This project has created a simple moment of connection between people, that despite their differences, demonstrates how alike they truly are. In this brief moment of happiness, the barriers that have separated them for so long, have fallen away. With a single touch, two countries mired in a constant threat of conflict set aside the status quo, and connect to one other with a smile.

While today's fortune is ill advised for marketers who must reliably ring the revenue bell for their sales team, it does not discount the powerful message available to every individual player who aspires for greatness. I've found that the most admired aspects of one's character have usually been formed from great hardship. The strengths we adore in our best leaders have at length been established with difficulty.

Most people are idealistic creatures. We hold an utopian image of what should or shouldn't be for our world, our family, our friends, our possessions and ourselves. Anything short of that image, is imperfect and unacceptable. 

Yesterday, I was invited to attend an open house at HubSpot, to see first hand, their newest innovation called, "Social Inbox". This new application promises to tightly integrate social media monitoring and publishing with HubSpot’s contact database, enabling marketers to make the most of highly segmented views of the social activity of their leads, customers, and biggest evangelists.