Songs for Japan
When 38 music superstars contribute their songs to help the recovery effort in Japan, it sounds like this.
March Madness 2011 Kicks Analysis #4: Sweet 16
The Sweet 16 is not looking good for Adidas. Of the teams still playing, fourteen of them are wearing Nikes, and Adidas has Kansas and Wisconsin. Here’s how it looks.
- Ohio State (Nike)
- Kentucky (Nike)
- Marquette (Nike)
- North Carolina (Nike)
- Duke (Nike)
- Arizona (Nike)
- Connecticut (Nike)
- San Diego St. (Nike)
- Kansas (Adidas)
- Richmond (Nike)
- VCU (Nike)
- Florida St. (Nike)
- Butler (Nike)
- Wisconsin (Adidas)
- BYU (Nike)
- Florida (Nike)
Justin Bieber’s Pray (for Japan)
A video collection of the scenes in Japan with music by Justin Bieber.
March Madness 2011 Kicks Analysis #3: First 48 Victories
While the Sweet Sixteen games are underway, what did the first 48 victories look like? Nike teams had a whopping 81% of the wins, Adidas claimed 17%, and Temple’s Under Armour won a game for 2%.
In 2006, Nike had 73% of the first 48 wins and 58% in 2008. Adidas teams are way down, 23% in 2006, 29% in 2007, 38% in 2008, and only 17% in 2011.
March Madness 2011 Kicks Analysis #2: Conference Sponsorships
How are the various conferences represented in the 2011 Big Dance and what are their dancing shoes?
Once again the Big East dominates the field with 11 teams (8 Nike, 3 Adidas) but sadly, the top tiered Big East teams have been dominated.
Pulpconnection OnSwipe Version
All you iPad users, you notice something different when viewing Pulpconnection? Looks more swanky now, right? That’s the OnSwipe plugin/theme at work!
If you aren’t iPad-enabled, here are a few screen shots.
On a techie note, don’t forget to delete any server cached files, so the OnSwipe goodness displays correctly.
How to Achieve Enchantment Infographic
This infographic is from Guy Kawasaki’s site for Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions
Flash is Disabled
Never seen this error message on my iPhone before. Wasn’t doing much, but I guess it was enough to disable the flash for the iPhone 4’s camera.
I did just snap a pic of my Aloha for Japan shirt…
“Starbucks Card Mobile Is a Hit” Really?
Read this article titled Starbucks Card Mobile Is a Hit: 3 Million People Pay Via Phone App, and first thing I thought was, “Really?”
It’s that popular? I can’t believe this is the “fastest way for customers to pay.” Seems like I can pay faster by pulling my Starbucks Rewards Card out of my wallet.
To pay using the Starbucks Mobile app, I have to unlock my phone, fire up the app, unlock the app, click on the Touch to Pay button, then have the cashier scan my phone. I don’t know about you but sure seems like a lot of steps.
Minnie Rescued!
Great news! Minnie Mouse has been rescued from her fall at Ala Moana. I suspect Prep & Landing’s Lanny and Wayne were called in during the Christmas off-season to perform the rescue.
Kickin’ It with Enchante
At the start of March, I had the fortune of meeting up with NEENZ who introduced me to Enchante. Who’s Enchante? That’s the hand crafted origami butterfly you see on Guy Kawasaki’s new book Enchanted.
To help promote Guy’s new book, NEENZ and Enchante were going around the island taking pictures of Enchante’s visits. Enchante was even equipped with a GPS to track her whereabouts. From what I heard Enchante even made it to SXSW to enchant even more.
Anyways, here’s me (well, at least my Pele Lava Dunks) with Enchante and a closer up view of the handiwork.
March Madness 2011 Kicks Analysis: Shoe Sponsorship [Updated]
With the first two rounds of March Madness over, here’s the updated breakdown of shoe sponsorships this year. In the field of 64, Nike’s swoosh is on the feet of 51 teams. Adidas’ three stripes are on 12 teams and Under Armour is singly repped by Temple.
