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I just finished Clay Shirky’s new book, Cognitive Surplus, which discusses how the web has shifted us from media consumers to producers and freed up time for our brains to create new and wonderful things (like say, Wikipedia). It’s in the later part of the book though, where things really get cooking and Shirky discusses …
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I am a bit of a sci-fi nerd. But there is one thing in science fiction that I’ve never been able to fully wrap my head around: the concept of the time-space continuum — being in more than one place at one time and doing things in the past or future that irrevocably change the …
Over the summer, we re-visited “The Cluetrain Manifesto” as part of the KaneCo book club series, and the authors’ foresight on how the century-old public relations industry will be affected by the internet (now social media) got me thinking about the notion of making news to tell the public, versus telling them a story. I …
“The Cluetrain Manifesto,” written more than 10 years ago, has been hailed for its’ forward-thinking and relevance to today’s social media world. And, the authors have quite a bit to say about the PR industry. In my post on the MNPR blog, I explore these thoughts and ask, did the industry evolve, or miss the …
There are literally hundreds of worthy causes fighting cancer out there. And since October is breast cancer awareness month, you’ll likely soon see pink ribbons adorning all sorts of things that you buy, view and consume. One of the biggies is “Lee Jeans’ National Denim Day” which has a whole bunch of celebrity ambassadors. Here’s …
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