October 2008 - Posts

• The Impact of a Brittle Brand in Politics

  Friday, October 31, 2008 3:23 PM

  Back when there was the blog battle going on, Peppercom Co-Founder Ed Moed penned a piece on his blog back for PR professionals to come come together on occasion and write about common topics. His first post can be found here;   Sam Ford from Peperdigital Read More... 1 Comments

• Microsoft PDC – Can’t Wait!

  Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:51 PM

  Gearing up for one of my favorite events… 2008 Professional Developers Conference for Microsoft! Looking forward to seeing everyone there…. email digg delicious live it! Read More... 0 Comments

• New Business Models for News

  Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:22 PM

  Dave Winer opines on ways for the news biz to get moving. One key: Where ever you see a barrier that says that only a professional can do this job, don't just get rid of the rule, proactively break it. Make the pros compete on the same playing field as Read More... 0 Comments

• Scoble, Dare, Arrington: My POV

  Monday, October 13, 2008 9:07 PM

  Couple of posts to review. First out: Dare unloads on Mike Arrington . IMHO, cheap shot, not super grounded in reality, out of place for what Dare normally writes about. Next up: Mike responds . Okay, he was rightly ticked off and didn’t pull any punches. Read More... 16 Comments

• Digital Rules

  Monday, October 13, 2008 7:27 AM

  Have to like  any story that opens w/ the “truth shoes” quote, as does today’s Noam Cohen piece on rumors. He takes a good look at some recent and not recent examples of manipulation of media for personal gain, noting correctly that speed of information Read More... 2 Comments

• Technology, Communications & Finance

  Sunday, October 12, 2008 8:36 PM

  The last few weeks worth of news has put a bit of a hit on my blog; the combination of the political coverage here in the U.S. and the global financial coverage has pretty much overwhelmed reporting on both tech and communications. But of course, I tend Read More... 0 Comments

• Government Communications

  Saturday, October 04, 2008 7:16 AM

  Super interesting take on the intersection between communications and diplomacy , looking at some recent decision on how to create/conduct/disseminate information. it’s a horrible idea for government (any government) to engage in propaganda; at best it Read More... 1 Comments