I uploaded number 73 to you-tube, and my audio was immediately disable. This could have been discouraging, yet lead to an interesting discovery.

As I was looking to replace the audio, I discovered YouTube video editor… With a mix and match of recent mix-tapes that have uploaded, I created number 74 in the youtube player to a thriller instrumental.

You-Tube video editor has a lot of potential in this crowd sourcing culture.
You should test it out and let me know you think.
Thanks for listening,
Pamman

Check out the source clips from 74 in 73, 72, Roof top video jam with Panman and John Birdsong, and 61.

Panman Mixtape no 73

Panman Mixtape no 72

Roof top video jam with Panman and John Birdsong

no 61

I came across this in list in one of my notebooks and think it is worth sharing with you. Anything is possible in your future! Here is a guide to making it happen.

Have a great week!

Panman

1. Believe you can.

2. Create the environment.

3. Have the right associations.

4. Expose yourself to whats new!

5. Plan for the day.

6. Become Valuable.

7. Have the answers your prospects and customers need.

8. Recognize opportunity.

9. Take advantage of opportunity.

10. Take responsibility.

11. Take action.

12. Make mistakes.

13. Be willing to take risks.

14. Keep your eyes on the prize.

15. Balance yourself.

16. Invest, don’t spend!

17. Stick with it until you win!

18. Develop and maintain a positive attitude.

19. Help your friends.

20. Share and start again!

So I am involved with this QR code Hunt brought to you by Ford and “The International Office” as part of the Ford Focus outreach during Internet week and I wanted to keep you all in the loop as to what is happening.

You may need to catch up but I recommend that you play the game. You have to register here and take a picture of these QR codes to play the game. If you have been participating up to this point you will have been at the Metropolitan Pavilion Internet Week HQ and will have taken these pictures on location. If you collect all five QR codes you have the possibility of winning two tickets to the Webby’s and a stay at the Roger Smith Hotel on June 13, 2011. Ford will be providing transportation to the event.

Lucky for you I am willing to share my images with you so that you can participate even if you are not here for Internet week New York, or can’t make it to the Internet Week HQ each day. So sign up and make it happen!
QR Code day 1
QR Code day 2
QR Code day 3
QR Code day 4
QR Code day 5

My objective with this is to increase awareness of what Ford is doing and encourage you to participate in this social media campaign. I am one of five who are helping in this effort. Others who are participating are Damien Basil, (@DB) The Roger Smith Hotel (@RShotel), Meghan Asha (@Meghan) and Gregory Littley (@Littleylittley).  I was encouraged to be involved by the affiliation and personalities involved. Gregory Littley of “The International Office” is doing innovative things and I’m glad that he asked me to be a part of it.

Please share this around and engage in the game. I am @pancity. Be sure to follow my progress and engage in the hunt!
http://fordfocushunt.com/
http://rogersmithlife.com
http://panmanproductions.com

After roughly a year of persistence, a display window has been installed as an improvement to the façade of 125 E. 47 street in midtown manhattan.

It is a victory!

With the brilliant efforts and determination, this window brings new life and value to our community. If there was a blockage it has been cleaned up and opened. A stronger sense of pride has been renewed to the block.

It did not take very long for sculptor James Knowles to put his mark on the window, with tetrahedrons reaching out from the building.

Where the full coat of black paint it is a new space. I want to thank everyone who made it happen specifically my mother Sue2 for her help in making sure things happened.

I thank you all for making this happen and I will celebrate into the weekend!

What do you think should go in the space? At this point I’m open for suggestions. Leading the list is at taxidermy mountain goat. Another question is, what should we call the space? Again, I am open for suggestions.

Happy memorial day weekend! May it be brilliant.

Panman

Good morning on this grey Friday. The word of the day and persistence. I’m standing outside of the 125.
with a beautiful new window.
I am accompanied with Javier, who poses the question, what are you going to do with this space?

Well Javier, with a fresh coat of paint, and a bit of innovation, we will be creating a woolly bugger of sorts.

Matt Semler says “it’s a beautiful window. It looks great! congratulations”

Thanks Matt, I like it too…

So, what to do?

Number one, put a fresh coat of black paint on the exterior.
Number two, paint the interior white.
Number three, conspire with Javier as to what will go in this window for next weeks blog world NYC Expo.
Javier- that is easy, a QR code definitely.
John- okay, where will it direct you…
You’ll have to come and see…

Progress is made and we are happy in midtown! signing off.
Panman

A conversation that I had with Nick Hifrin about the letter “i” has inspired me on a tangent.  Nick, a New York artist who has been collaborating with our own Marlo Brown, was explaining to me about his creative organizational tactics with the letter “I” to represent a symbol of a connector.  He has been extracting “i”s from newspapers and using them to represent a point of connection as he builds larger systems for his music and art performances.  He understands the principals of connections by building systems.

