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▼The PAO’s Nightmare: Or What Keeps CDR Charlie Brown Awake At Night: - USNI Blog
Commanders, if you ever have trouble understanding what your PAO does, just realize they have to deal with can’t-win stories like this: A Marine sergeant is set to be arraigned Thursday in San Diego County Superior Court on a felony charge of animal abuse for allegedly hurling a kitten at a wall, authorities said. Fernando Pacheco, 27, is assigned to administrative duties at the Marine Corps’...Expand this post »
Commanders, if you ever have trouble understanding what your PAO does, just realize they have to deal with can’t-win stories like this: A Marine sergeant is set to be arraigned Thursday in San Diego County Superior Court on a felony charge of animal abuse for allegedly hurling a kitten at a wall, authorities said. Fernando Pacheco, 27, is assigned to administrative duties at the Marine Corps’...Expand this post »
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Like▼Thanks, Daria. I agree it's well worth the read.
Privacy, Identity, and Digital Fingerprints - Independent Thinking
Jeffrey Rosen has a terrific, thought-provoking article in last week’s New York Times Magazine about the end of privacy in our new digital era. In it, he writes: We are only beginning to understand the costs of an age in which so much of what we say, and of what others say about us, goes into our permanent—and public—digital files. The fact that the Internet never seems to forget is threatenin...Expand this post »
Privacy, Identity, and Digital Fingerprints - Independent Thinking
Jeffrey Rosen has a terrific, thought-provoking article in last week’s New York Times Magazine about the end of privacy in our new digital era. In it, he writes: We are only beginning to understand the costs of an age in which so much of what we say, and of what others say about us, goes into our permanent—and public—digital files. The fact that the Internet never seems to forget is threatenin...Expand this post »
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Like▼Digital alarmists are wrong - L.A. Times - Commentary
Google is not making us stupid, PowerPoint is not destroying literature, and the Internet is not really changing our brains.
The latest attack on the Internet and on computers in general is Nicholas Carr's book, "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains."
Google is not making us stupid, PowerPoint is not destroying literature, and the Internet is not really changing our brains.
The latest attack on the Internet and on computers in general is Nicholas Carr's book, "The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains."
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Like▼Angeles Crest Highway closures cause confusion and frustration - L.A. Times - California | Local News
Hundreds of hikers and bicyclists have been spotted in areas closed for construction. Some are genuinely unaware of the roadblocks along the popular trails, while others trespass out of...Expand this post »
Hundreds of hikers and bicyclists have been spotted in areas closed for construction. Some are genuinely unaware of the roadblocks along the popular trails, while others trespass out of...Expand this post »
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Like▼How crisis PR hasn't kept up with the turbulent times - Wash Post Nation
The sun never rises for BP. Or so it seems. After it had finally stanched the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico last week, this week brought news that the "cap" it placed on the gushing wellhead might...Expand this post »
The sun never rises for BP. Or so it seems. After it had finally stanched the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico last week, this week brought news that the "cap" it placed on the gushing wellhead might...Expand this post »
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Like▼McChrystal Ends Service With Regret and a Laugh - NYT > Home Page
The ceremony included pageantry and the general’s admission that he was not leaving on his own terms.
The ceremony included pageantry and the general’s admission that he was not leaving on his own terms.
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Like▼Advisory board urges deep cuts in DoD's civilian staff - Federal Times
An influential Pentagon advisory board will recommend that Defense Department Secretary Robert Gates slash the civilian work force by more than 111,000 people and drastically pare the military's combatant command structure as ways to save billions of dollars.
An influential Pentagon advisory board will recommend that Defense Department Secretary Robert Gates slash the civilian work force by more than 111,000 people and drastically pare the military's combatant command structure as ways to save billions of dollars.
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Like▼Navy women reach new heights - Wash Post Nation
The submarine school in Groton, Conn., will include 19 women this year, the first group since the Navy lifted its ban on women serving on submarines.
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The submarine school in Groton, Conn., will include 19 women this year, the first group since the Navy lifted its ban on women serving on submarines.
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Like▼Journalism Legend Daniel Schorr Dies At 93 - NPR Topics: News
Schorr, a longtime NPR contributor, broke stories during the Cold War and Watergate that won him numerous awards -- as well as the enmity of presidents. He was 93.
