…

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Heading (Way) Out For the Week

My family and I are going into the backcountry this week – no email, Twitter, blogging, etc. Here's where we're going, in case any of you might be curious. Click the terrain or satellite tabs to see the amazing country – truly another world back there. See you in…

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My family and I are going into the backcountry this week – no email, Twitter, blogging, etc. Here’s where we’re going, in case any of you might be curious. Click the terrain or satellite tabs to see the amazing country – truly another world back there.

See you in a week!

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The Passing of a Legend

Clay Felker, a legend in magazines and journalism, died today. I had to honor to work with Clay Felker for a few years, making magazines and websites as part of my time at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He was in poor health for much of the…

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Clay Felker, a legend in magazines and journalism, died today.

I had to honor to work with Clay Felker for a few years, making magazines and websites as part of my time at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He was in poor health for much of the time we worked together, but never lost his fire or his commitment to the core thesis of a great publication: Voice, Point of View, and Quality. He viewed great magazines as conversations, much of my own theories around FM owe a direct debt to conversations I had with Clay on topics of publishing, the Internet, and business models.

His legacy will live on and multiply in the work of the thousands he hired, worked with, and edited.

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“Take 48”: Friday 6 PM to Sunday, 6 PM

(A trail on Mt. Tam) (Cross posted from the FM blog) In the past few years, the weekend has taken on a new meaning for me. In short, it's now defined by work. The weekend is when I catch up on work I can't get done during the week,…

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(A trail on Mt. Tam)

(Cross posted from the FM blog)

In the past few years, the weekend has taken on a new meaning for me. In short, it’s now defined by work. The weekend is when I catch up on work I can’t get done during the week, in particular work that requires long form thinking, the kind of thinking that powers drafting considered memos and strategy documents, even posting to this or other blogs.

It’s also a time to clear emails and burnish out the odd To Do item that never quite Got Done during the week.

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Every Great Business Is An Argument

That's the title of my latest post for Amex's Open Forum Blog. From it: In my experience starting businesses, and in my study of other businesses that have succeeded wildly (like Apple, Google, or eBay), every great business is founded in a thesis, a statement of what should be…

That’s the title of my latest post for Amex’s Open Forum Blog. From it:

In my experience starting businesses, and in my study of other businesses that have succeeded wildly (like Apple, Google, or eBay), every great business is founded in a thesis, a statement of what should be true. It’s then the business’s job to go prove that thesis – in essence, the business becomes the argument that proves the thesis.



Read the rest and tell me what you think at the Amex blog…

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Support Mike and Brain Research

Earlier I posted about Mike Homer and his fight with CJD, a brain wasting disease. Yesterday the fight widened with the announcement of a YouTube channel in conjunction with UCSF, and more. Om has a nice writeup here. From it: UCSF along with YouTube have launched a comprehensive Internet…

Earlier I posted about Mike Homer and his fight with CJD, a brain wasting disease. Yesterday the fight widened with the announcement of a YouTube channel in conjunction with UCSF, and more. Om has a nice writeup here. From it:

UCSF along with YouTube have launched a comprehensive Internet video channel dedicated to the improved understanding of incurable neurodegenerative brain diseases. The YouTube channel is part of an overall Internet campaign that will help UCSF’s researchers and clinicians reach out to a global audience.



It was inspired by the “Fight for Mike,” an initiative by Silicon Valley leaders to save the life of former Apple/Netscape marketing ace Mike Homer, who was diagnosed last spring with CJD and is being treated at UCSF. Since June 2007, the Fight for Mike has raised more than $7 million for CJD research at UCSF. Maybe you want to join hands and help support the cause.

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Off to ‘Roo

Today marks the start of Bonnaroo, and like last year, that's where I'll be. Posting may be light, or it may be torrid. I have no idea. I am excited that this time, I go as a partner with the folks behind Bonnaroo, on the Outside Lands festival in…

Today marks the start of Bonnaroo, and like last year, that’s where I’ll be. Posting may be light, or it may be torrid. I have no idea. I am excited that this time, I go as a partner with the folks behind Bonnaroo, on the Outside Lands festival in August.

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@CM Summit: Look for News

Should be a light early week of posting as we're hosting the CM Summit today and Tuesday. FM will have plenty of news today, I'll update here when it breaks. Others will have news as well, will do the same. Update: It's late, the releases hit the wire in…

Should be a light early week of posting as we’re hosting the CM Summit today and Tuesday. FM will have plenty of news today, I’ll update here when it breaks. Others will have news as well, will do the same.

Update: It’s late, the releases hit the wire in the morning, but FM announced today we signed all sorts of new authors, including Kanye West, Steven Covey, Harry McCracken, DevShed, Anandtech, and tons more, as well as a new CM Toolbox measurement platform. Links when the releases go live….

Here’s the release on the CM Toolbox.

Here’s the release on FM working with Harry McCracken

And here’s the release on FM working with LMCD, partner to Anandtech among several other great sites.

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Travel Day

Heading to NYC – spending the weekend there before our CM Summit, which is officially sold out. Really looking forward to it!…

Heading to NYC – spending the weekend there before our CM Summit, which is officially sold out. Really looking forward to it!

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FM Partners with Outside Lands

Those of you who read this site regularly know I've talked about how much I love Bonnaroo, and how excited I am that the producers of that event (which, yes, I am going to again next week) are producing Outside Lands here in my backyard. I mean, it's only…

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Those of you who read this site regularly know I’ve talked about how much I love Bonnaroo, and how excited I am that the producers of that event (which, yes, I am going to again next week) are producing Outside Lands here in my backyard. I mean, it’s only the first time in history that a band is playing at night (three days and nights!) in Golden Gate Park, and oh, by the way, it’s Radiohead. And Wilco. And Beck. And Broken Social Scene. And Jackie Greene. And Rodrigo Y Gabriela and Tom Petty and Jack Johnson and Steve Winwood and Primus and Ben Harper and Steel Pulse and ….anyway.

Well, more coolness. My company, FM, has struck a deal with the producers of Outside Lands. We are partnering to create a collective, crowdsourced media campfire of sorts before, during, and after the festival. It’s called CrowdFire, and it’s going to be very, very cool. More when we’re ready to talk more about it, but it’s a merging of the human, physical energy of a music festival with the human, virtual energy of conversational media. I’m really stoked to be working with these guys, they are total princes. When work = fun, life is good.

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