This is amusing and acrid advice to a wealthy man who has purchased a publication. In this case, the magazine is New Republic and the owner is Chris Hughes. Whether you agree with the writer’s view or not, there is in the opinion piece a cautionary note for PR practitioners. That counsel: Avoid saying, “This time […]
Posted on January 31st, 2013 by admin
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Apple’s disaster with mapping for its iPhones has been addressed by… Google, the company whose mapping software Apple dropped earlier this year. Critics are raving about Google’s app to the point of embarrassment for Google’s engineers and cartographers. Although Apple is working hard to correct its mistakes, the massive acceptance of Google’s solution makes one wonder […]
Posted on December 14th, 2012 by admin
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Now that the Encyclopaedia Britannica is no longer going to be printed, one asks how it lasted this long in the internet age? Old technologies have inertia. They don’t disappear right away. Like tops at the end of their spins, they wobble on their axes for a while before they tilt. The next candidates for […]
Posted on March 15th, 2012 by admin
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How did this happen? An investor spends billions to build a digital network only to discover that his radio spectrum overpowers GPS and the Federal Communications Commission axes the network. The size of the failure is so stunning that one wonders who was talking to whom throughout the development. Predictably, LightSquared says it will […]
Posted on February 16th, 2012 by admin
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So I’ve been playing with the blog’s design as well as the content feed. As I’m perfecting this, you’ve gotten one or two email posts without context that include my photos and my curated links. The end result is better, more frequent content from me. Your patience is appreciated. Tweet This Post
Posted on December 25th, 2011 by admin
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Reports have come out that Microsoft has spent $5.5 billion to date in an effort to establish its search engine, Bing. From an economic perspective, one must ask if Bing is a business. Thus far, it is a money pit. Microsoft has enough cash to continue losing a billion a quarter for some time to […]
Posted on September 23rd, 2011 by admin
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Another year, another good upfront market for television advertising. How can this be with the web, social media, YouTube, Hulu, video games and all the other alternative entertainment media? It appears that marketers buy TV because they understand it, and feel they can measure it. Doesn’t that strike you as rock-ribbed conservatism? Meanwhile, the rest […]
Posted on August 9th, 2011 by admin
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Steve Jobs of Apple is taking another medical leave but not giving up his post as CEO. The last time he did this, he did not tell anyone why he had stepped away, and he had a liver transplant — a serious and life-threatening operation. He owed at least investors an explanation for his absence. […]
Posted on January 18th, 2011 by admin
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I love seeing creativity. Mixing creativity with humor to poke fun at an institution is better again. It’s why I love the Santa Brand Book. Serious kudos to Quiet Room on their magnificent work in support of one of the world’s truly enduring mega-brands. I will never use unapproved Santa® related vocabulary again. *I […]
Posted on December 16th, 2010 by admin
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This is an interesting story about journalists and their ability to handle large data sets. Some reporters are just now harnessing desktop tools to tease important stories out of masses of variables. A question struck me while reading the story. Could PR practitioners do the same? The answer sadly is no. Most that I know don’t […]
Posted on November 12th, 2010 by admin
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