Archive for July, 2007

Watching old movies with your kids; yah, I gotta do this more

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

As a lifelong movie fan, part-time art-film snob, and dad, I had a great time reading Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr's new book"The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together." First, I should disclose that I know Ty-- we live in the same school district, and my ...

Your Lunch of Lunches

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Your lunch of Lunches Originally uploaded by douglashaslam Ok, this is terribly silly, but I couldn't resist. The "e" in "side" from my Uno's lunch was being rubbed out, so I gave it an assist. Technorati Tags: Sid+Caesar

Social Media is Not just on Your Computer — Boston TweetUp, 7/24/07

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Joe, CC, and Doug Originally uploaded by stevegarfield As much as I love conversing on Twitter, Facebook, blogs and the like, it is equally important to meet people in person-- the same people, I mean. These kind of meetups make the online conversations more meaningful, and tightens the connections between ...

Eight random things about me (yup, I got tagged)

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Doug Meacham tagged me the other day, so it's my turn to weigh in on the "Eight Random Things About Me" meme. First, the rules: Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write their own post about their eight things and post these ...

Harry Potter 7: Best reason to buy it at Costco

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

Originally uploaded by douglashaslam Why buy "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows" at Costco? Because you can get these sweet boxes to carry your booze. Also, I scratch my head at the people who line up to buy the book on the first night. One Twitter friend told me that ...

PRobecast 25: Social Media PR, Grammar Vandal, and more

Friday, July 20th, 2007

I have posted PRobecast, Episode 25 of Topaz Partners' weekly PR-related podcast. Rob Capra, Sandy Kalik and I discuss: The "Public Relations" entry on Wikipedia: Is it ok if PR people contribute to it--pretty please, Mr. Wales? We discuss a new white paper, "Relating to the Public; the Evolving Role of Public ...

It’s time to kill “post mortem”

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

I have heard this phrase too many times, and it's time to revive my campaign from several years ago to rid our world of this little indicator of negativity. "Post mortem." Why, after any completed project, campaign or event, must we have a "post mortem?" Why, if the project, campaign or event ...

PRobecast Episode #24: Emailing for Comments, Whole Foods, and PR by Facebook

Friday, July 13th, 2007

I have posted PRobecast, Episode 24 of Topaz Partners' weekly PR-related podcast. Rob Capra, Alison Raymond and I discuss: Pitching by Facebook: What do three PR flaks think of Robert Scoble's preference for being pitched on his Facebook wall? The ethical implications of using email to fish for comments for a ...

Will It Blend? - iPhone

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

Will It Blend? - iPhone I have tried to stay out of the iPhone discussion, because I don't want to enable the Macolyte zombie army, nor do I want to bash a cool gadget because that's the cool thing to do. But this latest episode of the great Blendtec "Will it Blend" ...

“Life is Good?” What else you got?

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Recording today's PRobecast (Topaz Partners PR podcast), we talked about an upcoming Boston event at Fenway Park sponsored by "Life is Good." Many of us know "Life is Good" as the familiar emblem on T-shirts, hats and myriad other items-- and that events the home-grown company sponsors or puts together raise ...