http://kenmccarthy.com/blog Internet marketing Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:46:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Left to right: Bo Dollis, Big Chief of the Wild Magnolias (lead singer of what may be the funkiest funk band of all time); rhythm and blues artist Al "Carnival Time" Johnson; singer Michelle Davis; poet Chuck Perkins; composer and arranger Wardell Quezergue (seated); Ken McCarthy This past Sunday I was ... http://kenmccarthy.com/blog/2010/03/17/new-orleans-musicians-clinic/ Win, lose, or draw I wanted to be with my friends in New Orleans and this was what it was like last week. Shot with my Flip camera and edited by my friend Matt Lipscomb with big assists from Steve Goyette, Steve O'Keefe, and Chuck Perkins. http://kenmccarthy.com/blog/2010/02/13/a-night-to-remember/ You can't control the outcome of anything 100%. But what you can control 100% is to have heart. And dedication. And loyalty. And that sums up New Orleans people to a "t." Four and a half years ago, their city was nearly obliterated by the biggest engineering failure in American ... http://kenmccarthy.com/blog/2010/02/08/finish-strong-and-the-did/ In Economics Made Simple - Part One, we saw that governments just love to mess with the money supply. One school of economic thought, the Keynesian School, think that's a great idea. (Before you attribute Keynesian manipulation to the "right" or the "left," understand that they ALL do it. It was ... http://kenmccarthy.com/blog/2010/02/04/economics-made-simple-part-two/ What happens when a Spike TV producer and an economics professor get together? This entertaining - and informative - video explains the two major theories of modern economics. One, Keynesian, says when you run into trouble, print more money. The other position, Austrian, championed by Friedrich Hayek, says "not so fast." I ... http://kenmccarthy.com/blog/2010/01/31/economics-made-simple/ Saints 31, Vikings 28 It was an honorable, hard-fought game. I won't gloat in victory. Either team could have easily won. I'm not going to say the best team won, but it is true that the team that got the points on the scoreboard first when it mattered did - ... http://kenmccarthy.com/blog/2010/01/25/lessons-from-last-nights-game/ Saints victory sale starts NOW! All day this Monday and Tuesday, we'll be rolling back tuition for System 2010 to 2009 levels to celebrate the Saints making it to the Super Bowl. Four and a half years after the federal levee failures - forty-three years after the start of the franchise ... http://kenmccarthy.com/blog/2010/01/24/saints-win-sale-on/ Drew Brees has cracked the word's best kept success secret: W-O-R-K with enthusiasm thrown in for good measure. Even if you don't like football, you should watch this. If you're a fan, this will blow your mind. If you're wondering how Drew Brees got so good watch all the way through ... http://kenmccarthy.com/blog/2010/01/22/may-the-best-man-win-drew-brees/ Today, I've been having some back and forth with a friend who is struggling to make his online business work. I asked him some pointed questions to focus him on the things that matter and directed him to another friend who knows his industry very well and might be able to ... http://kenmccarthy.com/blog/2010/01/06/the-future-of-social-media/ My research assistant/archivist sent me this interesting report about Twitter tools... That being said, I am not sure about pursuing more complexity or automation of tweets. Twitter seems to be strengthening their position against those methods of use. I assume you've had a look at twitter rules (http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/26257/entries/18311)- - here is an ... http://kenmccarthy.com/blog/2010/01/05/twitter-tools-how-much-is-too-much/