Daily Archives: Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Fun with infographics

Brittney posts a chart that would make Edward Tufte envious.

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FCC says airports can’t prevent renters from providing wifi

Susan Crawford explains how the home team won one today when the FCC rejected an argument by the governmental agency that runs Boston’s Logan Airport that it should be able to prevent Continental airlines and others from providing free wifi. … Continue reading

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Why Scott Adams would be the worst politician ever — or best

If that Dilbert cartooning gig doesn’t work out, I think Scott Adams should run for office. He’d never win (and he explains why) but it would sure beat the depressing $40 million senatorial campaign we’ve experienced here in Tennessee. Sidenote: … Continue reading

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Custom publishing and small business blogging

Here’s a story that includes just about all of the stuff that fills my day: A custom publishing blogging project sponsored by a big brand trying to appeal to small business owners. Unfortunately, I have nothing to do with it. … Continue reading

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Two things necessary for great blogging: the ability to extemporize and courage

If you love jazz, you’ll know what I mean when I say blogging is the jazz of journalism. A wonderful article in Fast Company by Ken Howard Gordon describes what he’s learned from QuickMuse.com, a website he created last May … Continue reading

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Shameless self-promotion

Nashville-based marketing consultant (and blogger) Monica Powers interviewed me recently on “passion and great brand communications.” Actually, I didn’t know that was the topic, but it sure sounds great. Anyway, in it, I reveal who my “dream client” would be … Continue reading

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Daylife dawns

Via an “exclusive” from PaidContent.org: “After a year of mostly veiled references and speculation fueled by the involvement of Jeff Jarvis as an adviser and Craig Newmark as an investor, Daylife, the distributed news platform founded by Upendra Shardanand, is … Continue reading

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