I love the logic and representation of the letter “i” as it stands out in the Roger Smith Hotel letters.  As i look to connect systems and simulate the Roger Smith Hotel as a connectors network, “i” really like the metaphor.

Lets start building some connections.

If you fancy yourself a connector post a response letting me know how you connect your networks to the world.

Making further “Connections”, I am hosting an Art competition here @RShotel. I am awarding $100 to the most artistic “i” connector image that is submitted to me here on this blog. Anyone who submits will receive a $100 Rogersreward, and be part of the connector “i” series at the Roger Smith Hotel.

Simply take a picture of your “i” and send it to me in a tweet with the hashtag #makingconnections with @pancity & @rshotel. Also be sure to post a link here on the blog to be included.

Let the world know you are a connector.

Thanks for reading! Please comment, share and engage.

The model of a Popup has been happening at the Roger Smith Hotel for years. The general idea is the use of spaces to create marketable opportunities. What I look to do, is paint a picture of the Popup history @RShotel, reflect on its potential and provide a vision for the future.

In February 2004 the Roger Smith Gallery transformed into “The Lab Gallery”, later renamed “The Lab Gallery for Installation & Performance Art.” Under the direction and management of Matt Semler, the space was conceptualized as a performance and installation art space to be used as a laboratory for the creative process. A fishbowl style space reaching in to the intersection with the art.

Every month or so the space shifts installations, influencing the energy on the block. Sometimes controversial, often strange and usually thought provoking, the corner space as a popup art installation has been pondered and defended for years.

Two doors down from The Lab we transformed an old jewelry store into a marketable retail space. I intersected with Melissa Gonzalez who was looking to create a television pilot called Homemade BFFs and explored the potential of opening up a popup shop with her. The idea was to rent the space to designers or brands, with the objective of creating unique video and Social Media marketing campaigns.

My goal was to empower someone to help fill the space and share in its growth and development. Melissa accepted the challenge. Our first pop up installation in September 2009, was a Model casting / street runway show with Dolita Paris.

The RS Popup Shop, at the entrance of the hotel has been filled with designers, brands and artists since it conception. The calendar for 2011 is filling up fast. If you are interested in participating in the program please contact myself or Melissa.

The concept seems simple enough to be replicated. It almost seems contagious in its model. Ideas like a popup restaurant, popup wine or whiskey bar begin to inspire chatter.

The best thing about a popup model in a hotel is that there are many opportunities for people to get involved. Businesses, marketers, artists, musicians, authors, sponsors, charities and the like will be allowed access to the Popup experiences that we have been building.

At this point, as I look to the future business of the Roger Smith Hotel I am encouraged by the momentum and enthusiasm supporting the popup concept. I am also confident in the events team at the hotel and believe in the people and services.

So with that I hope you will reach out with your business needs. It is a perfect time to become part of the Roger Smith Culture. A “Pop” culture based out of a Hotel.

I look forward to continuing the dialog and growing the symbiotic network.

Stay tuned to our next popup event! Be part of our next popup event!

Thanks for reading.

I am John Knowles, the Director of Innovation @RShotel.

Follow @pancity to engage.

Other Related Links

Take a tour with Martha on our RS Events Tumblr.

http://www.rspopshop.com/designers

http://thelabgallery.com/

‘Pop-up’ Restaurant LudoBites Hit Of Los Angeles

We haven’t done a Follow Friday in a while and I feel it is time to re-introduce the notion to our audience.

My top 3 people to follow from SXSW are as follows.

1. “Dog Bless You!”, Charlie Annenberg

Our first five minutes in the convention center in Austin, John Birdsong and I collided into Charlie Annenberg, who was immediately on point with a plan of action to help in the Japan Earthquake relief.

A message from Charlie Annenberg, founder of explore.org and Dog Bless You:

“The mission of explore.org is to champion the self less acts of others, to create a portal into the soul of humanity and to inspire life long learning. The most important thing for me is to create a portal into the soul. What is the easiest way to do this? Through dogs – they see our soul like no other. That is why as we build dog bless you, I believe that its mission should be to “champion the selfless acts of animals.”

Please feel free to share your stories about how your dog uplifts the human spirit.

Dog Bless You.

Charlie and Lucky

http://facebook.com/exploredogs

2. David Meerman Scott connected us to an network of interesting minds and influences. Of these we engaged with Renee Alexander of Unisef, Tim Washer of Cisco, John Jantsch of Ducktape Marketing and Aliza Sherman from the Social Media capital of the world, Toke Alaska to name a few. Both Tim and David were “In search of the outrageous” in Austin TX.

