Bissellog

2011-12-18T14:39:00.001-08:00

Wrote a blog about why so many holiday parties disappoint me... "Masterful Service" http://t.conquent.com/eE00

2011-12-13T19:39:00.001-08:00

Warning: Do Not Operate Heavy Equipment while Thinking http://t.conquent.com/dE00

2011-12-11T11:41:00.001-08:00

I don't worry about explaining a book cover when reading on my Kindle... 'None of your Business' by Anoynmous http://t.conquent.com/cE00

2011-12-04T12:58:00.001-08:00

A little reflection on keeping all those books in the house... "Hoarding Information" http://t.conquent.com/bE00

2011-11-29T17:12:00.001-08:00

My reflection on Christmas: Attack of the Season http://t.conquent.com/aE00

2011-11-28T17:26:00.001-08:00

Little blog about contextual facts and subjective truth... http://t.conquent.com/ZE00

2011-11-16T10:53:00.001-08:00

Folks from other parts of the world working on my project don't understand that Portland Rain isn't for Everyone http://t.conquent.com/YE00

2011-11-13T15:46:00.001-08:00

Maybe TMI, but here's my blog about Visiting My Mother in the Hospital -- http://t.conquent.com/XE00

2011-11-10T17:12:00.001-08:00

Bumped into the Bissell brand once too often & wrote a blog -- My Dirty Little Secret is I'm not a Vacuum Cleaner http://t.conquent.com/VE00

2011-11-05T12:56:00.001-07:00

It’s not Facebook, You May Already be an Idiot http://t.conquent.com/UE00

2011-11-05T12:54:00.001-07:00

It’s not Facebook, You May Already be an Idiot http://michael.bissell.conquent.com/blog/1fe9aa8007e611e183929432ae2b5e7b/It%E2%80%99s_not_Facebook,_You_May_Already_be_an_Idiot

2011-11-02T22:14:00.001-07:00

First week of saving our kitchen scraps for the city compost... "Portland Composts and I Simmer" http://t.conquent.com/TE00

2011-10-29T11:30:00.001-07:00

New blog about the word "Technology" -- Complicated Stuff that I'm Forced to Use http://t.conquent.com/SE00

2011-10-25T08:29:00.001-07:00

Something Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street already agree on -- Get the money out of politics http://t.conquent.com/QE00

2011-10-22T12:03:00.001-07:00

From kids failing school in China to Occupy Wall Street... A little Saturday rant: "Everyone's Special" http://t.conquent.com/PE00

2011-10-12T08:00:00.001-07:00

New Blog: Lack of Privacy as a Celebration of Life http://t.conquent.com/NE00 #privacy #socialmedia #community

2011-10-10T22:34:00.001-07:00

Talking with programmers has inspired today's blog... "You Say ADD like a bad thing..." http://t.conquent.com/LE00

2011-10-08T10:05:00.001-07:00

Corporations are the only ones with any real privacy: My Private Life is Public, my Public Life is Private http://t.conquent.com/KE00

2011-10-06T22:22:00.001-07:00

Maybe it's the Curse of Steve Jobs, maybe it's my own doing, but I have an unnatural relationship with my phone http://t.conquent.com/IE00

2011-10-03T08:38:00.001-07:00

How Google helped spammers build their lists... "Do no evil... unless you can't help it" http://t.conquent.com/GE00

2011-09-30T10:03:00.001-07:00

Quick @BrandTheft posting -- Cool off with a Pepsi... Air conditioner? http://t.conquent.com/FE00

2011-09-29T09:14:00.001-07:00

Working on a new project is like running a marathon... "My Brain is Full" http://t.conquent.com/EE00

2011-09-28T12:15:00.001-07:00

Loud car dealership ads make Pandora more like radio http://t.conquent.com/DE00

2011-09-26T13:27:00.001-07:00

Today's @BrandTheft... Licensing deal gone bad -- "Tony Chachere vs Big Easy Foods" http://t.conquent.com/CE00

2011-09-26T10:54:00.001-07:00

Quick rant about constant software upgrades... Upgraded to Death http://t.conquent.com/BE00

