Ubiquitous Marketing

Does the Newsday office sit on a surplus of oil? Because I’m curious as to why there is such a fuss. I guess I should be happy to hear about people really valuing print, though. Maybe Nelson was wrong.

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I’ve somewhat followed this sports blogger getting Dooced by the Washington Post. Apparently he got fired for this post. It does raise interesting questions of what journalists are allowed to do (and write) in their personal lives. I believe that no journalist should be fired just because he or she blogs on the side (obvious [...]

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I’m on hold with Apple; Bob Dylan’s Tangled Up in Blue is playing. Do you need to compensate for hold-line jukebox? If not, why?

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I was quoted for a recent story. The quote was fine, but the set-up paragraph was way off. It made my completely positive quote seem cynical and negative. I wonder - do I own that space? I mean, if it’s implying the context behind my quote, it should reflect my intentions, no? In any event, [...]

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It will be awfully tough to get non-early adopters (and IT admins) to switch to Google Docs (from Microsoft Office). But you have to believe the news that they will start making the app work offline is the start of something big. Mixed reviews initially, but that’s to be expected. I keep checking my account [...]

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