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November 2008 - Posts
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Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:52 PM
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For years, probably eight or so, I didn’t run races. I ran, I trained, I logged miles, but no races. Somewhere along the line I sort of lost the religion. It hurts to run a race. Having a time goal means being aware that I might not hit that goal, and Read More...
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Friday, November 21, 2008 7:32 AM
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After reading this story about Angelina Jolie ’s ability to set terms for current AND FUTURE coverage, I’ve decided I need one of two things: 1. Significantly better negotiating skills 2. Clients who are even more stunningly beautiful and smart than they Read More...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:23 AM
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Harry McCracken, who certainly knows a thing or two about this topic, has a list of the Twelve Greatest Defunct Tech Magazines Ever. I do miss the sass of MacUser, I do remember the fun stuff in Computer Gaming. I would also add BBS Magazine to the list Read More...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:12 AM
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Per my post on optimism from Sunday, here's a look from the NYT at how some journalists are pursuing a nonprofit model in order to keep delivering great content, in this case true investigative reporting. As America’s newspapers shrink and shed Read More...
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Monday, November 17, 2008 7:28 AM
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David Carr has an interesting comparison between Circuit City’s decision to layoff experience members of its retail staff last year (which, of course, ends w/ the company in Chapter 11) and what he sees as the short sighted decision of newspaper management Read More...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008 10:00 PM
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Saturday brought yet another grim story about the tech industry, this one as p1 NYT. The rest of the weekend followed suit, bad news upon bad news. And not just in tech or business, but in the communications industry overall – existing news outlets in Read More...
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Thursday, November 13, 2008 6:56 AM
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In his most recent column , Jack Welch talks about how to survive a media mauling, or crisis communications 101. He essentially postulates three rules: 1. Tell the whole truth. 2. Transmit the same message to everyone. 3. Go direct via web and other channels. Read More...
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Monday, November 10, 2008 6:14 AM
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For me, November 10th has always represented a double birthday. Of course, it’s the birthday of the U.S. Marine Corp , an organization I was fortunate enough to serve in (the link is to an extended version of a USMC TV ad, interested use of thinking through Read More...
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Friday, November 07, 2008 5:19 AM
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Via a tweet from Dave Winer , an extended analogy between the MSM and the animals studied by Charles Darwin (and now every time I hear/read charles darwin I think of the Bob Dylan Lyric from “ High Water ”, but I digress). The key point is this: Read More...
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:00 PM
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It sounds tired and trite, the idea that the web and blogs and all of that have made us increasingly hyper connected. Trite, but true, often however in the intellectual sense, the kind of connection that engages the brain, but not so much the heart Read More...
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