Chris Webb's Lifestream

Retweeting @books: J.K. Rowling has decided to publish The Tales of Beedle the Bard after all...

Jul 31st

Ok, 4 new book proposals with the marketers for sales number approval. Final submission in the...

Jul 31st

Guess I thought jkupiter was bigger, but only made $14M in 07. Huh.

Jul 31st

Still drinking coffee at 2:00 pm. Uh oh.

Jul 31st

Retweeting @steverubel: Forrester buys Jupiter for $23M http://tinyurl.com/5jw9wp - Really, Jupiter...

Jul 31st

Nearing end of 4 book proposal marathon. Oh, the materials we prepare to present a book idea!...

Jul 31st

3 down, 1 to go

Jul 31st

2 projects done for today’s deadline - 2 to go…

Jul 31st

Working through differences in our US and UK contracts.

Jul 31st

Recognized at lunch by a Twitter follower. Cool yet surreal.

Jul 31st

Blasphemy laws in the UK only abolished in the last month. Who knew.

Jul 31st

Crown Copyright - Well that’s new…

Jul 31st

Just scheduled a meeting with UK business publishing unit to put in proposals gleened via Twitter...

Jul 31st

UK Bookscan really lets you drill down into the data - more than the US version. However, steep...

Jul 31st

Thinking about building a new tech book series with the community involved in a real nuts and bolts...

Jul 31st

New at ckwebb.com: Coming Up For Air http://tinyurl.com/5uevgq

Jul 31st

Coming Up For Air

Jul 30th

Friends over at Disney Publishing looking for an editor: http://tinyurl.com/5fycn2

Jul 29th

Note to self: No more spending cash overseas - too hard to account for with exchange rates on...

Jul 29th

What CNN wont tell you about the LA Earthquake today: http://twitter.com/MissRFTC/statuses/871803775

Jul 29th

Where do teh Cuil pics come from. The ones in my results have nothing to do with the content

Jul 29th

New book 2 of 4 in the pipeline. Cranking towards that Friday deadline…

Jul 29th

Have you seen searchme.com? Cool visual representation of search results.

Jul 29th

Experimenting with the US vs UK presentation for new books. Will be interesting…

Jul 29th

Convincing UK Legal to unlock these contact templates…

Jul 29th

Which reminds me to tell you all, I happen to do tech books, but if you have an idea/proposal in...

Jul 29th

Mucking through new systems to get books underway. Thank God for my assistant in the UK…

Jul 29th

Passing some new books to our Capstone imprint for consideration.

Jul 29th

On standby at ord, trying for earlier flight home to ind. Not looking good.

Jul 27th

On the ground in indy. Have a good weekend.

Jul 27th

AA10250 ord to ind boarding. Homeward bound!

Jul 27th

Immigration at ord was requiring fingerprints and photos for nonresidents. Is that new?

Jul 27th

No standby flight for me.

Jul 27th

Saving the Canadian Book Market

Jul 24th

Enjoying a pint of fullers london pride after a nice indian meal.

Jul 23rd

UK Breakfast - Ok, so I like crumpets. What of it?

Jul 23rd

Side effect of working in the UK - phoning in to US meetings in th evening.

Jul 23rd

Systems training wrapped up.

Jul 23rd

Team dinner tonight went well. Local fare…

Jul 23rd

Enjoying a pint of fullers london pride. I find I am enjoying bitters…

Jul 23rd

Company has a flat near the office that beats the hotels. Must remember to reserve for upcoming...

Jul 23rd

Ugh, IP phone stopped working. Emailed IT…

Jul 23rd

where has all the time gone - full up on meetings during my UK stay, and still lots to do and people...

Jul 23rd

Interested so many males tweeting blogher.

Jul 20th

Ready to board flight to london LHR

Jul 20th

Guy at bar in BRIGHT RED blazer. Like really red. Did I miss the memo that this is cool now?

Jul 20th

Hey Qik - where is the Blackberry app?

Jul 19th

Anyone using Xara Extreme?

Jul 18th

Developers - there is no reason why your splash screen needs to steal & keep focus on top of all...

Jul 18th

Am I sure I want to close the application? I clicked the close button, didn’t I?

Jul 18th

Hello @luludotcom - good to see you here.

Jul 18th

Ok, there are enough MLM and “Internet Riches” people on Twitter. You can stop now.

Jul 18th

Writing a summary of the EMEA Sales Conference for my US boss.

