Our Bookshelves Our Selves
Doug Haslam You can tell a lot about someone by what’s on their bookshelf. That was something I learned from NPR’s Susan Stamberg while accompanying her as recording technician on one of…
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Pan-Mass Challenge Update- Back in the Saddle!
Spring has arrived in New England, and with it the promise of occasional days warm enough to venture out on a bicycle. For me, that means starting the outdoor training…
Public Relations and the ‘Bad Pitch’ Rants
I get a kick out of everybody going bananas when some media person (we can’t really say journalist all the time can we?) goes off on how they hate to…
Social Media Top Five: Lots of Twitter, & Evolution of Journalism
Fair warning: I’m Twitter heavy (again) The 14 Types of Twitter Personalities: Didn’t we have “9 Types of Twitterers” just a few months ago? (Yes) I’m not even going to…
Social Media Night School
Many people who use Twitter and other social media tools professionally shut them off at night. That’s pretty healthy, I admit. However, you could be missing something in the off-hours.…
Your Social Networks Need $3 CDs
Last night I heaped some naive praise on the Twitter directory http://wefollow.com/, based on my desire for a directory that would stay updated and be well-used, and the fact that…
Social Media Top 5: SXSW Fail Whale, Ultimate Insults, & Real Influence
AT&T Leases the Fail Whale for SXSW: It seems that Twitter didn’t make the same leap at South by Southwest Interactive that it did in 2007 and 2008. Part of…
The New Problem Solving
Riding my new bike this weekend, I started with a problem. My last bicycle was 20 years old, with the gear shift down on the frame. The new one has…
Uttercast: The Message Control Myth
During the "Journchat" Twitter conversation last night, the concept of PR as "perception management" – or not – led me to think about a slightly different topic: the notion of…
Uttercast: The Distributed Conversations Dilemma
Among my latest reading is Brian Solis’ Mashable article on the loss of "Blog Authority" to the "Statusphere." (http://bit.ly/…tatusphere) Authority refers specifically to Technorati, the blog search engine, but more…