The Austin American-Statesman is one newspaper that truly understands the power of Twitter. …
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By David Burn
The Austin American-Statesman is one newspaper that truly understands the power of Twitter. …
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By David Burn
By David Burn
Portland-based Provenance Hotels is an avid user of social media. The boutique hospitality group sports three tasty blogs: Hotel deLuxe; Hotel Murano; Hotel Preston; plus a Facebook page for Hotel Lucia. Hotel Max in Seattle is the only property they own that I can't find a blog or soc net page for. …
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@Rands is a Los Gatos-based software engineer, manager and author. He's also a Tweet master, right up there with @BadBanana. …
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PDX Bus is a free iPhone application designed by public transit advocate and software developer, Andrew Wallace. TriMetiquette, a site about Portland's transit system, spoke to Wallace about the project. Why did you decide to make this iPhone app? (1) I wanted to have fun writing an iPhone app – I write software for a living, but this is completely different from the device-level software I write at work. Given that …
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Stuart Elliott is my "friend" on Facebook, so I want to be courteous. Yet, I have to isolate this line from his story in The Times, "Persuading Companies to Keep Up Their Pitches." Shoppers who are anxious about their jobs, savings and retirement accounts are in no mood to pay attention to the blandishments of Madison Avenue. That line of thinking is entirely too easy and I reject it. "Shoppers" could use a little …
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By David Burn
Here's the headline I'm seeing this morning in The Wall Street Journal: With a headline like that, I don't see much point in digesting the story. But I did so for you dear reader. The Journal refers to "experimental" budgets hitting the cutting-room floor. News flash: all marketing is experimental. Kind of like fishing. I will agree with this notion, however: "I can't see us selling virtual worlds to anybody right …
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An ability to babble nonsensically and make people believe it. An ability to use a little sex appeal to get ahead. Sarah Palin is perfect for the ad industry. It's the subject of my new column on Talent Zoo, which you can read after the jump. …
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