January 22nd, 2008
Like many web-savvy people, I prefer to digest my web content through an RSS feed whenever possible. I’ll subscribe to most anything if it has a feed and I find it interesting. But sometimes, the sites I find worth returning to don’t offer the option to subscribe to updated content.
For example, I frequent Linotype.com [...]
Posted by Scott Wolf in Technology, Typography, User Experience | No Comments »
January 21st, 2008
E.B. White advised people to get the most out of their writing by using nouns and verbs and holding adjectives and adverbs to a minimum.
Today, it seems writers and speakers have gone E.B. one better – they just use nouns. Apparently, any old noun can be made into a verb, and the continuing trend [...]
Posted by Ron Roberts in Public Relations, Rants and Raves | No Comments »
January 16th, 2008
Surfing headlines last night to catch up on world events, I was reminded how the 24-hour news cycle impacts the information we receive via the media.
As a PR pro, I know all too well the frustrations associated with conducting media relations. We believe so strongly in the story we’re trying to sell on behalf of [...]
Posted by Julie Napieralski in Media Relations, Public Relations, Rants and Raves | No Comments »
January 11th, 2008
At Martino Flynn, we take great pride in working hard and playing hard. But unfortunately, some people—well, one person in particular—is playing a little too hard. Some of us have been playing a pick-up game of basketball a couple of times a week during lunch for the last year or so. We usually play 4-on-4 [...]
Posted by Kevin Flynn in Rants and Raves, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
January 7th, 2008
I recently attended a dinner for the Center for Environmental Information in Rochester that featured a keynote address by Dr. Arthur T. DeGaetano, a Cornell University professor and climatologist. Dr. DeGaetano is the Director of Northeast Regional Climate Center and Editor of the American Meteorological Society Journal of Applied Meteorology. His research has been [...]
Posted by Ray Martino in Political Marketing, Public Relations, Rants and Raves | No Comments »