Archive for 'Flying'
Credibility
Posted on 21. Mar, 2009 by admin.
Now here’s a word that gets bantied about lately. Credibility. It appears as if credibility is being questioned at every turn and we’re all trying to figure out how that happened all at once. We are questioning credibility in our government, large corporations and the people who run them, our economy, the stock market and some [...]
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Mobile Impact for New Media
Posted on 17. Mar, 2009 by admin.
Walk down a street in any major city in the world, and you ‘ll see everyone looking at their mobile. Even two people walking together – each will be looking at his/her own mobile device. It is truly a love/hate thing. According to comScore, the number of people using a mobile device to access news and information has doubled in [...]
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Spring Around the Corner…
Posted on 08. Mar, 2009 by admin.
It has been a long, cold winter. Of course, I live in metro Boston, so it goes with the territory. But yesterday, the mercury crept up to 61-degrees and I went flying, reminding me that there IS light at the end of the tunnel. (Thanks are in order to my business partner, who has a beautiful Citabria – a [...]
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Sully, a pilot’s pilot
Posted on 17. Jan, 2009 by admin.
Captain C.B. Sully Sullenberger has 227,730 fans on his facebook profile only two days after safely landing the Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. Bet he never thought any of this would happen. But who better to land that heavy iron so very gracefully on the water than Sully, the glider pilot. Our hats are [...]
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Happy Ending
Posted on 17. Jan, 2009 by admin.
My first post here has absolutely nothing to do with new media exactly. But it DOES have to do with a great story. You see, having been a journalist for over 20 years, I truly enjoy the story of the Hudson Miracle. It is not only the extraordinary angles of a catastrophe averted by the [...]
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Daily Dog
- Sports Writer Suspended Over Inaccurate Tweets: Washington Post Columnist Wise Allegedly Sent Out False Info on Purpose About NFL Quarterback's Suspension to Prove a Point About Fact-Checking September 3, 2010The Washington Post has suspended sports writer Mike Wise for allegedly tweeting inaccurate information to his followers — on purpose. In an effort to prove a point that all reporters should verify all news before they report it, Wise turned to his Twitter account and intentionally sent out fabricated info about an NFL quarterback's suspension being red […]
- Botox Maker Irons Out Misbranding Allegations with $600 Million Settlement: Allergan Pleads Guilty to Charge of Encouraging Doctors to Promote Botox for Unapproved Medical Uses September 3, 2010Allergan this week paid a $600 million settlement in a deal to resolve criminal and civil allegations that the company actively promoted Botox , its top-selling product, for unapproved medical uses, encouraging doctors to prescribe the drug for uses the FDA hadn't authorized, such as treating headaches and pain. The company agreed to plead guilty to one […]
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- On the Campaign Trail: Xerox Unveils Global Marketing Effort that Taps Other Businesses Like Procter & Gamble and Target as Campaign Partners to Show How Xerox Helps Them with Business Processes September 3, 2010In its most ambitious and innovative marketing campaign yet, Xerox has launched a global effort that explores how the company helps iconic brands like Procter & Gamble , Mr. Clean and Target with business process and document management, freeing them to focus on what matters most — their real business. The campaign, which takes brand characters out of th […]
