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Did it this weekend. End result? I like skydiving MUCH MUCH better. http://shankman.com/the-right-stuff-apparently-starts-in-your-inner-ear/ _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Yeah, Geek Factory is still alive, but I don't take on any new clients, and let all my current contracts expire. Between HARO, speaking, and teaching social media to Fortune 500s, I don't need PR clients. Amazing what can happen in 12 months. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Speaking on a panel - Is the PR Firm dead? My answer, after starting www.helpareporter.com and building it to over 65,000 members in a year, is a resounding "YES." _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

http://www.sxsw.com/ Let me know. Would be fun to meet up. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

whoomp there it is. Thanks. Thread over. nothing to see here. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

They also hate it, as you're prepping to land at LGA, when you say "Can you just drop me off right near the Hudson, I'll swim home?" _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Need to talk to him off list, but can't remember his handle. Stupidz - i haz dem. help? _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Close to $10k on March 21st, when I take my dad and myself to do this in Vegas. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

She ran around topless in a multi-million dollar mansion with me one time. That was kinda corruptible. :) _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

I've done this!! I've taken a page of Ten dollar bills from the US Mint, taken them to Kinkos and had them perforated. I then went to McDonald's and paid for a meal by "ripping" off a ten. They finally took it after 20 minutes of arguing and the police getting involved. was AWESOME. Always wanted to do it again and film it. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

The hell with single two dollar bills - What you want is UNCUT Two Dollar Bills. I have two framed sheets in my apartment. http://usmint.gov/index.cfm?flash=no _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Currently bothering me to stay in my apartment when she has some dance contest in NYC in a few months. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Is she famous? Semi-Famous? _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

I was actually almost banned from Z-Hills two years ago because on the day I showed up, the temps dropped like, 30 degrees. I know. It's my fault. Guaranteed. And of course, it was like 80 here in Houston this morning, but I had to teach, not jump. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Old story, and end result: Yes. http://shankman.com/quick-thoughts-on-the-facebook-tos-insanity/ _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Awesome! This should be a blast. Thanks, guys! It's a whirlwind trip, so hopefully I can rent some gear - Taking it to five cities in six days would be a nightmare. Thanks for the warm welcome. Can't wait to meet you all. :) -Peter _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

So I'll be in Dallas for the weekend - keynoting a conference on Friday in Frisco, will be at Skydive Dallas to flail unmercifully out of planes all day, which leaves me with Sat. night free. Any good Mexican places? I'll be at the aLoft hotel in Frisco - If we can put together some kind of happy hour, that might be fun! Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Very good points. Thanks Pharmer. I'm focusing mostly on short, two-minute video blogs... I'm thinking of going with this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001P3P3B2 Heard good things so far. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Hey gang... One of my latest ventures has started growing a bit more, and I need to purchase a new camcorder for it. Not worrying about price, could you recommend your best suggestion for a Prosumer camcorder model? Not necessarily for jumping with? (i.e., image stabilization isn't mandatory) Thanks!

http://tinyurl.com/c5st9 I know, not the answer you were looking for - but still the best answer.

Are ya kidding me? I don't give a shit about gun control or policies or any of that crap. I just thought it was a funny picture of my fat ass doing something I'd normally not do because I live in NYC. Speaker's Corner. Y'all slay me.

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I love foreign countries. Seriously. Edited to add photo. Duh. Computers are hard. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

I actually speak about this to Fortune 500s all the time as I try to teach them the value of social media. LinkedIn is not valuable to business unless you're a recruiter. In my humble opinion, here's why: What do I see on LinkedIn? I see your resume, and people who have given you testimonials about how great you are. Now - taking into account the fact that a) their stickiness is non-existent as a site, and also that there's no reason for me to keep coming back, the end result is that I don't want to know how great you are in business from your resume and other people blowing smoke up your ass. Face it, if you worked for a guy, stole money from him and impregnated his daughter before blowing town with the company car, you weren't going to ask him to give you a recommendation anyway, so why should I care about recommendations from people I don't know telling me about stuff you may or may not have been good at? FACEBOOK, on the other hand, is to me, the ultimate business tool. First off, it gives me a bigger picture of you. I want to know more than just your resume. If I'm hiring you, either as an employee, contractor, or head of a firm to which I want to pay to do business, I want to know a hell of a lot more about you than simply your resume. Tell me about yourself. Show me some photos from your weekend. How do you think? What do you do outside the office? Videos? Who are your friends? How many do we have in common? Point is, we're moving towards one social network in the near future anyway, and it's going to be our job to figure out what we post there to make us most viable as a friend, employee, consultant, or general person as a whole. LinkedIn has always been about segregating business from personal, and in the next 36 months, that segregation is going to go away. With that said, why invest time in something that's simply going to have to be redone in the near future. Four terms to think about when building your Facebook profile: Relevance, Brevity, Transparency, and Top of Mind Presence. Hit me offlist and I'll gladly share more depth onto this. I get paid to talk about this stuff on a daily basis. :) -Peter (who managed to get bit by a monkey this morning. And no, I wasn't spanking it.) _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

Oh, yeah, baby... THAT'S what I'm talking about. Safe for work. _______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."