Archive for October, 2008
Are There Rules in Social Media?
I have been writing recently about the pros, cons and evolution of the phenomenon called, social media. It’s an online environment flush with many opinions. Danny Brown wrote to express that perhaps I was not seeing the whole picture about social media, and he may very well have a good point. So, I invited Danny [...]
Old Media’s Decline
The recent announcement by The Christian Science Monitor that it would cease printing a paper edition and concentrate online is simply another sign that traditional mainstream journalism is crumbling. It’s one subject covered extensively in my new book, The Media Savvy Leader, to be published in early January. It’s easy to see where the Monitor [...]
How to Connect the Dots of Web 2.0 Communications
I am very pleased that the popular online business leadership forum – Expert Access – has used my commentary on how business can connect the dots of Web 2.0 communications. Expert Access is a business e-zine for senior-level corporate executives, IT and operations managers and technology buyer committees. It is a service of Cincom Systems, the [...]
Robocalls: XM Radio Style
We hear a lot these days about politicians getting out their propaganda through automated robocalls. But when it comes to the intrusive and aggravating use of robocalls, no politician can hold a candle to XM Radio, the satellite radio company. After five years as an XM Radio customer, I believe our relationship is coming to [...]
Rules of Social Media
Social media is the latest rage on the Internet. Web sites that range from Facebook to mini-blogging at Twitter are the leaders in social media. As you might image with any hot new trend, there seems to be more self-proclaimed social media gurus and experts today than lobbyists in Washington, even though I know it’s [...]
Poretz: The Message is the Medium
I have a lot of respect for Doug Poretz, co-founder of Qorvis Communications in Washington, because he is an authentic leader in the business of communications, and has a unique talent for seeing the big picture. I also respect him for consistently focusing on achieving solid results for his clients. With Doug’s permission, I would like to [...]
Web 2.0′s Need to Help Business
There is an unfortunate yet growing disconnect developing between corporate America, and the potentially effective opportunities for enhanced online communications offered by the innovative Web 2.0 movement. In short, the dots are not getting connected to demonstrate how the new technology of Web 2.0 can benefit business and organizations. As a result, new developments, such [...]
Home Healthcare: Defining Excellence
I don’t know about other parts of the country but I think I am lucky living in Arlington, Virginia – Every since having total right knee replacement (relax, I won’t show the photos), I have been receiving at-home professional physical therapy three times a week, and a visiting nurse a couple of times each week [...]
Made in America
Visiting my orthopedic surgeon recently to get stitches removed from surgery, he handed me a small sealed package that contained the special device for removing stitches. The front of the package had the brand name of a recognized American medical company. But, he pointed on the back of the package … at the very bottom, [...]
Close Pals: Politicians & the Washington Media
The issue is the media’s ability to maintain objectivity. There is growing concern that many reporters in Washington, striving to enhance their own celebrity, have gotten too close to news makers. As a result, they compromise journalistic integrity in favor of their personal career agendas. Josh Marshall’s outstanding blog, TalkingPointsMemo, details an example of the [...]
A Question of Trusted News Sources Online
How much can we trust the accuracy and reliability of online, user-generated news sites … blogs … like iReport.com? iReport.com is funded in part by CNN, and claims to be “unedited, unfiltered, news.” But, is it, indeed, news or sometimes misleading rumors? According to a story, Spinning a Web of Lies at Digital Speed, by Noam [...]
More About the New MacBooks
Jason Snell, editorial director of MacWorld Magazine, provides perhaps the best detailed look at the new Apple MacBook laptops. If there seems to be a weakness in the new model of MacBook, it is the curious lack of a Firewire port to enable high speed transfer of data to an external drive, a major drawback, [...]
Just About The Perfect Laptop
Apple introduced new updates today in its highly successful line of Macbook and Macbook Pro computers, and the improvements are authentically outstanding. What Apple has done is to make the world’s best laptops better than anything else on the market. A battery that will power the Macbook for five hours. A bright, high resolution LED [...]
Apple PowerBook G4 Musings
Apple’s core problem (pun intended) is that the company designs and builds such outstanding and high quality computers. Other companies should have such problems. If you buy a Dell, by comparison, it will break and need to be trashed/replaced in a couple of years. But Apple Macs seemingly run forever. Tomorrow, Apple‘s Steve Jobs is [...]
Truth
The current divisive tone of the presidential campaign – the faceless shouts of racism, hate, and death – is like a vile spreading social disease that could cripple our country faster and with more devastating effect than any terrorism attack. So, this Sunday afternoon, I have been randomly reading famous quotes about Truth. Because truth [...]
Personal Thoughts About Good Medical Care
I would like to introduce my new right knee (on the right), and write a few words about the experience of total knee replacement. What I found is that it is always the small things that really count. When my orthopedic surgeon, Dr. William Sadlack, and I decided in August that my right knee had [...]
