Quick thoughts on the Facebook TOS insanity

Some quick thoughts, Twitter-style.
1) If you don’t want your information owned, by Facebook or anyone else, DON’T FREAKING PUT IT ON THE INTERNETS.
2) You get a hot photo taken of you. You put it up on the Internet. Good luck “controlling your brand” once it’s online. If it’s really hot, inmates are using it as [...]



How an “Accomplished Communicator” Communicates

Usually when I’m on The O’Reilly Factor, like I was last night, I get a bunch of “We hate you, we hope you die” emails. I’m used to them. Bill definitely has a varied audience, no doubt. I delete them without a second thought.
So imagine my surprise when I received a response from a HARO [...]



Be Careful What You Post

This particular Twitter posting came back to bite the agency person from Ketchum (New York office) who made some unflattering remarks about Memphis this morning before he presented on digital media to the worldwide communications group at FedEx (150+) people. Not only did an employee find it, they were totally offended by it [...]



Rambling Thoughts from London, after a really good meal…

Was cleaning out my computer last night, and came across this gem, recorded during my 19-hour spur-of-the-moment round-trip to London this past June. I debated whether or not to post it – it’s really mostly ramblings – but the underlying statement is what my underlying statement always is: Doing things a certain way only because [...]



How NOT to introduce yourself to me

So imagine this… You walk up to me because I’m doing you a favor, and I put out my hand. Instead of shaking it, you violently slap it away, then tell me exactly how I’m supposed to talk to you, what I’m supposed to say, and warn me that if I utter so much as [...]