Monthly Archives: April 2008
The Value of Connecting
Can you sense it? Are you at the brink of information saturation? Trying to absorb too much? Hearing a lot of noise and not enough signal? Seth Godin, one of the most influential marketing bloggers, felt it yesterday. I have been … Continue reading
Filed under Awareness, Technology
Cartoons are King?
If you keep a blog and can track what catches the majority of readers’ eyes (other than Paris Hilton posts or political opinion), you may have noticed: Some visitors find you for your pictures. If your blog is about photography, … Continue reading
Cautionary Twitter Tale
Do you tweet? If so, this story that broke overnight may be of interest to you. In the PR vein, Twitter has to come out and clear the air in the next 12 hour for the U.S. market. The blogosphere … Continue reading
Filed under Technology
A Real Earth Day
What was once attacked as fringe is now mainstream. Tomorrow’s Earth Day, much like the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving, shouldn’t be a once-a-year moment. Acts, thoughts and beliefs that benefit the globe can be a daily part of life — … Continue reading
Filed under Awareness, Environment, Uncategorized
19,000 Comments and Counting
ABC News has empowered an online community of election watchers and media critics. I’m not sure of the record for most comments on a blog (or web news posting). But ABC’s got to be rising up the list. Imagine getting … Continue reading
Filed under Communications Society, News, PR
Do Foods Really Make You Smarter?
When the conservative Economist reports that Facebook is hiring a Google chef away, it’s kind of del.icio.us. The more important question (aside from which company has the best food) is this: Do certain dishes make you smarter? Let us count the ways … Continue reading
Filed under Creativity, Food, Google
Candid Blogging
This is a great follow story to the hoopla over Sen. Barack Obama’s “bitter” comment made during a “private” San Francisco meeting with donors. A 61-year-old blogger — and Obama supporter — posted the remark, and things quickly spun up. … Continue reading
Filed under Communications Society, News
Starbucks Walks the Walk
Much has been made of Starbucks getting back to what it does best. It’s a lesson for any business that delivers service. Yes, Starbucks stores are everywhere, but the company earned success by providing what people want, then gave them … Continue reading
Filed under Brand
Change for the Better
This short hit in the Harvard Business Review blog is a tall latte with an extra shot. When Swiss company Nestle reduces a layer of management and empowers line staff, you realize it’s not just a U.S. economic hangover that’s … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Productivity
Note to Big Give: Give Bigger
Oprah’s “Big Give” does what so many TV offerings don’t: work to improve lives. Is it perfect? Not according to some of the fans posting on ABC’s website. But this reality television is refreshing in the way it tackles human … Continue reading
Filed under Creativity
