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Month: February 2007

Liftoff – Mesh 2007

Published February 28, 2007

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The Mesh Conference Blog announced today details for the Mesh 2007 conference. With keynote speakers Michael Arrington – founder and editor for Techcrunch.com, Jim Buckmaster – CEO of Craigslist.org, and Richard Edelman – CEO of Edelman Co. (as well as others) poised to speak, this years MESH conference will be exciting and enlightening.

At $400 dollars the conference is on par with others of similar quality, but the line-up is great. Go ahead and sign up. And if you are a student and think the price may be too steep, you’ll be happy to know there is a heavily discounted student price of $25.

The 2007 Mesh conference takes place on May 30-31st. For more information head over to the MESH Site.

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Nobody Calls This Shoe Yella: The Nike McFly

Published February 28, 2007

Almost a year ago Ken interviewed Al Cabino about his crusade to get Nike to release the shoes inspired by the movie Back to the Future Part II on his feet (as well as other peoples’ feet). Al described his crusade earlier by describing how “everyone dreams of walking in a movie star’s shoes.” In the case of the shoes, they “were created just for the film, never worn beyond the silver screen.”

Al’s fascination with the shoes has taken a social media twist, by giving Robert Ranning (of the popular The Shining remix trailer and other projects with Director Spike Lee) carte blanche to create a trailer for the shoes. With almost 150,000 views on YouTube, Cabino hopes his crusade will take a viral twist, and wants the video will make front page on YouTube, gain national exposure, and reaching a modest viewing goal of one million.  You can help out! For your viewing pleasure, hit play on the commercial featured below, and if you want a pair of these funky kicks, sign the petition.

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