Archive for January, 2009
Think about what you put in print, before you print it
Published on: January 30, 2009There’s something special about print - newspapers, books, and especially magazines. They don’t have the magic or allure of radio for me (or theater of the mind), but the permanence of ink on paper has a definite place in my circle of media consumption. No doubt, the world is changing. Paper and ink are expensive [...]
Forever
Published on: January 28, 2009perhaps not the grandest of gestures
but indeed a more fitting reminder could not be presented
for through distance and time
there is no change in the heart
unless but of course it becomes more full
as thoughts turn to not what once was
but instead to what could be
when given the light to grow
and shelter from those who would deny
what [...]
The Best Marketing Changes Perception, But So Does The Worst
Published on: January 25, 2009I’m writing this article with the assumption that you (the reader) agree that marketing works, and works in very strong ways. We are confronted with marketing and advertising messages all day, every day. From the minute our clock radio alarm goes off and your local morning show DJ is endorsing his favorite product, to the [...]
Reading Round-Up: Stories I Found in January
Published on: January 23, 2009We all get busy, especially at the beginning of the year, and have to work to prioritize what we do and what we get done. One of the things that tends to fall to the side for me is reading and writing about things that have caught my eye in the world of radio, new [...]
Joe The Correspondent Fumbles; Bono Celebrates
Published on: January 13, 2009In my last post, I wrote that Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (a.k.a. Joe The Plumber) had signed up to become a war correspondent for a small, conservative online news site called Pajamas TV. Well, Joe arrived in Israel and began reporting on what he was observing. My initial suspicion was that he grossly under estimated the [...]
