Dave Morin

Now this,

Optimus Keyboard

is cool.

Begs the question. What if?

Thanks Steve!

Yes, I’m still around. Yes, I’m insanely busy. But, that doesn’t mean I don’t have a ton of blog content backed up in my head for your reading enjoyment. Hope that everyone has had a fantastic weekend. More from me coming soon…

For now. Check out:

43 Places

…and pick somewhere cool to travel to. Then, find someone that will go with you. Cool idea? Eh?

Little Room

Well you’re in your little room
and you’re working on something good
but if it’s really good
you’re gonna need a bigger room
and when you’re in the bigger room
you might not know what to do
you might have to think of
how you got started in your little room

– White Stripes, Little Room

Marketing is not about trickery or even insincerity. It’s about spreading ideas that you believe in, sharing ideas you’re passionate about… and doing it with authenticity. Marketing is about treating prospects and customers with respect, and realizing that it’s easier to grow the amount of business you do with happy people than it is to find new strangers to accost.

Seth Godin hit another home run today, with one of the best posts I have ever seen in the blogosphere.

He’s right. Marketing does have a marketing problem. Seth’s an “agent of change.” And, you, me, and everyone else that fancies themselves a marketer should be too. Everyone can use a little true marketing in their quiver.

The marketing industry is full of tons of people with amazing ideas. These ideas need to get to “market.” They need to help show fantastic things, ideas, and experiences to fantastic people.

Go talk to your marketing people. Or, read my blog. Or Seth’s blog. Or Amit’s blog. Or Tom Peter’s blog. Marketers are here to infuse you with passion. To show you fantastic ideas. To evolve and amaze you with what you can do with YOUR ideas.

What happens when the barriers (physical and theoretical) between sales, operations, marketing, and the executive wing come down? Fantastic experiences happen. Lives change. And, ear-to-ear smiles happen. Trust me, I’ve been at that crossroads. It’s amazing.

Shouldn’t you be there too? (Or at least PUSHING to get there?)

Ta-Da Lists are fantastic! I’ve been singing praises of 37signals for months, but their products, ideas, and mission continue to blow me away!

More web application developers, and application developers in general, need to concentrate on design and simplicity. They’ve taken something that we all love and need and made it infinitely better: the To-Do list.

Ta-da lists are web-based, free, fantastically designed, use RSS, are shareable, and brilliantly designed. I’m addicted! You must check it out now!.