I was inspired by CC Chapman’s 2009 in Pictures post to document this year… and what a year it has been. This year included: 3 trips to Mexico – one paid for by Amateur Traveler, one blogger trip and one volunteer trip Conferences like Blog World, MacWorld and TBEX Trips to Arizona, Chicago, Colorado and ...

It’s time to go We just announced to my team and the rest of the company that I am leaving LiveWorld. My last day will be around the middle of January. My boss Peter Friedman and I are parting on good terms after I have worked for him for 13 and a half years here ...

The room was full of podcasters, my people. I wandered around not talking to people but listening carefully to see if I would recognize someone’s voice from their show. I sipped a glass of wine and got in the long line for hors d’oeuvres. I listened to the music and then after an hour I ...

If you don’t read AdWeek you, like me, may have missed the controversy around an ad that was produced for the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) that tried to get people to understand the loss of life for the 2004 Tsunami by comparing it to the loss of life in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks. ...

“Enter to Win a Trip” is a more than just a lure, more than just an enticement, it is a siren song that calls out with the promise of adventure. Sure I know that I am unlikely to win. I took a fair amount of math in school and understand probabilities, but… someone has to ...

M, concentrating Originally uploaded by henrybloomfield I used to think that I was a champion multi-tasker. I could get work done and watch TV at the same time. I still listen to podcasts while I work and now I read my new Kindle while I brush my teeth. But I personally have learned, which is ...

I have recently made a change to how I use facebook. I think it is a good change that I needed to do but I feel bad about it. I get friended all the time on facebook by people I don’t know but who I am sure I would love to get to know. Many ...

Smarter Playlists I previously posted a screencast Managing Podcasts with Smart Playlists in iTunes about how you can better manage listening to multiple podcasts using the smart playlist feature in iTunes. In short I create a smart playlist that lists all podcasts that I have not yet played (to the end). I can then sort ...

I just stumbled upon this old poem that I wrote: The Shower I stumble from bed Like a zombie, half-dead Groping my way to the shower I stay there it seems Under life giving streams For the better part of an hour I rinse and I scrub In a shower not a tub But it’s ...

When I read Seth Godin’s book Tribes about discovering the group of people who want/need you to lead them I understood it and appreciated it. But I think I didn’t get it in quite the same way as I did this week. the problem As many of you know my podcast the Amateur Traveler was ...