Comments on: Big Game Hunting http://www.chrisbrogan.com/big-game-hunting/ Learn How Human Business Works - Beyond Social Media Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:14:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Slavin http://www.chrisbrogan.com/big-game-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-136357 Slavin Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:40:00 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2770#comment-136357 Hi Chris -- thanks for the kind (and wise!) words. One point to clarify is that the Pac-Manhattan game you refer to came out of students at NYU/ITP, where both Frank and I teach. Without question, the credit for that game goes first and foremost to them. Hi Chris — thanks for the kind (and wise!) words.

One point to clarify is that the Pac-Manhattan game you refer to came out of students at NYU/ITP, where both Frank and I teach. Without question, the credit for that game goes first and foremost to them.

]]> By: Play it Forward with Akoha | chrisbrogan.com http://www.chrisbrogan.com/big-game-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-134555 Play it Forward with Akoha | chrisbrogan.com Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:00:33 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2770#comment-134555 [...] Hill from Akoha has released us all from our frieNDA requirements. You’ll recall that I hinted about this a few weeks back. Well now, I guess I can [...] [...] Hill from Akoha has released us all from our frieNDA requirements. You’ll recall that I hinted about this a few weeks back. Well now, I guess I can [...]

]]> By: allan isfan http://www.chrisbrogan.com/big-game-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-133231 allan isfan Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:23:51 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2770#comment-133231 I was fortunate enough to be at the Akoha sneak peak event in Montreal last week (drove from Ottawa to be there). Very classy by invitation kinda thing with David Usher singing a few tunes. Akoha is truly very cool and is going to get HUGE press and attention. You could just tell by listening and speaking to the staff that is very very special to them and this shows in what they have created. Starting to invite people and having fun! I was fortunate enough to be at the Akoha sneak peak event in Montreal last week (drove from Ottawa to be there). Very classy by invitation kinda thing with David Usher singing a few tunes.

Akoha is truly very cool and is going to get HUGE press and attention. You could just tell by listening and speaking to the staff that is very very special to them and this shows in what they have created.

Starting to invite people and having fun!

]]> By: Troy Malone http://www.chrisbrogan.com/big-game-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-133201 Troy Malone Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:58:04 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2770#comment-133201 Thanks for responding Chris. What you are saying makes perfect sense. Especially if you aggregate all of your thoughts on these issues from your recent postings. I just saw a good opportunity to razz you a bit! Anyway, the job is now done. I am very interested in what Akoha is doing and I signed up to be on their Beta tester list. I hope I get chosen! Keep up the great work. Your content and thoughts are great. I am a marketer myself and it is nice to learn from you in such a transparent manner how marketing is changing and how it SHOULD change. I am on board for the ride! Thanks for responding Chris. What you are saying makes perfect sense. Especially if you aggregate all of your thoughts on these issues from your recent postings. I just saw a good opportunity to razz you a bit!

Anyway, the job is now done. I am very interested in what Akoha is doing and I signed up to be on their Beta tester list. I hope I get chosen!

Keep up the great work. Your content and thoughts are great. I am a marketer myself and it is nice to learn from you in such a transparent manner how marketing is changing and how it SHOULD change. I am on board for the ride!

]]> By: chrisbrogan http://www.chrisbrogan.com/big-game-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-133160 chrisbrogan Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:55:18 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2770#comment-133160 @Troy -ohhh, touche. I do seem to be countermanding my complaint about embargoes. Let me just say that this specific embargo means a LOT, financially and business timing wise, to the parties at hand. That makes sense to me. Maybe all embargoes would make sense to me, but I just figured out the difference. I *know* Austin, and I know his ask (what he wanted from me), and I opted in to know about it. The embargoes I gripe about are the ones people send to me unbidden. Maybe that's it. (It's 2AM and I'm a bit warped). @Troy -ohhh, touche. I do seem to be countermanding my complaint about embargoes. Let me just say that this specific embargo means a LOT, financially and business timing wise, to the parties at hand. That makes sense to me.

