Guest Post: To embargo or not to embargo

Embargoes are a hot topic. Hot enough to draw some heavy-hitting journalists to a panel event last week in San Francisco to discuss the pros and cons, and importance of relationships between journalists and PR people. In a guest post, Burson-Marsteller’s Bobbie Peyton shares some highlights from the Embargo 2010 event.
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Embargo 2010: An Industry Discussion [...]

I wonder what kind of shoes he’s wearing…

Today I was reading one of my favorite geek blogs: Geekologie. (Be warned…some of the language on this geek blog is nsfw.)
In a recent post they embedded a video that I think shows some pretty amazing stuff. Apparently, it’s Cirque du Soleil practice footage of trampolining. Enjoy and happy friday!

Web 2.O-no-he-didnt!

“San Francisco’s Municipal Transit Agency is launching an internal investigation after video of a fight between two bus passengers that the vehicle’s driver never reported popped up on YouTube.” Click here for the full story.

[via @ralphlee]
[Headline phrase credit: @sharonhowell]

Q&A with Dave Wendland

Guess who was quoted in the USA Today article “Real-time Web keeps social networkers connected“?
DAVE!
And, can you guess what Dave talked about? No surprises here, folks…
SOCIAL MEDIA!
“Unplugging is virtually, no pun intended, impossible,” says Dave Wendland, 25, a heavy-duty real-time Web user in Chicago. “People tend to go through withdrawal, and I can [...]

Stats for your eyes

I love stats. Yes, I do. I love stats (especially when they’re about social media). How ’bout you?

Some that caught my eye[s]:

If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 4th largest.
80% of Twitter usage is on mobile devices.
Generation Y and Z consider e-mail passé. In 2009, Boston College stopped distributing e-mail addresses to [...]

Say what?

WSJ takes a look at text-messaging shorthand (Quick! Tell Us What KUTGW Means).  The writer cited one link, in particular, that I think may be helpful for those who are trying to find ways to cut down on the number of characters (why, hello, Twitter) or who need a  translation guide: netlingo.com.  The site provides “definitions of Internet [...]

I spy with my little eye…

Well, today’s New Media call was lively! One of the topics we discussed was the Wikipedia debate epic battle re: censoring the Rorschach test. As of July 14, via Slashdot:
“The 10 inkblot images that form the classic have fallen into the public domain, and so including them on Wikipedia would seem to be a simple [...]

Celebrate the 4th – the iPhone way

I don’t have an iPhone.
“What?! You dont?!”
*Sigh* It’s true. BUT my mom has one, so I live vicariously through hers! That counts right? She has shown me some pretty cool apps, such as word scramble games. However, what I want to show you is this:
Handmarks Fireworks App.
Have a Happy Fourth!
[Via GeekSugar]
Oh, and, for the record: I [...]

O NOES for PacMan

How do you write it?

Thanks for clearing up the confusion, AP Stylebook folks!
As some of my coworkers can attest (shout out to @simpliciano!), I’m a huge fan of learning the AP Style way. Spreading the enthusiasm, I’d like to share a note that just came into my inbox. : )
An AP Stylebook Online entry has been updated.
Editor’s Note: The Twitter entry [...]