Whither Feedster?
I saw Scott Rafer as I was walking around the neighborhood this afternoon, which made me think about Feedster. Haven’t heard much about them since he left last year, and they seem to have been…
Get a PR internship by blogging
Congrats to Stephen Davies, who runs PR Blogger, and landed a 3-week internship with LEWIS UK in April. Stephen and I connected as a result of his blog and I’m pleased we were able to…
Overheating ego
Via Steve Rubel, weird web gizmo of the week goes to egoSurf which allows you to rate your ego based on search engine returns in Google, Yahoo, MSN, del.icio.us and Technorati. The results convert into…
Posting from Zoho Writer
Here’s another online word processing and document sharing application, Zoho Writer. Just giving the demo user version a quick spin. It’s a free, AJAX application, with full WYSIWYG controls and several MS Word-like features. The…
Why isn’t PR suffering like the MSM?
Tom Foremski, pioneering journo blogger and driving force behind Silicon Valley Watcher, has been gazing into his crystal ball, trying to work out the end game for media in the light of the disruptive force…
Fatties
Mike Manuel highlights a piece in the SF Business Times noting an uptick in tech PR in the Bay over the last 3 months. New shops with names like FlashPoint and New Venture Comms are…
Paul Charles moves to Virgin Atlantic
PR Week: Congrats to Paul Charles, who is moving from Eurostar to become director of corporate comms at Virgin Atlantic. I’ve had the chance to get to know Paul over the last two years. He’s…
Asking for client references
One of the kindest things a client can do for her agency is to act as a reference. That five minute call helps secure the agency business and is far more compelling than anything the…
Valentine’s Day Sale – Now on
I saw a sales promotion this afternoon in a local store for Valentine’s Day. It was empty, while the other stores were full of Sunday afternoon shoppers, which goes to prove that timing is everything…
Hard work makes you happy
It’s official – beat the Jan blues with a healthy dose of hard graft.