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Treat Every Action as Public

In the information age, we need to treat every action as if it were being recorded. To many, this can seem terrifying – the knowledge that anything you say can be turned against you. But, there is a positive side … Continue reading

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Major Project Recognized by PRSA Chapters

A major integrated marketing communications project that my colleagues and I worked on for Springfield Technical Community College, was awarded the Gold Mercury award and the Best In Show award by the The Public Relations Society of America – Connecticut … Continue reading

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Search can be clumsy

We put such faith in the reliability of search results. In a conversation with David Weinberger, Seth Finkelstein explains how search is riddled with popularity contests. While, on the one hand, search gives us tremendous access to knowledge, we have … Continue reading

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Supporting Net Neutrality

An inalienable right is on the chopping block. HR5252 could enable the major ISPs to control what we are permitted to view on the web. What is truly disturbing is the possibility that an entity with commercial interests could regulate … Continue reading

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Meet the Press Podcast Refreshes Political Debate

NBC and their Meet the Press team have refreshed political discourse. By offering syndicated audio of the program, they have removed much of the showmanship that makes television coverage of our elected and appointed officials unpleasant and confusing. The 1960 … Continue reading

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The Personal MBA

In The Personal MBA, Josh Kaufman makes a smart observation about the once revered graduate business degree. Many books summarize key concepts taught within the concept of highly structured MBA curricula. Without a major commitment of time and money, you … Continue reading

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8th Oldest State Adds Gubernatorial Blogs

Candidates running for governor of Connecticut, the 8th oldest state, have started blogging.The two parties use medium very differntly. DeStefano’s blog allows comments, appears to be written candidly by staffers and provides an RSS feed to keep up on the … Continue reading

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What comes after search?

Seth Godin’s brief experiment proves that search, once thought to be the information savior, is just beginning to scratch the surface.

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YouTube – Multi-Touch Interaction Research

Jeff Han’s Multi-Touch Interaction interface may add the visual nature necessary to manage mass quantities of information. As more and more tasks today involve poorly structured data, we require tools to organize it better. The processing power of even our … Continue reading

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Watch What You Say

Publishing one’s experiences online, like any venture, creates both risks and opportunities. Jeffrey Treem points to some of the inherent problems with publishing one’s experiences online. Adolescents and adults alike are opening themselves up to all types of perception problems … Continue reading

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