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Monday, March 9, 2009

Planes and Automobiles

by jeffcutler on March 9, 2009

Barring Colin and Jim’s turning into #iroadtrip hobos and boarding a train from Philly or Manchester or wherever they are as I write this, we should have the band back together this evening for an event at Pulse in Detroit.

This impending Tweet-up is being organized by @kenburbary and others and should prove to be a fantastic place to talk about how innovators in the Great Lakes region are driving commerce and keeping conversations alive via new media and true innovation.

I’ve posted a bunch of my own videos this morning – from the rain in Braintree to the plane in the air over NY, PA and VA – and you can find them here.

Later today I’ll be doing more video of the Ford Automotive Museum in Deerborn, Michigan. Please join me on Qik to ask questions of the curator and help the crew learn more about the history of the automobile.

’til later!

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A Rough Start!

by Colin Browning on March 9, 2009

I have been planning this trip since I started at New Marketing Labs – and we are off to a dramatic start!

Yesterday, while cooking meals for my family to enjoy while I am away, I sliced my finger open.  More accurately, my through my entire fingernail.  The doctor at the emergency room said that he could apparently stitch through the fingernail to keep things together, but he thought that my finger was doing a good job of ‘staying together’.  Stitching through the fingernail sounded so wrong anyhow.

photo-1So this morning Jim and I arrive at the airport – a beautiful snowy day, not enough to really stop things, just slow us a little.  We get on the plane, pull back, get de-iced and wait… and wait… .and wait… then… ‘Ladies and gentlemen, our indicators tell us that our left flap is not functioning, we are going to pull back into the gate and have maintenance take a look.’

Originally Jim and I were hoping to see Scott Monty of Ford at the Detroit airport at roughly 11am.  Now that looks like it will be closer to 5:30pm. Luckily Jeff and John will be arriving a bit earlier!

The adventure has begun!

/colin

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