Archive for October, 2008
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 [...]
Intelligent Thinking in Challenging Times
At this time of questions, bewilderment and fear about which direction the U.S. and global economies will take, I am heartened by the intelligent perspective of a group of thought leaders who are actively analyzing today’s online marketing and reputation management opportunities. People like Geoff Livingston, Chris Brogan, Todd Defren, David Meerman Scott, and others To read [...]
The Gobbledygook Manifesto
Readers of this blog know that I am not only an author, blogger and consultant but I publish BoomerCafé, the popular online magazine for baby boomers with active lifestyles. As such, I have gotten on a bunch of PR lists, and receive hundreds of unsolicited press releases and PR pitches every week. In these competitive [...]
The Moment That Defines A Leader
What’s lacking in the 2008 Presidential race is one memorable moment that defines leadership. It has not happened. There has been no passionate phrase, action or expression that has instantly triggered the image of leadership before voters. The primary reason the debates have been boring, and the race so close is that we don’t see [...]
“United Stupid of America”
“United Stupid of America.” That’s how satirist Bill Maher sums up what’s happening. The week after the geniuses who lead the United States government shelled out $85 Billion of our money keep AIG alive, the company’s executives spent $440,000 on a weekend retreat at a lavish resort. American International Group (AIG), the global insurer, also continues to [...]
