Archive for October, 2009
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Sam Whitmore: WSJ’s Bill Bulkeley laid off
In what world does something like this happen? The Wall Street Journal basically shuts down its Boston bureau and, in so doing, jettisons one of its top reporters. There are too many high profile, top-of-their-game reporters in free agency these days. The Fourth Estate is more than profits and losses…it’s... Continue Reading
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Is Technology Killing the Experience of the Experience?
I make no pains to hide that I am a proponent of the always on culture. I believe technology is less a shackle and more a liberating tool that frees people from archaic views on time and place relative to work (not to mention the positive effects technology has on... Continue Reading
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Snubbed Again
I don’t know what’s worse: the fact that I didn’t make Fortune’s “40 Under 40″ list of business’s hottest young rising stars…or the fact that I no longer qualify for inclusion on the list.... Permalink
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The 2009 Covered Bridges Ride
The forecast for this morning called for a 100 percent probability of rain, 15 mile per hour winds and a high temperature of a balmy 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Luckily, only the wind and temperature proved the meteorologists correct for my third — and Mark’s first — Central Bucks Bicycle Club... Continue Reading
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My How Time Flies in Technology
How long have I been doing PR in the technology industry? How about 1997 when buying things on the Internet was a novel, really big deal. The things I’ve seen… (Click here for a larger version.)... Permalink
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Winter Preparations
It was 34 degrees when I awoke this morning. The trees around my house are transitioning from a solid wall of summer green to a palette of reds, oranges and yellows. The late-October Bucks County Covered Bridges ride approaches. Killington is blowing snow. It’s one of the most exciting times... Continue Reading
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The happiest place on earth (seriously)
A few random lessons learned from last week’s family trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando: I am pretty sure the phrase “Let me make the magic” when uttered by a tired bus shuttle attendant is equivalent to “These tourists missed their bus again so I have to make a... Continue Reading
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