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Paying Attention: David Letterman–the thinking man’s late night talk show host–announced his retirement last week. It has reverberated throughout the media world in almost every corner of the globe because Letterman is one of the greats and in terms of the Emmy’s he’s collected over the years, certainly the most creative person to ever fill …
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Paying Attention: David Letterman–the thinking man’s late night talk show host–announced his retirement last week. It has reverberated throughout the media world in almost every corner of the globe because Letterman is one of the greats and in terms of the Emmy’s he’s collected over the years, certainly the most creative person to ever fill …
Continue reading “Keith Olbermann on David Letterman's Retirement”
Paying Attention: Today’s marketing and personal/social media world is perhaps way too heavily invested in branding–and not always for the right reasons. There are corporate brands, brand values, brand initiatives, and personal brands (when I hear professional athletes talk about their personal brand, it seems pretty ridiculous to me; just because you can hit a …
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Paying Attention: It’s no secret that on this site, we have a viewpoint on what’s going on with TV news–especially CNN–regarding the Malaysia Airlines Flt. 370 disaster/catastrophe/mystery. We covered that particular topic just about 10 days ago, in the post “The Good News About Bad News”. Now, the big hitters have jumped in, including …
Paying Attention: It’s no secret that on this site, we have a viewpoint on what’s going on with TV news–especially CNN–regarding the Malaysia Airlines Flt. 370 disaster/catastrophe/mystery. We covered that particular topic just about 10 days ago, in the post “The Good News About Bad News”. Now, the big hitters have jumped in, including …
Paying Attention: Part two of our series on basic skiing technique. This video is about the essence of the sport: changing edges. To initiate turns and complete them, you have to change edges. There’s a reason that pro hockey players just happen to be some of the best skiers around: they are experts at changing …
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Paying Attention: The Olympics are gone in spirit (mankind coming together for the greater good) and deed (Gold Medal performances heavily offset by the Russian invasion/annexation of Crimea and soon to be annexation of Ukraine) but our love for skiing is not tied to the Olympics. It’s a year round thing, and spring is here …
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Paying Attention: Technique is very, very important in skiing. Bad technique in tennis and you lose the big match. Bad technique in golf and you shoot a high score. Bad technique in skiing–especially in the backcountry–and you can die. If you ski and have ambition to ski really, really well, take the time to get …
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Edgework: Skiing is about turning. No turns. No go (and probably trip to emergency room). Here’s a very short video on the pivot and why it’s necessary for controlled turning. There are slow pivots and fast pivots. Conditions (or gates) determine which one is appropriate. See the video, visualize, and realize.
Paying Attention: Making the viral rounds this week is this dance compilation of the one and only Christopher Walken busting a whole bunch of moves from a whole bunch of movies. The video was compiled and edited by Huffington Post Video Editor Ben Craw, who has a career in editing waiting for him should he …