2011-09-25T13:34:00.001-07:00

Now THIS is a collectable figure -- Darth Vader "Star Knight" -- http://t.conquent.com/AE00

2011-09-23T12:21:00.001-07:00

Today's Brand Identity Theft: BEER! Session vs. Red Stripe. Same bottle, same font, but I'll need to keep tasting http://t.conquent.com/8E00

2011-09-22T14:21:00.001-07:00

Was Netflix wrong to not secure @Qwikster for the new DVD company? Or did they do it on purpose? http://t.conquent.com/7E00

2011-09-21T08:41:00.001-07:00

Classic Brand Theft... Or at least co-opting "Santa Pepsi" http://t.conquent.com/6E00

2011-09-20T09:09:00.001-07:00

The Ancient Chinese Art of Brand Identity Theft -- Shanzhai: http://t.conquent.com/5E00

2011-09-19T18:09:00.001-07:00

It was like having to go into the drug dealer's house to call the cops... Dealing with Google+ Spam -- http://t.conquent.com/4E00

2011-09-19T11:34:00.001-07:00

Art imitates... art galleries -- Brand Identity Theft: WhiteCube.com vs WhiteCu.be http://t.conquent.com/3E00

2011-09-16T09:08:00.001-07:00

Old Rasputin -- Beer and Nostalgia: http://t.conquent.com/1E00

2011-09-14T18:26:00.001-07:00

New blog -- Random Change (where's that bottle of whiskey?) http://t.conquent.com/zD00

2011-09-14T08:32:00.001-07:00

Brand Identity Theft can be a Person Place or Thing... Or a song "Interjecting Infidelity" http://t.conquent.com/wD00

2011-09-13T10:36:00.001-07:00

Apple made Samsung's tablet look more like an iPad -- @BrandTheft or long con?
"The Case of the Identical Tablet" http://t.conquent.com/vD00

2011-09-12T08:18:00.001-07:00

Your phone knows where you are even without GPS: "They Know Where You Are: Privacy and Google Maps" RP
http://t.conquent.com/tD00

2011-09-10T11:36:00.001-07:00

Posted a little rant about marketing for the calendar, not the real season: The Season for Ignoring the Season: http://t.conquent.com/sD00

2011-09-08T18:15:00.001-07:00

Launched a new website this afternoon, Brand Identity Theft for all the spoofers and posers. First blog Applebees http://t.conquent.com/oD00

2011-09-08T11:31:00.001-07:00

You need your own tiny URL not just to promote your brand, but for trust: What's on the Other Side of that Link? http://t.conquent.com/nD00

2011-09-07T12:34:00.001-07:00

GroupOn delays IPO (Hawking is upping the speed limit from the speed of light to how fast GroupOn spends cash) http://t.conquent.com/mD00

2011-09-06T09:43:00.001-07:00

New blog -- Facebook Party vs. Jane Eyre Introductions: http://t.conquent.com/lD00

2011-09-02T12:32:00.001-07:00

New Blog about the fact the Internet still runs on a lot of copper and steel -- http://t.conquent.com/kD00

2011-09-01T11:22:00.001-07:00

I'm looking for someone who's done anything with Magento ecommerce for a little brain picking

2011-09-01T09:45:00.001-07:00

A good logo can be tattooed on your ankle, or burned into your cattle -- Branding Irons http://t.conquent.com/iD00

2011-08-31T18:56:00.001-07:00

I'm not calling you old. I'm actually calling me old... in a really roundabout way: Your iPhone is like bifocals http://t.conquent.com/hD00

2011-08-30T11:43:00.001-07:00

Went to the Borders' liquidation sale last night. Inspired a blog... Death of a Salesman's Store http://t.conquent.com/gD00

2011-08-29T13:40:00.001-07:00

It's easier to leave a place than to leave the dots and vibrations of the interconnected world of the Internet: http://t.conquent.com/fD00

2011-08-27T15:51:00.001-07:00

Virtual Disasters -- Watching the Hurricane on the Internet Traffic Report #hurricaneirene http://t.conquent.com/eD00

2011-08-26T13:47:00.001-07:00

Facebook Hates Your Link and other stories from arts meets geeks -- http://t.conquent.com/dD00

