No ‘blue shirt group’ for me

I like blue shirts. I like them a lot.In fact, I have a closet full of them in many hues, tones and subsets. Some are plain, some are striped and the striped ones are further subdivided into vertical/horizontal and thin/medium/wide.And so on.Often, when I’m in a store...

Stop being used

There’s an interesting post by Josh Bernoff about the way tech companies refer to their customers as users.And it dawned on me that if I’m a user then I’m probably being used.I guess that’s somewhat implicit in the symbiotic producer/customer...

Face the music

Robert Scoble has a good post on why he thinks Facebook is the place to be. Everybody’s there…It’s sounding a bit like the Studio 54 of the social media scene, except there isn’t a bouncer (or beta version) to keep people at bay.And all those...

Facing up to Facebook

Quick confession: I’m not on Facebook (yet) because I think I would probably become addicted and spend way too much time on the site. I’m fascinated by it though.Enticed.From what I’ve seen and read about the service, it’s an amazing way to...

Follow the leader…

…Or lead the follower. Which road will PR counselors take?Giovanni Rodriguez and Paul Rand have written a thought-provoking, white paper for the Council of Public Relations Firms on the impact social media is having on our industry.They challenge us to take up...