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[22 Jul 2008 | Comments Off | 0 views]

Offered up a demo of Utterz in class tonight. Students may incorporate it into their final projects – digital resumes & portfolios – for the PRProspects.com site.
During the chat, we talked about how Utterz might be used for a client.

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[14 Jan 2007 | 7 Comments | 1 views]

Just like my last post, this is about parents attempting crisis management in a story about their child. Zombie, as in zombie computer that has been hacked into by some nefarious character. This is a story about porn, hackers, trojan viruses, zombie machines and more. For the PR practitioner, it is a story about crisis management, Web site choices, video, media relations and more.

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[24 Aug 2006 | Comments Off | 0 views]

Ouch. When your world changes … literally.
…Arizona’s Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 by mistake and it is now just another big rock…
Poor Pluto. “Controversy has dogged Pluto since its discovery in 1930.” CNN just reported the fate of Pluto. “The International Astronomical Union has stripped Pluto of the planetary status it has held since its discovery in 1930.” The union represents approximately 2,500 astronomers. Meeting in Prague, Czechoslavakia today, they have come down on the side of – size matters.
CNN …

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[16 Jul 2006 | 6 Comments | 1 views]

When I first saw the new Kayak.com TV ads, my first thought was how different they were from other launch ads. They were intended, I believe, to be funny – sort of like the “Roaming Gnome” ads from Travelocity. However, as I saw more and more of them, it became apparent that these are more edgy than anything anyone has done recenlty.
The Kayak site introduces the ads with this: “We hope you’ll agree that we are equal opportunity satirists and will enjoy the ads in the humorous …