Friday Frivolity

Posted on June 23, 2006 by Luke Armour

Sound smarter: Stop saying "like"  For PR pros, that's a quick and easy way not to sound like an idiot. From Boing Boing: This billboard advises you to stop using the word "like" as punctuation, on behalf of something called the Academy of Linguistic Awareness. You can view another billboard of the Academy of Linguistic [...]

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PR dissed by journalism – again

Posted on June 21, 2006 by Luke Armour

This is old news to many (April), but it just re-read it again on the Bulldog Reporter this week. It touched a nerve. Bob Zelnick, a former ABC news correspondent and head of BU's journalism department stepped down from his post because he recognizes his inadequacies as an administrator. Good on ya, man. It's good [...]

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Sorry, been busy

Posted on June 21, 2006 by Luke Armour

First of all I just wanted to apologize for my extended absence. After graduation, life was just a whirlwind of activity. So much to do. First there was going on the obligatory "yippee, I just graduated" road trip followed by the continued job search followed by getting a job followed by going to a really [...]

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See Value in Letting Go

Posted on June 13, 2006 by Luke Armour

This article from the New York Times (By STUART ELLIOTT Published: June 13, 2006) put a smile on my face. Letting agencies make strategic decisions for the company? Sounds good to me. I mean, agencies are supposed to know their stuff, so why not let them go about doing it? Last year when I was [...]

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The Blogger Dichotomy

Posted on June 6, 2006 by Luke Armour

This is a little late, but I've been mulling this topic over for a while. Spawned by this this post by Wagstaff, I've been wanting to post something about this since I read it as well as add some of my own thoughts on the subject. Wagstaff goes into detail about PR people and bloggers, [...]

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Friday Frivolity

Posted on June 2, 2006 by Luke Armour

You know what really bothers me? When a major decision needs to be made and logic is just getting in the way. Introducing a new generation of the classic Rock/Paper/Scissors game. No longer are you stuck with just rock, paper, or scissors, now there are 25 hand gestures to choose from to prove that your [...]

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