Cornell did not win the Best of Blogs (BOBs) award for ‘Best Innovation’ … but, it was a fun ride. I still believe that they have a great innovative use for community/stakeholder input into a truly large project (redesign of the university’s web portal). Further, the university deserves praise and credit for being so bold as to allow the ‘conversation’ to take place.
Why do I say that? Because, so many large institutions are ‘conversation’ averse. Whether it be fear or ignorance, the controlling interests usually do not …

After a weekend which saw me fixing a computer problem for an septuagenarian and then responding to a discussion in a listserv group, I found this article. It speaks volumes on the role the Internet will play in your future. Further, it served to securely reinforce my feelings of how – on almost any given topic – you can divide the audience into ‘factions’. As for online, we live in at least two different cultures. Wired and Un-Wired.
Please read: ‘Connected’ young people light years …

Too cute not to post…
Questions of a Two-Year-Old: The Cotas
They were predicting one to two inches of snow last night, but we ended up with just a light dusting. After she got dressed, Lily went outside to touch the snow. Jack, still in his pajamas, was feeling left out. So I went out, made a miniature snowball and brought it into the house for him.
He stood there with this tiny snowball slowly melting in his hands and then asked, “Dad, is this magic?”

Inside you will find articles on:

adding enclosures to your WordPress blog so that Audio files, etc. will be available directly from your RSS feed
PR lessons – again
“Blog Ethics?” – Herding cats
Robin Good’s “Ten Technologies That Are Going To Change The Way We Learn”
Wal-Mart unionization … a potential PR nightmare of unknown proportions
panoramas from Auburn ‘parties’ – the Loveliest Village on the Plains