Just An Online Minute
Just An Online Minute

Just An Online Minute… Fireworks For Lunch With The IFC Media Project
Unfortunately, because of my baby face, I'll never be taken seriously regardless of how many asexual pants I own. This is also how traditional "we were in the trenches during the civil war" journalists treat bloggers. Gauging from many an eavesdropping session and even at the panel that inspired me today, matured career reporters, journalists, and columnists still view blogging and online news dissemination as kid stuff. Gideon Yago and the ballsy team at IFC aim to scoop out the current news media litter box and identify what the cat really dragged in, good or bad, with The IFC Media Project. Hefty lunch conversation.

Just An Online Minute… The CPC Shows You Their Pearly Whites
I jump at the opportunity to sit in on any awards "show" covering something or some phrase I've never heard of. Come on, my history is bleeding-edge tech comms, so custom publishing actually is new to my career phrase. I want to learn, don't you. I'm also a big fan of the Rainbow Room, which will always hold a warm spot in my heart due to the Detroit takeover. Put Rainbow Room together with the Custom Publishing Council's Pearl Awards and I do believe that even on the froggiest of nights you've got a recipe for entertainment. It doesn't hurt to add a dash of a gregariously drunk Jonah Bloom.

Just An Online Minute… That’s What She Said
Oh phooey, let's talk about YOU and ME and where WE are today, why don't we. I dug back into the garbage pail that is a blog archive and discovered the re-debut of Just An Online Minute as a social diary of the media industry (online and off) launched on May 12. Are you kidding me? Our relationship is only 6 months old as of today?! I feel like we've been together much longer than that. Maybe it feels longer because we've been through so much together already.

Just An Online Minute… You’ll blast your eye out! You’ll blast your eye out!
Listen and listen well, my media and PR friends, I am about to tell you a tale. It is a tale of flowery wording, a rainy evening, and misleading language. This is a cautionary tale for media and PR alike and the moral is, "We all know what you really mean." The submoral is, "Thou shalt deliver promised hors d'oeuvres." This is a tale, my friends, of the Eyeblaster Awards.

Just An Online Minute… An Ad:Tech Bash Of Epic Proportions
Hey hey everyone! It's another West Side Party Story with an advertwist for advertypes during ad:tech. Oh I know, just when you thought it was safe to go near Javits, the booth bunnies pull you back in! So what does an advernerd do after being pelted with squeezy balls, cookies, business cards, "oh by the way"s, leveraging, SEO, and, yes, even expo hall margaritas. Duh, they head to the EPIC Advertising "most exclusive ad:tech NYC party ever" to drink responsibly at the premium open bar and dance prudishly to songs by The Carpenters. Or exactly the opposite of that.

Just An Online Minute… Blogging And Beers At The 23/6 Election Night Party
It's almost time to move on, but first -- the third and final official election party wrap-up! Hosted in the hallowed Huffington Post halls, with a room full of live bloggers gulping vino, a video camera or two, and a mishmash of blogging types, mag types, pr types, and randoms, this nerd fashion-splashed bacchanalian bonanza put the cherry on top of this American pie. Did anyone embarrass themselves? Maybe. Was it me? Never!

Just An Online Minute… Hot Dog! It’s A Naked Party
I've never said I'm the most mature person in the world, which is why I snickered and tittered gleefully when, in response to the question "So, what election parties are you hitting?" I said, "I'm going to the NAKED election party." The statement is two parts immature, one part erroneous -- since it was actually a Photon party.

Just An Online Minute… Yahoo And Friends Vote For Cain
It's hard for me to hear you today. I know, I'm trying, but I went to three election parties last night, ending with the 23/6 fiasco (come on, everyone just keeps referring to it as the Huffington Post party), and I'm a little under the weather. I thought about clumping all three events together in one shotgun blast of an election post, but then I grinned sadistically and decided it's more fun to saturate you with three separate posts, tsunami style. Come with me, if you dare, to election cocktails at Cain, courtesy of Yahoo.

Just An Online Minute… Hiding In The Basement With Ad:tech VIPs
Another typical Monday night in Manhattan; getting yelled at by that guy on the corner of 22nd and Broadway, narrowly missing an unidentified object on the sidewalk, deleting the massive amount of "hey, are you coming to ad:tech today?" emails from people who probably don't care if I am or not, and a "VIP Mix & Mingle" at Jay Z's 40/40 Club. I couldn't sift out who was actually throwing this multi-sponsored party in a cave, but I like the unknown. When things are unfamiliar, that means for once (and it's been awhile) the human scenery might actually be different

Just An Online Minute… Mixing Your Access 360 Media With Tonic
The last time I was at Tonic, it was for a friend's 22nd birthday party last year. It was fun, but it's never my go-to place. I mean, come on, why would I forego my knitting circle or pre-AARP prep courses? But seriously, I was surprised to see that a business would select the location to host its post OVAB-Digital Media Summit cocktail wind-down. As I approached, the sizzling red "Tonic" sign gave me flashbacks to foregone shots and as I waited for my +1 to show up, I realized I had no clue what kind of party this was going to be. Come on in...