Want to work in PR at Linden Lab?
Well you can. The Second Life creator is looking for a PR specialist (1-3 years’ experience) at its San Francisco headquarters. As someone close to the campaign, I can tell you this is a great…
Sam Whitmore is blogging
My good friend Sam Whitmore, aka ‘The Media Scientist’, is blogging. His blog is just a taster of the wealth of knowledge he imparts daily and weekly as part of Sam Whitmore’s Media Survey, together…
Bambi on thin ice
Like me, you may have missed the story about Bambi Francisco, of Marketwatch, resigning Friday over a conflict of interest with her new startup, Vator.tv. I’ll admit to wondering why Bambi occasionally asked for video…
Back
Back in the US after a great trip to the UK. One thing which struck me is that the UK has gone ‘carbon footprint’ crazy. Companies are all falling over themselves to promote that they…
Eleven years at LEWIS
Just realized that I’ve been with my agency, LEWIS PR, for 11 years. I joined on April Fool’s Day in 1996. Wow, that’s quite a good stint in agency land. I still find it odd…
Prepare but don’t share
While it’s a good idea to prepare for media interviews, and to work towards that killer piece of Wired coverage, making it too transparent can seem a little gauche. Then again briefing spokespeople is standard…
PRWEEK US is blogging (and has been for a while)
Not sure how I missed this but PRWEEK US has a blog called The Cycle (after news cycle). While the tower banner ad center stage is a little odd and the frequent [sub req’d] must…
Reality Twittervision
Check out Twittervision for a mashup of Twitter with geolocation data. It gives you a world map with each ‘tweet’ popping up in realtime. It’s reality TV, web 2.0-style. Massively trivial and disjointed but also…
InfoWorld to fold print edition
Sam Whitmore, who was once described to me as a ‘media scientist’ (I know he liked that), has the scoop on the news [sub req] that tech weekly, InfoWorld, is to fold its print edition….
Celeste Altus leaves PRWEEK US
Bay Area bureau chief at PRWEEK, Celeste Altus, is leaving mid-April to go freelance. She joined about a year ago to replace Andrew Gordon, who jumped to the dark side joining, Access Communications. Keith O’Brien…