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Comment on Normal by Ed

Ed — Tue, 08 May 2012 10:30:53 +0000

I know you will go for that ride, Mike. And I know you will enjoy it. Almost as much as Randy will.

Comment on Know What Makes Influencers Tick by admin

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:55:01 +0000

Agreed. When I was first starting out in PR, I did a stint in the media relations department at AT&T. Absolutely top-notch professional organization. I learned a ton, but the single-most important thing that stuck with me was a piece of advice from an ex-wire reporter who took me under his wing: “You have to write the lead so your grandmother can understand it.” – Jim Byrnes, AT&T

Comment on Know What Makes Influencers Tick by Dave

Dave — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:38:50 +0000

Ha! Well stalked, and interesting points.

I would say, however, that the whole deal with the short headline and 4-par intro is an immense head-scratcher, and one that’s very tricky to get right. We spend a lot of term learning it, and honing it, before being let loose on the BBC News site.

So with that in mind, I’d advise PRs (or anyone pitching something to us) not to stress too much about it…. I wouldn’t have a preference on a story if a PR pitched it in a 4-par friendly style.

Much more important, I’d say, is knowing what the first paragraph would be. Selling a great top-line is key … not just for us, but for any publication.

Comment on Influencing the Influencers by Know What Makes Influencers Tick | Maney|Digital

Know What Makes Influencers Tick | Maney|Digital — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:22:33 +0000

[...] bloggers or something in between – you need to know what makes them tick. In my “Influencing the Influencers” presentation, I somewhat flippantly called this stalking (of which I meant the non-creepy, [...]

Comment on A Good Renegade is a Bad Renegade by “Corporate Rebels United” – the start of a corporate spring? « Corporate Rebels United

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 06:05:36 +0000

[...] from Alcatel-Lucent also discussed recently whether the word “rebel” is not too negative. Mike made some very deep reflections why the hard dividing line between good and bad rebels does not always make [...]

Comment on A Good Renegade is a Bad Renegade by “Corporate Rebels United” – the start of a corporate spring? « Petervan's Blog

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:39:49 +0000

Comment on dmr: stories by itoctopus

itoctopus — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:16:46 +0000

Dennis Ritchie was a true programmer, in fact, he was always and he will remain the #1 programmer in the world. He developed the C language which is the basis of every application in the world (even Java is written on C, and so is PHP, and the rest of the programming languages out there).

We are forever grateful to this man, who kept a low profile all his life, who lived humbly and died humbly.

Comment on dmr: stories by BJ Taylor

BJ Taylor — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:06:27 +0000

Mike,

Dennis Ritchie … a flash from the past. I still have some Plan 9 press kits and the bylined article we wrote for BYTE magazine. I vaguely remember the 64kb kernel OS designed for set-top boxes, etc. Are any of the people from the 1995 team still with Bell Labs? I’m trying to remember the other developments. Was Mothra one of them? Hope all is well with you. Drop me a line when you have a chance. — BJ

Comment on dmr: stories by DMR Stories | Irreal

DMR Stories | Irreal — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:06:37 +0000

[...] Maney over at Maney Digital has a very nice tribute up for Dennis Ritchie. While he was at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Maney talked to some of dmr’s [...]

Comment on A Good Renegade is a Bad Renegade by admin

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:32:22 +0000

No argument here. The best do it not because they want to, but because they have to…because they are rebels with a cause (sorry, just keeping with your Jobsian/Sheen analogies).