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Like▼Pentagon Faces Political and Economic Pressures to Cut Budget - NYT > Politics
Political and economic factors are forcing the first serious debate since 2001 about the size and cost of the military.
Political and economic factors are forcing the first serious debate since 2001 about the size and cost of the military.
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Like▼The Web Means the End of Forgetting - NYT > Magazine
The digital age is facing its first existential crisis: the impossibility of erasing your posted past and moving on.
The digital age is facing its first existential crisis: the impossibility of erasing your posted past and moving on.
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Like▼Why The Next Big Pop-Culture Wave After Cupcakes Might Be Libraries - NPR Blogs: Monkey See
by Linda Holmes Steve Debenport/iStockphoto.com I realize we're picking the bones from the Old Spice campaign at this point, but when I saw that the Brigham Young University parody of the Old Spice ads had gotten more than 1.2 million views (Old Spicy himself — that's what I'm calling him — did a video for libraries), it got me thinking. Specifically, it got me thinking about the very...Expand this post »
by Linda Holmes Steve Debenport/iStockphoto.com I realize we're picking the bones from the Old Spice campaign at this point, but when I saw that the Brigham Young University parody of the Old Spice ads had gotten more than 1.2 million views (Old Spicy himself — that's what I'm calling him — did a video for libraries), it got me thinking. Specifically, it got me thinking about the very...Expand this post »
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Like▼Saving our digital heritage - Dan Gillmor
The Library of Congress and other preservation-minded organizations ponder how we preserve what we're creating
The Library of Congress and other preservation-minded organizations ponder how we preserve what we're creating
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Like▼Social Media's Critical Path: Relevance to Resonance to Significance - HBR.org
If social media warranted a mantra, it would sound something like this, "Always pay it forward and never forget to pay it back...it's how you got here and it defines where you're going." This...Expand this post »
If social media warranted a mantra, it would sound something like this, "Always pay it forward and never forget to pay it back...it's how you got here and it defines where you're going." This...Expand this post »
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Like▼How to Reproduce the Old Spice Video Phenomena - Digital Influence Mapping Project
Oh, you know its going to happen, brand marketers left and right asking their teams to "get me some of that Old Spice" social media magic. This recent campaign will be another benchmark of social media achievement. I know this because CNN (CNN International, actually) interviewed me on Friday to get my take on the campaign. As with previous, alleged big success stories - BMW Films, Subservient ...Expand this post »
Oh, you know its going to happen, brand marketers left and right asking their teams to "get me some of that Old Spice" social media magic. This recent campaign will be another benchmark of social media achievement. I know this because CNN (CNN International, actually) interviewed me on Friday to get my take on the campaign. As with previous, alleged big success stories - BMW Films, Subservient ...Expand this post »
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Like▼The importance of the Twitter Retweet - GovLoop
Microsoft Research came out with some very interesting research looking specifically at the act of retweeting on Twitter. If you'd like to read the full paper it is available for download in PDF format. Note that the following Twitter pros were behind the research: - Danah Boyd, Microsoft Research, @zephoria - Scott Golder, Cornell / Microsoft Research, @redlog - Gilad Lota, Microsoft, @gilgul...Expand this post »
Microsoft Research came out with some very interesting research looking specifically at the act of retweeting on Twitter. If you'd like to read the full paper it is available for download in PDF format. Note that the following Twitter pros were behind the research: - Danah Boyd, Microsoft Research, @zephoria - Scott Golder, Cornell / Microsoft Research, @redlog - Gilad Lota, Microsoft, @gilgul...Expand this post »
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Like▼Apple press event a lesson in how not to handle a crisis - a shel of my former self
Much has been written about Apple’s press event held last week to address the iPhone 4 dropped-call kerfuffle. Some people were satisfied (especially Apple’s most loyal customers, who melted into gooey puddles when Apple CEO Steve Jobs got choked up over how much he loves Apple customers); others weren’t. I’ve made no secret about my view of Apple’s business practices while recognizing that th...Expand this post »
Much has been written about Apple’s press event held last week to address the iPhone 4 dropped-call kerfuffle. Some people were satisfied (especially Apple’s most loyal customers, who melted into gooey puddles when Apple CEO Steve Jobs got choked up over how much he loves Apple customers); others weren’t. I’ve made no secret about my view of Apple’s business practices while recognizing that th...Expand this post »
