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March 2005 - Posts
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:00 AM
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There is probably something to this overstimulated thing . I think the key point here is that when people went on vacation they returned to normal. Yes, that would be especially true if they did not take any of their gadgets with them! Note to self - Read More...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:00 AM
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Well, what happens when you write a stupid, uniformed story about blogs in one of the MSM? You get hammered repeatedly, most spectacularly in this Slate column . They deserve what they got here... email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:00 AM
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Here is an example where blogs and the MSM make a good combo - Dave Winer responding to an NYT story about Silicon Valley. It is a good one/two combo. email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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Friday, March 25, 2005 10:00 AM
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And boy do I have a backlog of reading to do...I thought my mailbox was going to pull off my wall at the house and just thud to the floor. It is going to take me a few days to get through everything! I spent most of the week near Orlando. The weather Read More...
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Friday, March 25, 2005 10:00 AM
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David Kirkpatrick and I had a good conversation yesterday about wearable computing, a trend I've been predicting for six years now, two years longer than I was raving about broadband....if you wait long enough, I'm sure I'll be right on this one too. Read More...
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Friday, March 25, 2005 10:00 AM
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I had a great conversation with one of the MS teams yesterday. Their client had a new blog and they were brainstorming ways to help them think more globally about blogging as a communications strategy. We came up with a few general rules: 1. Read the Read More...
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Friday, March 25, 2005 10:00 AM
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A huge threat to the agency . 3/25/2005 We companies/They Companies Very thoughtful post on the nature of companies. I agree with the concept. email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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Friday, March 25, 2005 10:00 AM
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Dan Gillmor has been writing for years about the coming bubble in real estate. He gets company today from the Gray Lady , who makes it brutally clear what the similarities are. Ouch and ouch again...don't people learn? email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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Friday, March 25, 2005 10:00 AM
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I finished Annie Dillard's "For The Time Being" and recommend it. I'm not quite sure how to describe it...I guess I'd call it an extended meditation on good and evil as seen through the eyes of great writers/thinkers of major religions. email Read More...
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Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00 AM
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According to the Washington Post, they do . Actually, the world is not black and white in this area -- I think there is a ton of room for blogs at the corporate level, but they need to be done well, and they need to show a real voice. Yes, repurposed Read More...
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Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00 AM
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Dan Gillmor points out a very troubling trend in journalism -- there are fewer and fewer people actually gathering news, while the proliferation of news outlets continues apace. Of course, this plays very well into his notion of citizen journalism and Read More...
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Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00 AM
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I said I was liking this blog, and entriels such as this one on DRM are exactly why. It's rich in content, thoughtful, makes a point that is neither black nor white. Ahh. email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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Monday, March 21, 2005 10:00 AM
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The power of the narrative is everywhere. Each time I pick up a newspaper or magazine I see more about it -- storytelling as an artform and as a way to break through clutter is here. I'm reading an older book by Annie Dillard, who opens by quoting yet Read More...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:00 AM
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Man, did Steven Levy kick off a firestorm with this essay about the diversity or lack thereof currently in the blogosphere. Dave Winer is going beserk on this point, in typical dave fashion. It probably is a good debate to have, but in the end, the barrier Read More...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:00 AM
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I remember vividly the first time I saw a slave to fashion - a poor woman trying to get into a big old truck wearing a fashionable skirt that made it just about impossible to go up the steps...how sad, I thought. :) Well, according to the NYT, those days Read More...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:00 AM
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Good numbers here from Techno rati -- they will be posting more numbers and thinking over the last few days. Growth continues -- my prediction is we've just hit the hype cycle big time, and we'll start to see a stratification happen. email digg delicious Read More...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:00 AM
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This is rapidly becoming one of my favorite blogs , except it requires me to think in a way that say, Gawker, doesn't. :) This one is about technology, distribution and content. Thinking... email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:00 AM
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So, Tim Bray is one of those bat eared audiophiles . Still, he has a common problem -- what to do with all the audio he has. He gets some help in figuring it out. email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:00 AM
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Okay, so the fact that someone can relatively easily build a device that can sniff out Bluetooth signals from a mile away is pretty smart . What's stupid is that they made it look like a rifle. Amazing they weren't reported and shot by a SWAT team. email Read More...
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Monday, March 14, 2005 10:00 AM
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It was great. Probably the best band he's toured with in at least 10 years. Other than almost getting in a fight with a rude Merle Haggard fan, the evening was tops. :) email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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Monday, March 14, 2005 10:00 AM
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As a PR professional, it's sobering to see the industry come under the kind of scrutiny regarding government use of VNRs. It's a fine line between informing the public and using government funds to push for a specific position or outcome. I think there Read More...
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Monday, March 14, 2005 10:00 AM
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Reading this New Yorker story about the quest for a new scent reminded me about the power of great writing. We talk about stories and our role in them - this is a great example of how a strong narrative can turn anything into gold. I love coming across Read More...
