27 August 2010 0 Comments

Paper.li Twitter-Sourced Biz Pubs With A Splash Of Brand Journalism

I’m checking out the paper.li app that let’s Twitter users create newspaper-style web publications based on links shared within their Twitter streams. Paper.li is yet another interesting example of mining interesting information and rendering it in a relevant format for sharing. It’s based on a user’s followers, lists or hashtags so presumably the content is [...]

5 March 2010 7 Comments

Spring Training Isn’t Just For Baseball Teams

Most Major League Baseball teams are now in full swing with their spring training game schedules, leading up to the season opener April 4th when the World Series Champion New York Yankees visit the Boston Red Sox. Long suffering Cubs fans like me are filled with hope and excitement this time each year. It’s the [...]

5 February 2010 2 Comments

iPad Ripens Apple’s Aura

Ok, add me to the list of marketers, PR practitioners and bloggers who feel compelled to comment about Apple without any prompting from the company whatsoever. Or have I been prompted in some cosmic way?
Last week’s “at last” arrival of the iPad, its launch event in San Francisco and the PR halo surrounding it signaled [...]

15 January 2010 2 Comments

20 Years Of The Simpsons Has Taught Us What?

Ninety countries, 45 languages, an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary (for “D’oh”) and 450 episodes of quality programming spanning 20 years … this is “The Simpsons,” or, these are the Simpsons I should say. As an entity, individual family members and as a diverse cast of characters they’ve helped shape how we express humor [...]