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Like▼Nation’s Spies, Contractors Brace For Post Expose - Wired: Danger Room
That acrid scent in your nostrils? It’s the intelligence community’s hair on fire. No, not from an imminent terrorist attack, but from an imminent series on the community’s expansive use of contractors since 9/11, courtesy of the Washington Post and PBS’ Frontline. We haven’t read the series, set to drop starting Monday. But John Noonan of the Weekly Standard tweeted at us with a memo that the...Expand this post »
That acrid scent in your nostrils? It’s the intelligence community’s hair on fire. No, not from an imminent terrorist attack, but from an imminent series on the community’s expansive use of contractors since 9/11, courtesy of the Washington Post and PBS’ Frontline. We haven’t read the series, set to drop starting Monday. But John Noonan of the Weekly Standard tweeted at us with a memo that the...Expand this post »
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Like▼Reaffirming the Internet Breeds Incivility - Geoff Livingston's Blog
Perhaps you saw the dust-up yesterday. Peter Shankman called out my business partner Kami Huyse for a post about one of his tweets (pictured above). Kami was using it as an example to create a conversation about Internet civility… The original tweet was a demonstration. Time consumption abuse by folks who don’t value Peter’s time was used to flaunt rates and be generally flippant on Twitter. J...Expand this post »
Perhaps you saw the dust-up yesterday. Peter Shankman called out my business partner Kami Huyse for a post about one of his tweets (pictured above). Kami was using it as an example to create a conversation about Internet civility… The original tweet was a demonstration. Time consumption abuse by folks who don’t value Peter’s time was used to flaunt rates and be generally flippant on Twitter. J...Expand this post »
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Like▼Childhood obesity: A security issue - POLITICO Top Stories
Opinion: Obesity is preventing otherwise qualified military recruits from enlisting.Expand this post »
Opinion: Obesity is preventing otherwise qualified military recruits from enlisting.Expand this post »
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Editorial: The Google Algorithm - NYT > Opinion
If Google is to continue to be the main map to the information highway, it must lead us fairly to where we want to go.
Editorial: The Google Algorithm - NYT > Opinion
If Google is to continue to be the main map to the information highway, it must lead us fairly to where we want to go.
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Like▼Op-Ed Columnist: The Spies Who Loved Us - NYT > Opinion
The good news is that someone still wants to spy on us. The bad news is that it’s the Russians.
The good news is that someone still wants to spy on us. The bad news is that it’s the Russians.
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Like▼Northrop Grumman to Consolidate Gulf Coast Shipyards and Explore Strategic Alternatives for Shipbuilding Business - Northrop Grumman Corp. News
LOS ANGELES -- July 13, 2010 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announced today plans to consolidate its Gulf Coast shipbuilding operations and explore strategic alternatives for its...Expand this post »
LOS ANGELES -- July 13, 2010 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announced today plans to consolidate its Gulf Coast shipbuilding operations and explore strategic alternatives for its...Expand this post »
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Like▼I Don’t Have Time to Google You: Micro Fame Breeds Arrogance - Communication Overtones
I saw this tweet today. And while it was penned by someone who, in general, has been pretty approachable, all I could think was, “How arrogant.” I purposefully did not add this person’s name to the tweet because this isn’t really about calling someone out, but more about the dangers of fame, both real fame (celebrities), or microfame (social media type). I get that when you have a modicum...Expand this post »
I saw this tweet today. And while it was penned by someone who, in general, has been pretty approachable, all I could think was, “How arrogant.” I purposefully did not add this person’s name to the tweet because this isn’t really about calling someone out, but more about the dangers of fame, both real fame (celebrities), or microfame (social media type). I get that when you have a modicum...Expand this post »
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Like▼New media give way to newer media and get even better - Boing Boing
My latest Guardian column, "Reports of blogging's death have been greatly exaggerated," discusses the way that new media give way to newer media, and, in so doing, become truer to themselves: Do a...Expand this post »
My latest Guardian column, "Reports of blogging's death have been greatly exaggerated," discusses the way that new media give way to newer media, and, in so doing, become truer to themselves: Do a...Expand this post »
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