For some reason, I know that I started using Twitpic three years ago today. You could care less and I don’t blame you. So in addition to pointing to my first Twitpic, most viewed Twitpic and one or two others illustrating this post, I’ll make some observations about photo sharing platforms in general. You may […]

Posted on May 5th, 2011 by admin
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Sony Entertainment has been hacked not once but twice.  Tens of millions of games players have lost their identification, passwords and perhaps, credit card data.  Company executives have already given a ritual bow of apology to customers but that doesn’t make up for the probability that personal information has been compromised and is being sold […]

Posted on May 4th, 2011 by admin
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This story is interesting in that it alleges PR is growing while traditional journalism is shrinking.  It sees danger in that because PR people cannot be trusted to impart information objectively.  Nothing cited in the story is new.  PR has been involved in all the activities mentioned for decades. It is a matter of degree.  The […]

Posted on May 3rd, 2011 by admin
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The president’s announcement last night of the death of Osama bin Laden is an example of negative PR — a warning to terrorists throughout the world that the US won’t stop trying to bring them to justice.  It was a long hunt and it cost the US billions but it was successful.  Others who would […]

Posted on May 2nd, 2011 by admin
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