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Working (and blogging) for the Man

If I've met you in person through a Smaller Indiana event I was representing me, myself and I: Penpoint Communications Studio. I served as a Marketing Consultant from 2001-2009 and enjoyed the diversity of projects and clients I was blessed to work with. I not only loved what I did, but who I had become - a valued sole practioner living on 100 percent commission. The romance of working on HD video or a press release from an office with antque floors, away from home was almost as great as gettin… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on September 15, 2009 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

YOU WON'T KNOW, IF YOU DON'T GO . . . to the Smaller Indiana Bigger Ideas Conference

Did you Know Jebediah Coyle, Pat Coyle's great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather put together something very similar to the Smaller Indiana Bigger Ideas Conference back in the 1760s? That's right! It was called the "Smaller Colonies, Grandiose Ideas Perfunctionary." Now, Imagine if Benjamin Franklin, who discovered electricity and invented bifocals, had met Thomas Edision, who invented the light bulb? Society would have been "enlightened" much sooner and we may have even had… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on June 16, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

If you make a Provocative Statement - be prepared to back it up.

Local web marketing and "connections company" Media Sauce is a true gem. We are lucky to have innovate firms like them, along with Exact Target, Firebelly, RoudPeg, Brandswag and others who frequent SI and are at the vanguard of the social media revolution. But just because you have successful visionaries plugged into the same surge suppressor doesn't mean your statements are correct. A friend of mine says "everyone has a right to be wrong," while this may be true, we also have the right to say… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on June 10, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Top 10 Reasons I am going to the Bigger Ideas Conference

1. I hope to hear what the speakers have to say and hopefully apply what they share to my personal and professional life. 2. I hope to meet the speakers and especially those who have already committed to attending. 3. I expect to be inspired creatively and spiritually - It's been a brutal Q1 2009. 4. I might bounce some ideas off of certain people if the situation arises. 5. I plan on poking the people I persuaded in attending in the ribs and saying: "see I told you Pat wasn't crazy," and/or "I… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on May 30, 2009 at 9:59pm — 5 Comments

A Light and Fluffy Controversy is Swirling in Indy

What is this Economy coming to? I should have seen the signs when the shades were drawn for the last time at Bed Bath and Beyond. Then the lights blinked for a final time at Circuit City. So now I'm hypersensitive . . . I'm looking for troubling trends at my favorite retail establishments so I can be the first to sound the alarm. I discovered one this morning that is very serious . . . the Shamrock Shakes have disappeared from the menus at area McDonalds. Now before all you Marketers in SI land… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on March 17, 2009 at 8:22am — 3 Comments

Hoosier Burger Quest - longing for an awesome burger on a Lenten Friday

Back in January I joined up with the Hoosier Burger Quest group here on Smaller Indiana. The group's purpose is simple: to try the best burgers in Central Indiana.Many of the locations are off the beaten path, but well known to burger aficionados and longtime Indy residents. The group's unofficial official leader is intrepid burger lover Dick Davis. This is a clip from our meal at the Canary Cafe, the video is a little shaky because I was experimenting with a new mini-HD camcorder. I may not ha… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on March 13, 2009 at 12:44pm — 1 Comment

An 'Every-Man's' take on the IRT's 'The Ladies Man'

You could call this post an "every-man's" review of the IRT's "The Ladies Man," because every man… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on March 11, 2009 at 10:24am — 2 Comments

Honest response breaks my Facebook note apathy

I have no doubt the "25 things about you" or the "(your name) needs" Google search Facebook note exercises have brought lots of people hours of laughter, introspection and even tears. But not for this apathetic early adapter. I'm one of the first in line to check out new technologies like the brick cell phone (snuck a call in a customer's car when I worked at a car wash) or night vision goggles at Roberts. But there's something about wildly popular trends or behaviors that drive me crazy. I wa… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on February 22, 2009 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

My First Santa Gig

I've never run into a bathroom more excited. I locked the door behind me, hung the suit on the hook and just stared at it. A plush red jacket with snowball-like trim, a wildly curly beard, and roomy read velvet pants. I wasn't just looking over a Christmas outfit, I was about to transform myself into a rockstar: the one and only Santa Claus. Now before you think my first Santa appearance was going to my head, I had plenty of stage fright. I was going to walk into a cafeteria just down the ha… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on December 9, 2008 at 6:29pm — 2 Comments

I got a Santa gig, now what?

