‘Featured’ Archives
Cash for Clunkers: Bad for the Soul »
I saw a parking lot full of decent looking used cars today, all of them marked for destruction through the Cash for Clunkers program, and I had to get this off my chest, even if the program is over. There are so many people in this country whose lives and prospects are limited because they don’t have a car. Having a car is life [...]
Social Media Tip: Use Your Social Skills »
Effective use of social media often requires marketing and PR people to restrain our innate selling/pitching impulse and join the more freewheeling, conversational culture of the blogosphere. Doyle Albee, president and new media practice director at Metzger Associates in Boulder, CO, compares it to a crowded bar. If you see someone you want [...]
Stop the Presses! Sports story written by computer! »
When I went to the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in the late 80s, they still used manual typewriters for the intro to journalism class. Today, my alma mater appears to be at the forefront of exploring the intersection of journalism and technology. Three Medill graduate journalism students and a computer science student [...]