Maybe all embargoes would make sense to me, but I just figured out the difference.

I *know* Austin, and I know his ask (what he wanted from me), and I opted in to know about it.

The embargoes I gripe about are the ones people send to me unbidden. Maybe that’s it.

(It’s 2AM and I’m a bit warped).

]]> By: Troy Malone http://www.chrisbrogan.com/big-game-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-133146 Troy Malone Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:57:38 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2770#comment-133146 Now I am confused. Are you playing with us? This so soon after your rant on embargoes makes me wonder. I guess that an embargo done right is acceptable! :) Now I am confused. Are you playing with us? This so soon after your rant on embargoes makes me wonder. I guess that an embargo done right is acceptable! :)

]]> By: kat http://www.chrisbrogan.com/big-game-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-133127 kat Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:58:18 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2770#comment-133127 49 actually *ahem* 49 actually
*ahem*

]]> By: Jonathan Salem Baskin http://www.chrisbrogan.com/big-game-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-133122 Jonathan Salem Baskin Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:03:53 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2770#comment-133122 I couldn't agree more. 'Play' is 'work' only with meaningful, real-time feedback, and a sense of purpose that's emotionally rewarding. I think many life experiences are really 'games' (finding a retail sale, trying to outwit a driver in the next lane on the freeway, figuring out how to organize your closet), almost as if the interface is hard-wired into our humanity. It constantly surprises me that brand marketers still see games as tactics, instead of as a model for brands themselves. I wonder what it would look like if we 'played' our favorite products and services... I couldn’t agree more. ‘Play’ is ‘work’ only with meaningful, real-time feedback, and a sense of purpose that’s emotionally rewarding. I think many life experiences are really ‘games’ (finding a retail sale, trying to outwit a driver in the next lane on the freeway, figuring out how to organize your closet), almost as if the interface is hard-wired into our humanity. It constantly surprises me that brand marketers still see games as tactics, instead of as a model for brands themselves. I wonder what it would look like if we ‘played’ our favorite products and services…

]]> By: Kevin Dwinnell http://www.chrisbrogan.com/big-game-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-133118 Kevin Dwinnell Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:28:13 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2770#comment-133118 Play has the notion of joy assigned to it, so what a great way to spark creative thinking. Less fun, but still relevant opportunities, are simple ways of breaking the routine. Just changing the norm can free the mind to see things in different ways. Play has the notion of joy assigned to it, so what a great way to spark creative thinking.

Less fun, but still relevant opportunities, are simple ways of breaking the routine. Just changing the norm can free the mind to see things in different ways.

]]> By: seeking_balance http://www.chrisbrogan.com/big-game-hunting/comment-page-1/#comment-133113 seeking_balance Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:06:34 +0000 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/?p=2770#comment-133113 I started my blog in order to play around with certain technologies and see how they work - blogger, adsense, feedburner, etc. Just things I didn't know how to use but wanted to. Playing is what keeps us moving forward in life. I think when you stop playing you stop growing. I also sing, play the trumpet, dabble in songwriting and train in kickboxing. And, as I'm a parent, family play time is important too... we make an effort to get out once a week to do something fun - beach, park and so on. I find each activity helps me in a different way, but like my name suggests, I find it a challenge to balance the family, work and play in my life. Can't wait to hear your secret :) I started my blog in order to play around with certain technologies and see how they work – blogger, adsense, feedburner, etc. Just things I didn’t know how to use but wanted to. Playing is what keeps us moving forward in life. I think when you stop playing you stop growing.

I also sing, play the trumpet, dabble in songwriting and train in kickboxing. And, as I’m a parent, family play time is important too… we make an effort to get out once a week to do something fun – beach, park and so on. I find each activity helps me in a different way, but like my name suggests, I find it a challenge to balance the family, work and play in my life.

Can’t wait to hear your secret :)

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