PR Needs to Tell More Stories and Pitch Less

There’s a brewing problem. Reporters are strapped an under increasing pressure to compete with bloggers. This results in reporters writing re-tweetable headlines which are sometimes misleading or stories being written with unchecked facts and inaccuracies. The solution, of course, is good journalism. But until the market sorts out the news … Continue reading

Will 2010 be the Death of Free and Open?

Image via Wikipedia Arrington, I’m really sorry, this seriously sucks. Mike Arrington can’t get a break. His Last startup, before TechCrunch became his full-time gig, Edgio, DeadPooled 2 years ago and now the CrunchPad joins it’s much older sibling in that same grave almost exactly 2 years later. This is … Continue reading

Which Bloggers Generate the Most Buzz and Which Bloggers are the Most Paranoid?

Image by Laughing Squid via Flickr This last week I was doing some old school Web research for a few clients. It’s work that I normally don’t get to do but is important to know how to do and is good to do every now and then. Things like back … Continue reading

What I’m doing to fight the social media echo chamber

Image via Wikipedia I think the number one threat to social media is the echo chamber. Online social media is an amazing thing. One of the most powerful aspects of social media is that it’s a scale free network. This is the phenomena that create viral videos. People, companies or … Continue reading

Proof that the Real Time Web is Killing Google?

Image by Dave Delaney via Flickr The last 2 months have seen absolute INSANE growth in both Twitter and Facebook. While Twitter is the current diva, Facebook’s no ugly duckling itself. I (an many others) have wondered what it would take for the “Real Time Web” (ie Twitter search and … Continue reading