damn good advice about being productive: http://ping.fm/pcAW5

truly enjoying the wet warm weather of Texas this time of year. Life is good.

headed to http://ping.fm/6IJv1 in Paris, Dec. 6-8th to find publishers for Night Owl Games' Dungeon Overlord. ANYONE going? lets meet

Tytus enhances Marketing Research with Guidance on making "Social Posts" for Business: http://ping.fm/MlEv9

Harlan's Top Tips for SNM (Social Network Marketing): http://ping.fm/v3VEU

Wow. 90% of Sweepstakes entrants want to buy the product: http://tytusblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/90-of-sweepstakes-entrants-are.html

Tytus says: Engineers should NOT start a business... http://ping.fm/rzEb1

Marketing Referrals... they work. By the way, try the game League of Legends... it's free and rocks! http://ping.fm/2yH8i

Marketing is WAY Harder than Engineering. http://ping.fm/4rXs8

Marketing is WAY harder than Engineering.

I've written on this topic before, but I just thought it would be worth a mention again.  I do think Marketing is harder/more challenging than Engineering, and I'm starting to think I understand why...

1. Marketers have to figure out "what" to build... Engineers figure out how to build it.
2. Marketers have to choose what to say, and when to say it... Engineers get to stay quiet in public.
3. Marketers have to figure out why something isn't selling well... Engineers get to work on the next thing.
4. Marketers stress over business success and deadlines... Engineers fret over deadlines (sometimes).
5. Marketers micro-optimize the un-measurable... Engineers optimize the measurable.
6. Marketers have to deal with shifts in culture, business, and fashion... Engineers work with laws of physics.

Having been (and loved being) an Engineer, I can also make 1 more statement that I think perhaps most interesting of all....

Engineers get to see, daily, their progress and fruits of labor... they are appreciated for it.

Marketers often can't see the effects of their work at all... and many question a Marketers value.

So, pat a Marketing guy on the back next time you see one... believe me, they are likely stressing more than you are!

Tytus says: you MUST provide an Easy button for your customers. Period. http://ping.fm/gE1Uh

Tytus explains WHY YOU should be doing Social Marketing & How to get Started. http://ping.fm/9xDRq

My thoughts and regrets about the Bigfoot Networks Acquisition: http://ping.fm/9Zu3R

Listening to an interesting webinar on Social Media (social media as reproduction): #SMSCI http://bit.ly/mmnpI7

Listening to an interesting webinar on Social Media (social media as reproduction): #SMSCI http://bit.ly/mmnpI7/#smsci

3 Open Jobs in Austin: 1 for an experienced Game Designer with LUA talent. 2&3 are Embedded Driver C Programmers. PM me with interest.

Harlan Blogs on Why Google+ Will Fail... then 4 days later changes his mind: http://ping.fm/QiEy4

Tytus explains SEM and CPC Advertising on Facebook and Google: http://ping.fm/BYV43

Summary of my speech at UT: ATI: http://ping.fm/Teq0s

The Magic Formula for Marketing Success... (an engineers' take on marketing): http://ping.fm/MihHu

Engineers Hate fashion... we just don't get it... but Marketers do: http://ping.fm/swRPW

Harlan's new Video Blog: 1st post live. Feedback welcome: http://ping.fm/lQC9t Create Polarizing Products!

Where has Harlan been? What's up with Karmaback? http://ping.fm/QaRe2

Harlan defines the SpurtSprint: http://ping.fm/xVCKT

Harlan thinks Marketing innovation now moves faster than Technology innovation: http://ping.fm/Jtzzk

It's impossible to turn customers into Loyal Evangelists. http://ping.fm/W7zgN

Tytus explains how to turn twitter followers into "mindless buyers of your stuff": http://ping.fm/QKM2J

Tytus explains: How to "network" at a party/event. (It's easy!) http://ping.fm/SnAAh

Selling products is easier than selling services: http://ping.fm/1tfZp

Tytus explains why iPad and Kindle were the TOP prizes of 2010: http://ping.fm/hzV0Q

Don't use confusing marketing: http://ping.fm/toUQq