Ubiquitous Marketing

I need this so badly, that I’m even Technorati-tagging it.
Has anyone come across a Web 2.0-ish address book - one that allows you to "tag" contacts as, say, "healthcare" or "new media" and be able to one-click everyone with that tag in one list? Please help out.
Tags: Web 2.0 address book Web 2.0 address book [...]

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And that wish is that we can get through today (and tomorrow) without any corporations whose logos were tweaked on this page not threaten any action against the proprietor if he does not take that logo down. Why? A) the logos are fun, B) the way they are presented is edifying for you and your [...]

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In our maddeningly complex world, it appears as if only the strangest, yet simple things beget win-win situations.
Latino community lobbies for Chorizo to be included in Milwaukee’s (oddly-famous ) Klement’s Famous Racing Sausages team at Miller Park (home of baseball’s Brewers). Klement’s agrees; Latino community content.
Don Walker says:
The addition of a 5th Klement’s Racing Sausage [...]

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Besides the American Cancer Society, MLB, and American Apparel, are there any other offline brands doing substantial work in Second Life?
And any other companies like Electric Sheep I should look at?

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I’m listening to the British Open while trying to get a jumpstart on my week. While Mike Tirico and Nick Faldo (and crew) are technically decent commentators (I’m speaking strictly in the general competence sense - I am by no means knowledgeable about golf), I would like to chose a little off-beat audio. I’m hoping, [...]

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Did I slag off the most prophetic movie of all time?
Fox News

Bush plans to host "American Idol" Taylor Hicks and the other Top 10 finalists next Friday in the Oval Office. It will be the first time contestants from the hit television show have been invited to meet the president

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Lesson learned: If you wait long enough to cover something, you get your news hook back. Well, at least when you’re writing a blog for your own personal interest.
I’ve noticed the ratcheting up of advertising, promotion, and on-air mentions of ESPN’s MVNO in recent weeks. Honestly, I thought ESPN releasing its own branded phone (when [...]

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"Mais pourquoi, POURQUOI?". ..
The dust has not quite settled on Zidane and the World Cup. It was interesting to see all the rationalization, hand-wringing, and contemplation that a five-second clip of a headbutt had wrought.
While the camps varied, (racism, inexcusable, result of an impossible demand), the newspapers mostly needed to come to one explanation [...]

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In a December 2005 post, Steve Rubel discussed upcoming trends for 2006. Quasi-related, I asked for new media experts to predict second-half trends here.
One of the trends Rubel predicted (or, rather, hoped for) was the establishment of a worthwhile comment search function.
He wrote, "
Blog comments have perhaps more collective wisdom inside them than [...]

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My column about the peculiar history of Wired News.
Additionally, HotWired employees surreptitiously created Suck.com,
which was both so ahead of its time and loved by tech nerds, that it’s
unbelievable that it took another eight or so years for the blogging
environment to gain steam. Suck.com was updated daily, worshipped
snark, made outgoing links an integral part of [...]

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