2011-08-24T18:34:00.001-07:00

Steve Jobs is retiring, so I just HAD to write this blog... Apple's Innovation of One Control Freak http://t.conquent.com/cD00

2011-08-24T15:06:00.001-07:00

Quick Blog: Hashtags on TV (At last! I can be alone in a room, make snarky comments, and get the LOLs I deserve) http://t.conquent.com/bD00

2011-08-23T11:23:00.001-07:00

A quick primer for GroupOn and Living Social -- Good for Meth, bad for Fishing Guides http://t.conquent.com/aD00

2011-08-19T09:47:00.001-07:00

I can't watch a Jpop video on my Droid because YouTube's arbitrary rules: This Video Is Not Available on Mobile http://t.conquent.com/ZD00

2011-08-18T11:10:00.001-07:00

"Join The Conversation" Yeah... Corporations are sexy http://t.conquent.com/YD00

2011-08-15T09:41:00.001-07:00

New blog: "Did you mean?" -- Google's Chiding Nanny of Search Results http://t.conquent.com/XD00

2011-08-03T09:56:00.001-07:00

I'll share my taco & mojioto experience with my friends, but I'm not sharing my friends with some random company http://t.conquent.com/UD00

2011-08-01T17:11:00.001-07:00

Trying to describe my industry... it didn't go well -- "Branded Technology" http://t.conquent.com/TD00

2011-07-29T11:43:00.001-07:00

A coupon the spa didn't approve & a customer service nightmare: Sharingspree.com Stealing more than GroupOns Idea http://t.conquent.com/SD00

2011-07-28T13:20:00.001-07:00

New Blog about my music collection -- The Internet Isn't Entertaining Enough http://t.conquent.com/RD00

2011-07-27T10:03:00.001-07:00

Google gets all your data through 1000 cuts of terms of service -- The Bullfighter's EULA: http://t.conquent.com/PD00

2011-07-26T09:43:00.001-07:00

Global Chit-Chat and the Norwegian Isolationist -- http://t.conquent.com/OD00

2011-07-22T12:11:00.001-07:00

I can't get a vendor to stop pulling money from my account -- It's not your bank... It's Apple's and Amazon's: http://t.conquent.com/ND00

2011-07-21T10:17:00.001-07:00

Being subtle and appropriate is what's going to work in the future: Violated by Madison Avenue http://t.conquent.com/MD00

2011-07-16T11:50:00.001-07:00

Frustrated social-media serotonin hit http://t.conquent.com/KD00

2011-07-14T14:12:00.001-07:00

'Narcissism' by Michael R. Bissell -- Reading myself... http://t.conquent.com/JD00

2011-07-12T08:10:00.001-07:00

Facebook Reinvents the Meta Tag. Evolution? Or just weird mutant? (I'm thinking mutant) http://t.conquent.com/9D00

2011-07-08T15:19:00.001-07:00

Dude, you were looking at web stats and laughing -- http://t.conquent.com/8D00

2011-07-06T12:14:00.001-07:00

If real life was like the world we see in commercials -- http://t.conquent.com/7D00

2011-07-01T10:02:00.001-07:00

"We need to..." A few Internet Marketing Myths -- http://t.conquent.com/6D00

2011-06-15T12:26:00.001-07:00

New blog -- Facebook's Deal with the Devil: http://t.conquent.com/5D00

2011-06-14T13:13:00.001-07:00

New Blog -- My cool new phone is a little too cool http://t.conquent.com/4D00

2011-06-09T10:57:00.001-07:00

New blog (I had a little creepy moment when I realized everyone was on their phones): You are never alone -- http://t.conquent.com/3D00

2011-06-07T10:28:00.001-07:00

New blog (Maybe it's not the computers that are so irritating but the damn programmers): Aw Snap http://t.conquent.com/2D00

2011-04-19T08:27:00.001-07:00

Waxing a little poetically about my sudden business trip yesterday: Miracles and Meetings http://t.conquent.com/1D00

2011-04-14T16:59:00.001-07:00

Read my brilliant blog, because everything is more brilliant online: Facebook Causes Depression http://t.conquent.com/0D00

