Archive for March, 2007

New podcast episode up

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Just uploaded a new episode of the podcast I produce with colleagues from Topaz Partners. PRobecast Episode #006: This week's panel, Tim Allik, Susan Koutalakis and Doug Haslam, discuss: Technical note-- the Levelator is working quite well for us Susan on pitching trade shows--what is the reporters' reception to pitching 6 clients ...

Twitter Pt II: Useful? Yes–plus I know when everyone goes to bed

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Mirrored from my post in the Tech PR Gems blog: A week ago, I blogged my skepticism about Twitter-- would it be useful, or would I burn out with the overload? The answer is, both. Since that post, Gideon Television kept me online with some "extreme gonzo twittering," and I have stuck with ...

Link Wray makes my day (plus Pete Townshend’s blog)

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

While I often listen to podcasts during my workouts, I definitely just tune in some of my music part of the time, and I put a random mix of tunes on my MP3 player so I don't know what I'm gonna get. Sometimes, this really makes me smile. Today, it was ...

I won’t read your links of the day

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

I vow never to have a "links of the day" post. Why? When I do read such links, I am frequently rewarded. However, I rarely click on such posts, because generally the title of the post is "Today's links" maybe with the date-- no info about what's in the links. The ...

New Podcast Espiode: Topaz PRobecast #5

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

I would like to cross-post (again) with my work blog, Tech PR Gems, this time to mention a new episode of our weekly podcast, in which I (usually) take part. The topic--loosely--is technology PR, but we have fun and try to make it a good listen. You can listen via ...

Another loser gets his own blog-I mean, personal brand is king

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

I thought I was running behind the curve by re-establishing a personal blog after 2 years of contributing to Tech PR Gems (which I still do). Turns out one of my social media buddies, Christopher Penn of Financial Aid Podcast (hardly a "loser") has made a similar decision. I do ...

Twitter adoption to burnout: Approximately 23 minutes

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Reprinted from the Tech PR Gems blog: Was fooling around with Twitter today, after a discussion at one of my regular haunts, the Thursday morning virtual "Coffee with crayon" in Second Life. I had been signed up for while, courtesy of some friends from PodCamp, but decided to jump in for a ...