I’ve written my share of speeches over my career. Granted, they were for corporate executives, not for Presidents of the United States. That’s why I’m excited to get my hands on a new book by Robert Schlesinger called White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters. According to reviewer Robert Landers, Schlesinger interviewed 90 speechwriters and White House aides, devoting a chapter to each presidency — from FDR to GWB. Should be an interesting read.
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Linkbait
I’m finally getting back into the swing of posting again (Twitter has dominated my social media interaction lately). A few items that recently caught my eye:
- The New York Times’ Steve Heller dissects the logo created by the Martin Agency to promote a new campaign for Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection.
- In the same Sunday edition of The Times, Dave Itzkoff profiles one of the funniest actors on network television today: Jack McBrayer (Kenneth the page from 30 Rock).
- While we’re at it, Charles McGrath gets down, dirty and cold with what’s on tap for this season’s Deadliest Catch.
- Tammy La Gorce highlights New Jersey’s brew pubs. The annual New Jersey Brewers’ Festival used to be a tradition for me. Maybe time for a chauffered road trip to sample the state’s barley and hops wares.
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The House That Ruth Built
My mother is a diehard, lifelong New York Yankees fan. For Mother’s Day this year, we reserved tickets for an inside-the-park tour of Yankee Stadium. Good thing, too, as this is the last year the Bronx Bombers will play in the current stadium (a new stadium is being built alongside it). I captured some images of the day that you can view here.
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Newsreaders vs Journalists
The BBC gets it right when it describes its television anchors as newsreaders rather than journalists.
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The Problem with Verizon’s $100 Unlimited Wireless Plan
Interested in Verizon Wireless’s new $100 all-you-can-eat voice plan? May want to check out this post by Silicon Alley Insider’s Dan Frommer first.
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Who’s Who…Open Source Style
Italy’s Roberto Galoppini posts his thoughts from the recent Open Source Think Tank. It’s great seeing the long list of open source leaders Page One PR does business with.
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Roblimo Interviews New Red Hat CEO Whitehurst
When Red Hat named Jim Whitehurst as its new CEO, many in the open source community wondered, “Huh?” But Whitehurst made himself available to reporters and bloggers and quickly gave everyone an inside look at who he was, what he knew and what he had planned for the open source powerhouse.
Which is why this interview by Robin ‘Roblimo’ Miller is so important.
The majority of Whitehurst’s “rainbow tour” when he was announced was conveyed through words on paper or on a screen. Roblimo caught Whitehurst in Orland at JBoss World and put him on tape — uncut and unplugged. The video adds to what we already know about Whitehurst, giving us a more personal connection to the man who will lead one of the industry’s most visible brands…warts and all.
It’s an example of how the interactivity of the Web is changing the face of journalism. Is Roblimo a broadcast reporter? I’d claim not (although I could be wrong). But it was simple enough to throw a video camera on a tripod to capture the questions he was going to ask Whitehurst anyway. And we’re all the richer for him doing so.
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Cmdr Taco on Digg Revolt
Interesting story by New York Times reporter Brad Stone (the reporter who broke the identity of Fake Steve Jobs) on the recent uprising at Digg. Slashdot founder Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda does a standup job in the interview explaining why Digg ran into the troubles it did and why the two sites don’t necessarily compete for the same audience.
Disclaimer: Slashdot is part of SourceForge, Inc., which is represented by my agency, Page One PR.
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Open Source Rogue’s Gallery
LinuxWorld.com’s Mark Hinkle pulls together a who’s who of the open source movement in this list of the publication’s top leaders for 2008.
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Newsreaders vs Journalists
The BBC gets it right when it describes its television anchors as newsreaders rather than journalists.
Mike Maney 