Jul 18th

Back in the office for a day before heading out to the UK tomorrow.

Jul 18th

Not much activity from me this week. On vacation in the Wisconsin Dells.

Jul 16th

No cell reception at the resort. More bars anywhere my ass.

Jul 16th

Introduced the Wii to the Ps this week. Dad addicted to Golf, Mom to bowling. Me - Guitar Hero.

Jul 16th

Just saw a collaboration space on the company portal named “remove.” Create date in...

Jul 11th

New at ckwebb.com Evolving Customer Expectations http://tinyurl.com/68962j

Jul 11th

Vacation at the Jersey Shore for the first time in August. Should I get an airbrushed tanktop?

Jul 11th

The Evolving Experience Expectation of...

Jul 10th

New at ckwebb.com: The Evolving Experience Expectation of Customers http://tinyurl.com/68962j

Jul 10th

The <redacted> tweets are really annoying…

Jul 10th

Reviewing 3M and BMW marketing case studies

Jul 10th

Lets see what @TheHomeDepot has for Twiitter. Good to see more corps checking in. What do you hope...

Jul 9th

Reworking strategy docs. Is “Lets just wait and see what works” a valid strategy?

Jul 9th

Just remembered I have an XBox360 - neglected I’m afraid…

Jul 9th

Has anyone been to Noah’s Ark in the Wisconsin Dells? Wondering if there are areas appropriate...

Jul 9th

Quick! Someone pitch me a web dev book idea - go.

Jul 9th

Told IT that my Blackberry was no longer syncing. They told me to just delete the old messages....

Jul 9th

have you seen the Twitter Zombie Outbreak page? http://tinyurl.com/6le4mv

Jul 9th

Love the @problogger tweet in the Zombie Outbreak parody http://tinyurl.com/6le4mv

Jul 9th

Who is going to Blog World Expo?

Jul 8th

Thinking we will use ooVoo for multi-user video conferences with my new UK team. Anyone using it?

Jul 8th

Sepnt the day completing expense reports, writing trip reports, working up partnership terms and...

Jul 8th

oh, and spell checking my tweets.

Jul 8th

You are driving at the speed of light, and turn on your headlights. Do they light the road ahead?...

Jul 8th

Anyone live in the Wisconsin Dells area? Looking for things to do with our 3 year old…

Jul 8th

Back in the Indy office, and digging out from a week away.

Jul 7th

Feeling glad to be back in the usa on the 4th of july.

Jul 4th

Waiting on chicago to indy, home in couple hours.

Jul 4th

In Frankfurt awaiting flight to chicago, then to indy. If all goes right ill be home before dark on...

Jul 4th

Hello from haan germany. Now which direction is frankfurt?

Jul 4th

Thank God for John Smith’s Extra Smooth.

Jul 3rd

Finally found a power outlet at the Malta Airport. Hidden. Secret.

Jul 3rd

Still in Malta. Headed to Frankfurt later tonight to spend the night. Home tomorrow, later than I...

Jul 3rd

New ckwebb.com blog post Promoting Your Book - The Power of Just One Recommendation...

Jul 3rd

Promoting Your Book - The Power of Just One...

Jul 3rd

Watching miami vice rerun dubbed in german at the malta airport. Surreal, but still manages to be...

Jul 3rd

Flight out of malta delayed. Connection in rome in jeopardy… Sigh.

Jul 3rd

More Great Book Video from Wiley UK - Wiley...

Jul 2nd

Wiley has nearly 11,000 ebooks available today.

Jul 2nd

Sitting in a wiley digital publishing session.

Jul 2nd

Sitting in a corporate sales session

Jul 2nd

As great as the Sales Conference is, I miss my family. Back home late Thursday.

Jul 2nd

Fantastic meal here in Malta tonight. Lots of food, lots of wine.

Jul 2nd

Capstone Publishing - Wiley EMEA Sales...

Jul 1st

My first international faux pas at dinner with UK colleagues. Apparently the term “fanny...

Jul 1st

New at ckwebb.com: Capstone Publishing - Wiley EMEA Sales Conference Day...

Jul 1st

It is interesting to note the differences in market outlook among publishers from the various...

Jul 1st

Came back inside for a conference call. Malta is beautiful, sunny and hot.

Jul 1st

Still love Social Media, but I am a new believer in the power of the meatspace. You get stuff done...

Jul 1st

At the morning plenary session. Not quite awake yet.

Jul 1st