You'll Never Look at a Ten Dollar Bill The Same Way

Like many four-eyed, Brooklyn-dwelling culture nerds, I was tickled when the Obama White House hosted an evening of music, poetry and the spoken word last May.  Somehow I missed this clip of artist and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda performing "The Hamilton Mixtape" until I saw it on clusterflock last week. 

Not since They Might Be Giants venerated James K. Polk has a dusty figure from American History received such a hip musical tribute. Now if Sarah Vowell would compose a marimba tribute to Roger Williams, and Billy Joel would perform an a cappella ode to Imre Nagy, my life would be complete.

Convergences

A recurring theme with apologies to McSweeney's brilliant Convergences Contest, curated by Lawrence Wechsler. Convergences are submitted without comment, but feel free to add your own thoughts.

Today's convergences come from the Sunday, November 15, 2009 edition of Post Secret. Since Frank ran these secrets next to each other, I can only assume he noticed the repition of the motif as well.

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Well, what do you expect from a 150 year old clock?

Twitter is a communications platform: a place to engage directly with your friends, fans, detractors, and heroes; a place to listen in and join the millions of conversations that are happening online every day.  Does your brand's Twitter feed look like this?  Are you sure? 

Convergences

A recurring theme with apologies to McSweeney's brilliant Convergences Contest, curated by Lawrence Wechsler. Convergences are submitted without comment, but feel free to add your own thoughts. 

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Jon Bellinger Discusses the Game-Changing Nature of Social Media

Jon Bellinger, my friend and partner in crime for all things Social Media at Ketchum, appeared on CNBC's "Powering Ahead" segment yesterday.  Jon does a great job explaining how social media can help brands overcome the decline of mass market shared experiences with micro-targeted content.

As always, I couldn't have said it better myself.  And the great thing is that absolutely nothing has changed between Jon and me since he became a television star. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go polish Mr. Bellinger's freckles.