By Michael J.W. Stickings On the surface, a lot of what David Brooks says and writes seems to make sense. And, to be fair, the whole cultural-social stereotyping thing that has propelled him to widespread punditocratic fame, perfected with the Patio Man and Realtor Mom of his exurban paradise, can be quite amusing. Beneath the surface, though, when you get past the thin veneer of an amusing exterior,...
This is not supposed to be some pompous essay. If one was to do any subject justice then a great deal more would have to be said than is required here. That is, keep it short and snappy and everyone is happy. Like everything I hate about adverts: get your message across and no depth, investigation which implies shallowness or worse, there's something really bad underneath that expanding too much on...
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John Vidal in Barcelona, Allegra Stratton in London and Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington guardian.co.uk , Thursday 5 November 2009 20.52 GMT Article history Oxfam protesters at the Barcelona climate change talks. Photograph: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters A global treaty to fight climate change will be postponed by at least six months and possibly a year or more, senior negotiators and politicians conceded...
It’s that time of the year: I’m considering watching The Sopranos again from the start. I need a week off, some quality Italian food and no distractions from the goddamned Feds. This urge was the result of a bunch of Tony Soprano quotes that I stumbled upon and – since it’s a Friday - I wondered if any of them could be applied to social media. Turns out that they can…...
Foursquare has a lot of momentum in the location-based social networking space right now but one thing holding it back is that's it's largely a U.S.-only phenomenon at the moment. This isn't surprising considering that Foursquare works in all of five cities outside of the U.S. (three of which are in Canada). But that changes today. Foursquare is rolling out its service in 15 European cities today....
I did a presentation for Suffolk University tonight about the use of social media for brand building that can impact your career and/or business. It was very interesting to listen to the questions folks asked and the comments made to me in private. Here is a sample: - is a blog the right thing for me? - how can I get any value out of LinkedIn? - what do you do about sharing info that would show your...
Social Media Training Course Beta Testers Needed This content from: Duct Tape Marketing Social Media Training Course Beta Testers NeededThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing This whole social media thing for small business can be confusing, I know, I speak to groups of small business owner routinely and hear things like – “I’m overwhelmed, I’m tired of the hype, what do I...
Now this story might appear a bit crude, but it really happened, and inadvertently provided a wonderful metaphor for understanding new developments in communications, particularly social media. Picture the scene: my colleague Andy Green is in a busy Edinburgh pub, crowded with delegates from the CIPR Local Public Services Annual Conference, where he was a speaker. At the end of the evening, Andy and...
Funny thing about these social media conferences is that people want me to talk into their video cameras. I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s the earrings… BowlHer at BlogHer 2009 (I’m usually in the group shots): At Izeafest 2009 with...
The happy meal is the quintessential version of great product bundling How offers add value There have been a lot of conversations about the evils of offers in social gaming, and one thing that’s getting lost in the conversation is the potential for offers to actually generate value overall. Ultimately, offers are about “product bundling” and it adds [...]
What’s going on in PS Home ? It’s a question I wanted to explore late last evening after I finished messing with Trine . I’ve had the Sony’s social thing on my PS3’s HD since the beta debuted, but I haven’t wandered the digital streets since the release of Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 space moons ago. You won’t see this in the above, but the process of jumping...
Spanish intellectuals have broken with the corruption within the government administration and lack of social policies that protect the low-income people and social cases, the curious thing about this problem is that the European Union and Spain is particularly critical to the Latin American left when attempting to government social measures because they see these measures of Latin American governments...
Comes with facial recognition in contact book LG's accidentally put a website for its forthcoming Android-powered GW620 handset live a little bit early. While we're expecting it to go down imminently, the site is full of latin text but does contain a few videos that demonstrate some of the functionality of the handset. There's a 5-megapixel camera, full 5-row QWERTY keyboard, 3-inch touchscreen, 3.5mm...
I don't Facebook, Twitter, or Linkedin. I rarely "exchange" links--if I like a blog, I just add the link and don't tell them. So if I haven't responded to your request--it isn't you, it's me. According to this article at CNN , people feel rejected when turned down in cyberspace. That's probably why I don't do this social networking thing--I remember junior high school girls' cliques. CNN)...
I think I'm okay with losing elections for a while. I mean, can it get any worse than O! in the white house and Congress in full on (D) control?! Let's purge the RINOs., Let's lose some elections dammit! Now, I know in the past I have resisted protest votes in anything but a primary. I have lamented the sad plight of the third party candidate. But no more. This is the time. We have nothing but useless...
At the urging of her friends, Emily decides that Rory’s making her debut at a society ball will be just the thing to get Richard back into the social swing. To Lorelai’s amazement, Rory willingly agrees and Emily goes into high gear shopping in preparation.
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