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The wedding of Fruma Cashdan and Meyer Myers, Liverpool, 1925

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These are my relatives on my mothers’ fathers’ side, the Cashdans. Eli “Yiddle” Cashdan was the cousin of my grandpa. Excited to happen upon this when I googled my mothers’ maiden name.

Anyone who hangs out with me for any sustained period of time will hear me bitch about Washington DC. I am admitted victim of FNYS (Former New Yorker Syndrome). That said, DC does have a flavor all its own, and sometimes that flavor is delectable.
A couple of days ago, I experienced 5 cool things […]

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This week, April 30, Weds, 9PM Eastern, interact live with marketing and pr strategy expert Geoff Livingston and business and social media powerhouse Aaron Brazell. These guys merit a show each devoted to himself, so this episode is going to overflow with Par-tay-licious goodness.
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Alan Rosenblatt, one of the world’s foremost thinkers in the world of digital political advocacy, is our featured guest on Jonny’s Par-tay this April 23. If you have interest in ANY of these: 1) Online community 2) Digital persuasion 3) Influencing politics via social media, you gotta check out […]

marketing to millennials

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Spending time discussing the preferences of different Generations with Jessie Newburn, has sensitized me to generationally targeted marketing messages. This package design is clearly directed at millennials (AKA Gen Y), who are supposedly distinguished by their focus on themselves […]

Rohit Bhargava is a very smart guy. I saw him in action at SXSW Interactive a few weeks ago leading a session called 10 Ways to Piss Off a Blogger. He basically got the assembled group to write the kernel of a chapter of what I expect to be his next book for him. Genius!
In […]

This drawing is a visual manifestation of what happens when you square a number a few times. 5X1=5, 5×5=25, 5X5X5=125, 5X5X5X5=625. If you were to count the number of dots in each successive layer, it would roughly match the above sequence (although there is some imperfection in the above drawing, proving that I am a […]

Thanks everyone who helped celebrate my birthday. It was one of my most amazing ever. The coolest thing about it for me was the outpouring of creativity that came from the folks who were moved to make art in celebration of the day. To check out the archive of the Par-tay, go here.

Really, there are […]

Was it a set up? Did Sarah Lacey, the Business Week Journalist who interviewed Mark Zuckerberg for his keynote presentation suck on purpose to make Zuckerberg look good in comparison?
She hit on him, lobbed him softball questions, and insulted and condescended to the crowd of hundreds of people who know better. Finally the crowd took […]

mark zuckerberg keynote crowd sxsw2008

Originally uploaded by jonny goldstein

When zuckerberg talks, people listen.