3. Paula Moore and Massive CIA

The transitional days between the Interactive and the Music is when all the magic happens at SXSW. As people were leaving after a week of the Interactive and Film portion, the music festival was just getting underway. Arriving into the city there is an energy of excitement. Being the last day in Austin, I left John and Adam to get some emails done at the Driskle hotel. I went strait to the second floor back patio where a couple of hip entertainment executives we setting up meetings and interviews. I politely asked if I could share the space and soon sat down next to them and began to tell them about the interactions between Roger Smith and Ben Franklin. #Rogersrewards.

Paula Moore turned to me and asked if I wanted to go out with her and her business partner Ralf Cavallaro… What else could I say. Not knowing at the time that I was hanging out with one of the Top Talent Scouts in the music industry, Paula introduced me to an amazing network. The connections made that night, have helped drive and inspire a new wave of professional and personal relationships. Founder of Massive Creative Intelligence Agency, Paula is a trip. Powerful and important, as she is a professional connector.

SXSW: The spies with Golden Ears

Through Paula I me Rev. David Ciancio of Yeah! Management who runs the the Social Media Rewards programs for Thrilllist. Rev’s energy and drive is going to bring wild excitement to the Pop up Marketing madness that is going around. I look forward to working with him in the future.

The common thread that connects Charlie, David and Paula is the fact that they are natural connectors. Great people of course with amazing sense of people in the room. Always interesting to follow.

Till next week.

If you like my list please RT #FF Dog Bless You and Charlie Annenberg, @DMScott, @Paula_Moore, @MassiveCIA SXSW 2011 @RShotel Follow Friday Pick!

Please leave a comment and connect with us to be part of our @RShotel culture.

Thanks,

John

This blog post is about James Burbank Knowles. I start with the give and take of brotherly advice!

James while caught in the middle, is the center of attention.

It is good to know that Brooks, Jack and Jimbo are the role models for the next generation.  The saga will continue. The new ones coming are in good hands.

And with that, I give my life to the spiritual guidance of another Jimbo. My respect for the name continues to grow in my heart.  I look to Jimbo for guidance, and what do I find?

Ben Franklin and a whole lot of Wooly Buggers. I see a happy man! I believe there is hope and success in his visions! I gladly introduce myself as “The Son of Ben Franklin.”

With spiritual guidance, golf lessons in life, respect for your bother and the responsibility of the next generation, I would say that James Knowles has been the biggest influencer in my life! I am proud to share a same last name!

I celebrate his life in the present, past and future.  With Love and Respect, I dedicate this blog post to my Grandfather who passed earlier this week. He was a sweet, and peaceful man who loved his wife and family.  May he rest in peace.

Thanks for reading.

Much love,

John

NEW YORK, March 28, 2011 PRNewswire

The Roger Smith Hotel is taking its creative and innovative brand to the next level with the launch of The Roger Smith Shorts, a series of six short films shot in the hotel by emerging filmmakers. The short narratives are directed by Aleks Degtyarev, Abianne Prince, John Birdsong, John Knowles, and Melissa Gonzales. The mid-town Manhattan boutique hotel is partnering with high quality video platform The FreeStyle Life in order to connect with consumers through traditional, social and mobile media. John Knowles, Director of Innovation at the Roger Smith Hotel, explains, “The quality of the viewers experience with relevant contextual marketing The FreeStyle Life provides a unique opportunity for us at the Roger Smith Hotel to further our community engagement.” The films’ online release kicks off in conjunction with the hotel’s new rewards program Roger’s Rewards.

The initiative is one that looks to give back to those who participate in the conversation. Each individual who comments on or reviews any of the six short films will receive $100 worth of Roger’s Rewards, which can be applied to a two night minimum stay in a Roger Smith Suite.  Terms and conditions apply.

The FreeStyle life provides a great compliment to the creative culture that is Roger Smith,” Knowles comments. “A platform that combines contextual marketing with groundbreaking documentaries, thought provoking films, and music videos by world-renowned artists, The FreeStyle Life is building a niche in the high end web video market.  ?CEO of The FreeStyle Life, Tommy Swanhaus, comments, “The use of film as a medium of connection through story telling along side the Roger Smith Hotel back drop makes the series a unique fit to The Free Life brand.” The Roger Smith Shorts films can be watched and voted on via The FreeStyle Life’s Tribe page (http://thefreestylelife.com/tribe.html).  The Roger Smith Shorts are Check Mate, The End, Shoe Fits, Hair Ball, Mother Teressa’s Hiatus, and the Counterpane Fairy. Enjoy the Roger Smith Shorts and be sure to share, comment and engage.