You’re lazy. Sorry, but it’s true. But you’re not alone. We’re all lazy. We have consciously – or unconsciously – decided that convenience trumps privacy. We opt in to social networks without reading the terms. We let algorithms read our email. We allow search engine companies to save and archive our searches. We reveal all […]
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Tag Archives: Culture
Technology is the Enemy of Creativity
June 13, 2012 
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Everyone loves Apple. And Google. There’s a warm fuzzy about Facebook, too. When people see Amazon walking down the street they give it high fives. Everyone hates the music industry. And newspapers. Those cheeky, know-it-all hacks. When people see book publishers walking down the street they roll their eyes at them. And forget Hollywood. Those […]
Read moreSocial Media Will Not Cure Cancer
May 15, 2012 7 Comments
One aspect of social media I dislike immensely is the sense of magical thinking hovers about it. Some of the medium’s most rabid advocates possess a spooky evangelical zeal about digital communications. At times it can feel like snake-oil salesmen who promise miraculous cures. That’s why it’s not usual to find bold proclamations that social […]
Read moreSocial Media is a Requirement
March 22, 2012 0 Comments
Overheard at the gym. SCENE: A middle-aged man talking to a woman about a recent job interview. GUY: He asked me if I had a Facebook page. WOMAN: Do you? GUY: No, of course not. Who has a Facebook page? I mean besides kids? ———————— I’m going to hazard a wild guess that our […]
Read moreThere’s No Room for Thank You in Social Media
March 19, 2012 2 Comments
I get a lot of email. An awful lot. Often it feels like my inbox is a waterfall. The flow of water (with an occasional submerged log) pours down on my head all day long. One of my pet peeves is the “Thank You” email. You’ve probably gotten these as well. An email goes out […]
Read moreInvasion of the Privacy Snatchers
October 25, 2011 0 Comments
There is a new technology TV commercial airing that unfolds this way: A family is gathered together for a holiday The “uncle” is playing a music-themed video game that requires him to dance in a funny way The niece and nephew secretly film him with a mobile phone and quickly loaded the video onto […]
Read moreLess Phone, More Quiet
August 23, 2011 2 Comments
Yesterday, sitting on my front stoop, enjoying the fade of the day, a jogger ran by. I heard him coming before I actually saw him because he was jabbering on his mobile phone. Headset on, huffing and puffing, engaged in a long and detailed conversation. He gestured to me with a head nod without breaking […]
Read moreThe Demise of Nice
June 21, 2011 0 Comments
Corporations more concerned with profits than employees. Sports teams that want to win even if it means cheating. Popular culture filled with braggadocio. Self-centered co-workers. Snarky comments permeating blog posts and tweets. What happened to being nice? Incivility seems to be permeating all aspects of our society, according to a new survey by Weber Shandwick. […]
Read moreAttack of the Killer PDAs
April 12, 2011 2 Comments
Lunch with an industry colleague this week. Grilled cheese and fries and a Cobb salad. After ordering our meals, we sat back to chat. We had a lively conversation about PR, media and social media. At the end of nearly an hour, as we were wrapping up, my colleague said to me ( and I’m […]
Read moreOther Reasons Why Newspapers Aren’t Read
April 8, 2011 1 Comment
Journalists and media observers spend a lot of time exploring how the Internet and social networks are cutting into the readership of print publications like magazines and newspapers. I plead guilty as charged. There is little doubt that digital communications is undermining print. The Pew Research Center noted in its “State of the News Media […]
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