Expedient MEANS

Notes on Film, Art, Writing, Technology and other things by Steve A Furman

  • Jon Stewart – Sharpen Your Interviewing Skills

    I’m a huge fan of Jon Stewart and The Daily Show. But for all the smarts and wit there is a section of the show I don’t enjoy, and that’s the interview. It nearly always loses me. I realize it’s not a talk show, and the guests are appearing to plug their books or movies. Read more

  • United is Winning Me Back

    September 30, 2016. Update to this post. United has not won me back. Loyalty has been broken. I pick my flights based on price and availability. Same goes for American. In the early ’90’s I frequently found myself on an airplane. Calling Chicago home is really a good thing for so many reasons. But one Read more

  • CEO Follows Advice of Deity, Decides to Blog

    Part II from the Forrester Marketing Forum held in Los Angeles, April 7-9, 2008. Part I, Understanding Customer Engagement is here. Forrester’s CEO, George Colony led off the second day with a talk entitled Confessions of a CEO Blogger. As he tells the story, he had a dream some years ago in which a deity-like Read more

  • No Country For Old Men – You Can’t Stop What’s Coming

    A brief forewarning. Some people may find this post to be a little on the dark side. Just remember, I’m writing about the movies. None of these things really happened. On screen killings are nothing new. How many times have you seen someone get rubbed out in a movie? Probably too many to count. The Read more

  • Understanding Customer Engagement

    I attended the Forrester Marketing Forum in Los Angeles (April 7-9), where over 850 marketers from many of the world’s best known brands gathered to discuss customer engagement. I know customer engagement is not a new concept. We throw it around the office all the time. But what does it mean? How do you measure Read more

  • Bloggers are Dropping Dead. Yikes!

    An article in this week’s Sunday New York Times reported on health risks for people who blog incessantly. Two accomplished bloggers recently died. One of a heart attack and the other from a massive coronary. Others say they are stressed out, and as a result gain weight or have sleep problems. This appears to be Read more