A few weeks ago I expressed an interest on Smaller Indiana in performing or serving as a Santa this holiday season. Scott Semester… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on December 4, 2008 at 5:05pm — 6 Comments

I want a Santa Gig, how can I find one?

My grandfather used to play an awesome Santa. And until I was eight or nine, he had me fooled. On Christmas Eve night, my family woud usually gather at my grandparents house for dinner. Then, about the time turning up my nose at Cranberry Sauce, the massive brass knocker on the front door would slam against the matching brass plate. BANG, BANG, BANG! My dad would jump up from the table and wonder aloud "who would be visiting us at this hour, on this day?" As he opened the door, there he was- the… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on November 15, 2008 at 6:14pm — 5 Comments

"A black president? Not in my lifetime." -REALLY?!

I've believed, as long as I can remember, that black people and white people are equal in the eyes of God. Of course that has not always been the case in the eyes of the law or white America. At the same time, I have learned through education and putting my foot in my mouth, that I was b… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on November 5, 2008 at 11:30am — 20 Comments

HFF - Terra a thought-provoking CGI film

I've been a sci-fi fan as long as I can remember. I recall watching Space 1999, Planet of the Apes and the animated Star Trek series in what my family calls the "old house," where I lived until I was four. This desire grew stronger as the world of… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on October 18, 2008 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Smoosiers: a new children's charity needs you!

Step Up 4 Kids is an innovative fund-raising group that has a simple goal, raise money for needy charities that support kids and/or single moms. I have been blessed to serve on this board since it's inception a few years ago and we have made a real difference. How do I know? the kids themselves have told us!

Next Saturday night (9/27), we will be hosting our third event: the 'Return to Prom' Childre… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on September 19, 2008 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

Do they have recess at College?

My 9 year-old son Charlie is a lot like other boys: loves sports, loves activities that ruin clothing, loves Star Wars, etc. He is a very physical kid and seems to tolerate academics of third grade but loves the social aspect of it.

All three of my kids have posed interesting questions t… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on September 12, 2008 at 11:00pm — 4 Comments

Discounting McCain's military experience

Searching for a response to an electric convention, pro-Obama bloggers and editorial writers are discounting McCain's military experiences: "how do McCain's sufferings in a tiny, squalid cell 40 years ago logically translate into presidential aptitude in the 21st century? Cast him a statue or slap his name on a ship, and let's turn the damned page," writes Camille Paglia of Salon. If you do not believe John McC… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on September 10, 2008 at 4:47pm — 8 Comments

The Presidential Campaign Creator

Uncomfortable with the "Obamessiah"? Think John McCain is more of the same? It's time to put your money where your mouth is, because you too can run for president.

I guess all the Web 2.0 gurus DO know what they are talking about. I have begun to implement my own grassroots strategy… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on September 9, 2008 at 4:10pm — No Comments

Indianapolis Air Show, Something Else Other Than Indy Fringe

(photo: A P-51 "Mustang" and an F-22 "Raptor" cruise the air together at the Indianapolis Air Show) Thanks Smoosier Jason Bean of bnpositive for the tix. I took my boys Charlie (9) and Robbie (5) to the Indianapolis Ai… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on August 28, 2008 at 7:00pm — 4 Comments

Indianapolis Air Show: BEWARE OF (having a) BLAST

(photo credit Flickr user icahla / Jessica Major) It's been more than 100 years since Millville, Ind. native Wilbur Wright and his brother Orville flew their heavier-than-air flying machine. We've come a long way from the days in Kittyhawk where their canvass-wr… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on August 22, 2008 at 10:49am — 2 Comments

Michael Phelps and his iPod

For the past week or so you can find the Magan family gathered in the family room watching the Olympics from 7:30 to 11:30 every night. I pride myself on detecting pop culture buzzes, and the excitement kids and t'weens have for the Olympics is on a high-band wavelength I cannot pick up. Anyway, their enthusiasm for not just the mega stars like Michael Phelps, but for the unsung heroes like the loveable shotput guy who was reunited with his birth-mother is contagious. My kids and I have become… Continue

Added by Mike Magan on August 15, 2008 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

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