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The Best Guy
On The Web
By Amy Armitage
BRIAN PRINCE is a digital marketing visionary, and
he has been intimately involved with shaping the landscape
of the internet revolution since 1994. For some of us, that’s
almost the olden days!
As CEO of Best of the Web, Brian Prince relaunched the
original web awards portal as a best-of-class, humanedited
web directory and search engine. Keeping up with
the internet’s dynamic growth, Mr. Prince orchestrated the
creation of the Best of the Web Blog Directory, a robust,
tag-driven, searchable directory of the best blogs available
on-line. He also recently spearheaded the launch of Best
of the Web Media, a proprietary collection of more than 20
niche subject matter blogs on topics including politics, food,
health and activism. He is also co-founder and president of
Hotel Hotline.com LLC, and a heck of a nice guy!
Brian, thanks for being so brave
and agreeing to an interview. Past
interviewees like Eric Meyer CSS Guru
and Craig from Craig’s List are still
recovering so I’ll try and be gentle, but
let’s face it... We love controversy and
public humiliation here at Ping Zine!
We should start with those dreamy
blue eyes. Meeting you in Vegas last
year I can remember two things. Your
eyes and Brandy commenting that my
makeup was still looking good after
eight hours of conferencing. But what
do YOU remember about me?
Good question. Although I was a bit
banged up from the Vegas nightlife and
not in top conference form when we met
(sadly I rarely am), I vividly recall a jolt of
energy from meeting and speaking with
you -- something akin to human caffeine.
You came across to me as this sincere,
engaging, fun-loving, to-the-point, speakyour-mind,
intelligent-yet-sassy Aussie
from down under -- with just a twinkle of
mischief in your eyes. My kind of gal...
Yes it’s all about me
Tell me some interesting stuff about
yourself, Brian?
I am a left-handed Capricorn, which,
from what little I know about horoscopes
and cerebral analytics suggests that as
a result of this rare combination I am
at a significantly higher risk of suffering
Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC
for the medical crowd). So with that
possibility ever-present, I try live every
day to it’s fullest...
I actually Googled that... totally
gullible, huh?
I ride a Harley and have a private pilot’s
license. It is alleged that I once flew under
a bridge at night (a very unintelligent thing
to try) but I don’t talk about those days
anymore...
When I was twenty-nine and just
married, I was diagnosed with colon
cancer and given a 70% chance of
survival. I had great support from friends
and family, beat the disease down, and
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