2011-04-04T19:44:00.001-07:00

Groupon got a $25 BILLION valuation. Prompted a blog: The I-Don't-Understand-It-So-It-Must-Be-Valuable Valuation http://t.conquent.com/yC00

2011-03-29T15:30:00.001-07:00

We just launched a quick, single page website that links all the OTHER work we've done for this client -- http://healthport.net/

2011-03-29T09:54:00.001-07:00

Quick blog about "Politics and instantaneous communication" http://t.conquent.com/xC00

2011-03-09T09:10:00.001-08:00

Just getting over the flu. Posted a blog... "Live by your wits, until you get the flu" http://t.conquent.com/uC00

2011-03-04T09:44:00.001-08:00

Who owns your friends? http://t.conquent.com/sC00

2011-03-03T13:06:00.001-08:00

Having fun on Facebook today? I'm not... New blog: "Agonies of Programming for Facebook" http://t.conquent.com/oC00

2011-03-02T11:21:00.001-08:00

Posted a quick blog about content tailored for social media: http://t.conquent.com/mC00

2011-03-01T15:38:00.001-08:00

Just posted this question on LinkedIn: What tools would you put into your "Social Media Warchest?" http://t.conquent.com/lC00

2011-03-01T10:23:00.001-08:00

Musing about my walk to work in the rain: Walking to Surreality -- http://t.conquent.com/kC00

2011-02-28T14:05:00.001-08:00

Just another curmudgeonly blog posting... "Fact Free Zone" http://t.conquent.com/jC00

Facebook Didn't Topple Egypt

2011-02-27T13:00:00.001-08:00

I'm tired of Twitter and Facebook getting credit for the revolution. Posted a quick blog about it on my professional blog at: "Facebook did not topple Egypt" http://t.conquent.com/iC00

The Value of Ideas

2011-02-26T12:45:00.001-08:00

Especially after watching that movie about Facebook, I'm really thinking we need a new way to figure out the "Value of Ideas" -- see my posting on Conquent at http://t.conquent.com/hC00

Frustrating Miracles

2011-02-24T09:12:00.001-08:00

We have technology indistinguishable from magic. Which is great, unless you have to try to get all that technology to work... see Frustrating Miracles http://t.conquent.com/fC00 on my blog on Conquent

Social Media Slot Machine

2011-02-23T07:54:00.001-08:00

I explore the similarities between gambling and checking people's status updates in "Social Media Slot Machine" http://t.conquent.com/eC00

Anonymous vs Me

2011-02-21T21:11:00.001-08:00

I'm not anonymous here, but there are those times that I publish thing anonymously online. Read my exploration of the pros and cons of anonymous blogging and tweeting on my professional blog -- Anonymous vs Me http://t.conquent.com/aC00

The Numbers Game

2011-02-06T12:32:00.001-08:00

A little rant about how quantity constantly trumps quality... "The Numbers Game" http://t.conquent.com/YC00

Does the Internet make us Fat?

2011-02-05T12:19:00.001-08:00

Posted a sort of an apology from my entire industry... "The Internet and our Sedentary Society -- maybe some hope?" http://t.conquent.com/XC00

2011-02-04T10:01:00.001-08:00

Posted a quick follow up on my Twitter/Jokeindex experiment http://t.conquent.com/VC00

2011-02-02T16:33:00.001-08:00

Got a call from Helen (@adbroad) -- we're apparently quoted in Frank Rose's new book "The Art of Immersion" Guess I gotta go buy the book.

2011-01-30T11:09:00.001-08:00

Posted The art of Indiscrimiate Twitter Following -- http://t.conquent.com/SC00

2011-01-26T12:27:00.001-08:00

New blog: The Cloudy Meaning of "The Cloud" -- http://t.conquent.com/PC00

2011-01-24T13:09:00.001-08:00

Therapy breakthrough: My Emotional Response to iAnything http://t.conquent.com/NC00

2011-01-23T12:28:00.001-08:00

New blog: Alien Technology and Government Conspiracies -- http://t.conquent.com/MC00

2011-01-22T13:12:00.001-08:00

Posted a review/commentary on IFCs Portlandia: http://t.conquent.com/LC00