‘Featured’ Archives
Fraudulent Press Conference on Climate Change? »
Wow. Watch the fireworks fly as a sleepy press conference on climate change -- ostensibly held by a representative of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- is revealed as something quite different. This is the most unforgivable attempt at media manipulation I have seen this week! (Well, it's going to be hard for anyone to ever top Balloon Boy's [...]
Cash for Clunkers: Bad for the Soul »
I saw a parking lot full of decent looking used cars today, all of them marked for destruction through the Cash for Clunkers program, and I had to get this off my chest, even if the program is over. There are so many people in this country whose lives and prospects are limited because they don’t have a car. Having a car is life [...]
Social Media Tip: Use Your Social Skills »
Effective use of social media often requires marketing and PR people to restrain our innate selling/pitching impulse and join the more freewheeling, conversational culture of the blogosphere. Doyle Albee, president and new media practice director at Metzger Associates in Boulder, CO, compares it to a crowded bar. If you see someone you want [...]
