Reading Room Revisited

Last winter, I wrote a post that extolled the value of long-form reading, as opposed to the microbursts of information that flows ephemerally across our desktops, laptops, Blackberrys, iPhones and Nexus Ones. The number of new books heralding in the new world order might only be exceeded by the myriad trade shows and meet-ups coalescing…… Continue reading Reading Room Revisited

Friday’s Video Views

This week’s edition of Video Views looks at the iPad, a very cool Photoshop editing app, one agency’s take on the 25 defining moments in PR, a chat with LinkedIn’s social media manager, Google Maps for cyclists, and Facebook as a bank(?).Forget Mossberg and Pogue. New York Times intrepid media reporters (bloggers, columnists and Twitterers)…… Continue reading Friday’s Video Views

Friday’s Video Views

Here’s this week’s edition of Friday’s Video Views, entertaining and sometimes edifying video clips from around the Web: “An Inconvenient PR Truth” – If Al Gore turned his sights on the pollutive effects of PR Spam, this is what might emerge (albeit with a British accent). Of course, violators can always test drive MatchPoint, (a…… Continue reading Friday’s Video Views

Where’s Scoble When We Need Him?

I’m dumbfounded. It’s one thing to keep under wraps or selectively leak tantalizing details about its game-changing, new category-creating tablet, to allow viral buzz grow to deafening volumes.Yet, here we are at the moment of truth. The time has arrived. It’s zero-hour and every media, tech, marketing and business reporter, plus the myriad Apple enthusiasts,…… Continue reading Where’s Scoble When We Need Him?