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links for 2007-05-17

The $70 magazine! Boutique glossies rampant in Soho | The New York Observer

Quote: “A new brand of big glossy is spreading through downtown. But is anybody actually reading it?”

(tags: magazines)
Google Experimental Search

Some new ways to use Google. If you are familiar with the Wikipedia approach to “disambiguation,” you may find helpful the “left hand” search navigation or the “right-hand” contextual navigation.

(tags: search google)
InfoWorld study finds social media still in early stages for b-to-b | BtoB Magazine

Quote: “Most users are not yet sold on the value of social networks.” Observation: Most people in business have no idea what you mean when you ask, “Are you in a social network?” Even those who are in one.

(tags: b2b social+media)
Going postal on rate hikes for independent periodicals | The Huffington Post

Quote: “An independent press-loving person could start feeling a little prone to conspiracy theories.”

(tags: magazines)

May 2007

Robin Sherman Says:
May 18th, 2007 at 8:45 am

I love the social network observation. Don’t you just love obfuscation, geek talk, and geek names for new technologies? If the new stuff was discussed with clarity in English (which you will be doing at ASBPE’s National Editorial Conference, August 2-3 in NY; this is NOT a shameless plug), it might be adopted sooner, or thrown out with the trash sooner.

Robin Sherman
Associate Director
American Society of Business Publication Editors

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