Jul

31

Why Robert was wrong about Facebook

July 31, 2007 | 2 Comments

“Who’s Robert and how was he wrong?” you may ask. For all of my AU readers you know. There is and always will be only one Robert. Social media extraordinaire, blogalicious, talks-in-the-third-person Robert. For all the rest, it’s Robert French. Owner of infOpinions blog and one of the leading PR […]

Jul

30

Blogging: the good, the bad and the downright ugly

July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Since this title is pretty self explanatory, I’ll just get on with the meat of this post.
First, the good: My sister, a sophomore in Auburn’s interior design program and a truly gifted artist/designer, wanted a way to sell some of her artwork and begin developing connections and a personal brand while she is still […]

Jul

25

Reactions to Debate2.0

July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Well, don’t say I didn’t warn you, but CNN’s latest venture into social media territory wasn’t quite the great big conversation that all the hype promised. Shock of the century…I know. Sure CNN did a pretty good job of mixing a little humor, a little serious and a little absurd to keep us […]

Jul

23

Old and New media unite in first debate of Election2.0

July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

After resisting, denying and often criticizing the power and legitimacy of New media, major news networks have finally figured out a way to let the bloggers work for them. Tonight CNN and YouTube will co-sponsor the democratic debate featuring questions posed by regular (well, some are questionably unstable) people and posted through the popular […]

Jul

10

For my father, who just discovered the beauty of Wikipedia…

July 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

For you, Dad, and all the others out there like you who can never seem to get enough trivial information: Here are a few more things I bet you didn’t know you could do with Wikipedia.  (ok, #9 is definitely NOT for dad…i don’t personally recommend this one for anyone)
Wikipedia (a combo of the […]