Josh Kadis is a freelancer and marketing consultant specializing in copywriting, web content, and WordPress production for the bicycle industry.
Posted on 30. Dec, 2008 by Josh in Personal | No Comments
I spent Saturday, Sunday, and Monday on the bike with Eric and Mattias. We rode from Oakland to Pescadero, spent one night at a cabin and one night at Pigeon Point, then rode back to San Mateo. More photos here on Flickr.
Posted on 22. Dec, 2008 by Josh in Bike industry, Trends | 1 Comment
I just did this interview for Ed Cotton’s Influx Insights blog about trends in urban bicycling. Ed and I met at the PSFK San Francsico conference; he’s the director of strategy at BSSP, which happens to be Columbia Sportswear’s ad agency. Let me know what you think.
Posted on 17. Dec, 2008 by Josh in Bike industry, Marketing, Trends | 3 Comments
(A follow-up post about Puma’s 2010 bike line is here.)
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the increasing role that companies outside the bike industry have in shaping the way that people think about bicycles. I want to explore that trend and share what I find, so I’ll be posting a series of conversations with [...]
Posted on 15. Dec, 2008 by Josh in Bike Racing, Sponsors | No Comments
The Rock Racing rumor mill has been cranking today, as Rock & Republic announced a round of company-wide layoffs affecting team staff. Not even the riders seemed to know if the team was shutting down. Eventually, Rock Racing released a brief statement late in the day saying that the program will continue. Regardless, the story [...]
Posted on 15. Dec, 2008 by Josh in Bike industry, Trends | No Comments
… but not the usual graffiti/skate/hipster stuff. These pieces are the work of Marco Cingolani, sent my way by Antonio Colombo, art gallery owner and president of Gruppo SpA (aka Columbus and Cinelli).
Posted on 08. Dec, 2008 by Josh in Bike Racing, Sponsors | No Comments
The Amore e Vita/McDonald’s cycling team, based in Lucca, Italy and registered in Poland in 2008, has found a home with USA Cycling for 2009. First question: what is “Amore e Vita”? Literally translated as “love and life,” the team describes it as a “Christian and humanitarian message of undoubtable beauty.” The team’s website features [...]
Posted on 04. Dec, 2008 by Josh in New Media, Personal | No Comments
Having sold my beloved Ford Focus ZX5 in February, Kadisco’s 4-wheeled transportation needs fall to Zipcar. I rarely need to use a motorized vehicle, so pay-by-the-hour carsharing works out great (although it is a bit stressful to always be in a hurry to return the car on time). Anyways, the car that I reserved Monday [...]
Posted on 02. Dec, 2008 by Josh in New Media | No Comments
I Want Sandy and Pownce, two of my favorite web services, will be shutting down in the next couple weeks after being acquired by larger sites. I use I Want Sandy all the time to send myself little reminders: send @s a direct message on Twitter like “buy milk 5pm tomorrow” and she reminds me [...]
Posted on 01. Dec, 2008 by Josh in Marketing, New Media | No Comments
I came across this presentation on SlideShare while looking for some inspiration to finish up a proposal I’m working on. A lot of companies that I’m a customer of could learn a thing or two from this.
by Fabio Cipriani