Misery Loves Company Dept.

March 21st, 2013

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Ragan’s PR Daily shares 9 phrases that PR firms hate hearing.

Takeaway for marketers: If you’re asking yourself, “What’s wrong with those?” then you’re part of the problem, not part of the solution.


Watch it Wednesday

March 20th, 2013

Carl Reiner turns 91 today, so here he is in one of the funniest scenes from one of the funniest episodes of one of the funniest sitcoms of all time. Please to enjoy.


Endless Loop

March 19th, 2013

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I was happy to see that CNETnoted feedly in its list of six must-have Android apps, so I wanted to comment on the article.

To comment on the article, one needs to register. CNET conveniently offers an option to “quickly sign up” with Facebook, so I did. Or so I thought.

I sign in with Facebook, then I’m taken to a screen that asks me if I’m new to CNET. I am, so I tick the box that says I’ve read the terms of use and privacy policy (which, of course, I haven’t) and click the “New CNET Member” button … which takes me to a “Thanks for signing up” screen which, when I close it, takes me back to the “Join CNET” screen, which, if I close that window and try to comment on the story (since, after all, I’m now signed up), takes me to a screen that asks me if I’m new to CNET.

Rinse and repeat.

C’mon, CNET — you’re a techie site. You, of all sites, shouldn’t be delivering this sort of endless loop to users.


Dress Printing

March 18th, 2013

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Fabbaloo reports on “the world’s first 3D printed dress,” but news about dress printing hit the interwebs a few months ago. Maybe this latest item is distinguished by being the first completely printed dress. In any event, the world of 3D printing marches on — in the labs and on the runways.


And the Winner Is …

March 17th, 2013

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Feedly, which allows you to import your Google Reader feeds in just a click. It looks pretty snappy, too, and there’s an Android version so you can get Feedly on your Smartphone.