Archive for February, 2011

Recommended Reading

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

If you’re not including Jay Dolan’s  The Anti-Social Media in your feed reader or whatever it is you use to help manage the firehose of info that’s out there, you should.

You won’t find a lot of buzzwords or doublespeak or smoke and mirrors. You will find a lot of snark and profanity and attitude. Most of all, though, you’ll find a ton of straight-talking common sense about social media issues.

… and isn’t that ultimately more useful than yet another post about “10 Ways You Can Use LinkedIn To Generate New Business” or “Five Reasons Social Media Is Changing The Way We Communicate”?

Marketing Can Help Save America

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

That’s one of the messages from the editors of LIFE and Fortune magazine in this fascinating video from 1956.

Presidents’ Day? Nope: President’s Day

Monday, February 21st, 2011

That President being George Washington. Snopes.com explains how the federal holiday being celebrated today is not Presidents’ Day.

It’s Tax Day

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

Well, it is in my house, anyway, as I dig through a year’s worth of receipts and bills to get the whole mess together for the accountant … which makes it about the right time to post a vintage Bufferin commercial.

They sure don’t make animation like that anymore.

Those Who Can, Do. Those Who Can’t, Edit.

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

This one was forwarded to me by someone who works in the world of content development, said content to be reviewed by others who — well, the note that came with this simply said: “and I swear it is true”

Bottom left ­ infrastructure is spelt incorrectly

… and with that, the business world’s collective editorial standards take one more step toward the abyss.