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Monday, March 14, 2005 10:00 AM
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Fortune has their list of top jobs for the next 20 years . PR is on there...as well as a slew of other techie jobs. That's good to know. On my bad days, when I figure I'm one step ahead of a horde of grumpy clients looking to tan my hide, I console myself Read More...
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Monday, March 14, 2005 10:00 AM
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I've been saying this for a while. Super interesting and lengthy look at advertising for the online elements of the print pubs. Looks like the NYT is going to do something different down the road... email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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Friday, March 11, 2005 10:00 AM
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Interesting perspective here. I think this guy is onto something. Here is his main point -- think hard: Old marketing skill: Influence. New marketing skill to add to your repetoire: Be influence-able. yep. And a position of influence is often greater Read More...
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Friday, March 11, 2005 10:00 AM
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Just because I haven't linked to any print pubs doesn't mean I've given up on my reading. Got through two Economists the last few days, love the pub. Read Macworld front to end. BW and Forbes were quick reads (the IBM Forbes story was great). Halfway Read More...
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Friday, March 11, 2005 10:00 AM
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No, Apple is not going to buy them . They are going to go down in history as a great PR story in some ways, and a total PR failure in others. They got the ink, they commanded emotion, they never moved enough people to action. email digg delicious live Read More...
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Friday, March 11, 2005 10:00 AM
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I am pretty excited about going to see Bob Dylan in Portland on Saturday. I've lost track of how many times I've seen him, but it's not enough. In prep, I've been only listening to Dylan in my car and while traveling/running, etc. Just getting in the Read More...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:00 AM
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Silicon Valley Watcher puts us on the defensive today , calling blogs a huge nightmare. Boy, Tom has it wrong. It's not a nightmare, it's an opportunity. I suppose it could be tough if we refused to evolve, but I see no chances of that happening. :) email Read More...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:00 AM
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Tim Bray notices there are a bunch of stories out there about why bloggers are getting fired, and provides a list of rules. He also has an opinion about why this outbreak of stories now..check out his last paragraph. Yes, Tim, you are right. email digg Read More...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:00 AM
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I just don't know how I missed that Hollywood had finally realized what a great idea a tv series set at an agency would be . Of course! Starring John Stamos as a PR guy looking for love, I'm sure we'll see him entering time, writing press releases, doing Read More...
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Monday, March 07, 2005 10:00 AM
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It's a good thing my issue of the New Yorker arrived two weeks late, or I would have been forced to read two big long articles about bird flu; one in the NYT Magazine, the other in the New Yorker. Both were pretty grim - well written, factual, filled Read More...
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Monday, March 07, 2005 10:00 AM
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The ongoing dispute between Apple and some fan enthusiast sites is starting to get a bit crazy. BW has one view . Dan Gillmor also has quite a post on the topic -- where he notes that the current case make him no longer a journalist. Wow...hadn't thought Read More...
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Monday, March 07, 2005 10:00 AM
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If there was any doubt that we were living in a global market, the news out of Sony today should erase it. A Westerner in charge at Sony, a non engineer for the second time -- wow. email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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Monday, March 07, 2005 10:00 AM
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I remain mildly amused at some of the angst re: people who are fired because of their blogs. The Microsoft motto: "be smart" tends to cover most sins. email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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Monday, March 07, 2005 10:00 AM
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There has been an interesting debate going on in the blogosphere regarding Microsoft's ability to ship software, spurred by a former employee now at Google. MS Research's Kevin Schofeld rebuts twice, here and here . Great example of the power of blogs Read More...
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Monday, March 07, 2005 10:00 AM
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Very funny piece in BoingBoing today about what Dave Barry has in his gadget bag . My trick has been to make sure everything I buy can be charged via USB cable -- I am down to only two converters now. Note: Dave Barry has a blog, but has given up his Read More...
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Monday, March 07, 2005 10:00 AM
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I was astonished at Dan Gillmor's reaction to the firing of the Boeng CEO yesterday -- he thinks it's much ado about nothing. I tend to disagree with him - leadership is first and always about leading by example. If you make a point of driving values Read More...
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Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:00 AM
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It was a long day yesterday, starting with the usual Wednesday perfectly timed dash to the airport. I'll have to update my travel guidance sometime soon; there are a few new tricks. For example, if you get your computer out of the inspection and turn Read More...
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Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:00 AM
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This is sort of troubling, and bears watching. I don't think I like the implications of this -- could be I'm just being alarmist, but hmm. Keep an eye out. email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:00 AM
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There is no doubt that this sort of alternate reality video game (arg) is cool. Yes, it's immersive. But good lord, who has time for this? :) Hint hint. Not me. :) email digg delicious live it! Read More...
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