links for 2007-05-16

In one of those odd twists of automated ad placement, I saw an ad for Dell product coupons (from a third party site, not Dell itself) in the RSS feed for Jeff Jarvis’ blog tonight.  Those familiar with his "Dell Hell" experience will understand the overwhelming irony.

For more than a decade, I have been working with employers, colleagues, and clients to maximize the use of the Internet for political and public affairs advocacy. I’ve tried a lot of things. Many worked well, some didn’t. And I’ve seen a lot from others that worked and some that didn’t. InterAdvocacy will keep an…

This one I just don’t understand.  Tom Foremski  takes Technorati to task over at Silicon Valley Watcher for a pay service that allows corporations to track their coverage in the blogosphere.  He writes: "I was surprised by how aggressive Technorati was in its pitch because it has a very good standing within the blogging community,…

I have decided to coin a new phrase today.  "Blackberry brevity."  I have realized that when I type emails on my Blackberry-esque device (it is actually a Palm Treo 700w), I often abbreviate — not only words, but I curb the length of my message to avoid having to do more thumb typing than absolutely…

PRSA’s New York chapter is putting on what should be an interesting event on September 29 called "NY MegaTech Day."  It’s essentially a daylong seminar on blogging and new technologies for online PR.  It features prominent bloggers like Steve Rubel and BL Ochman and should provide much food for thought. The agenda is here and…

I originally posted this on TechJots, but I imagine readers here may be interested as well: I always knew I liked Shel Israel.  Now I know why: he’s a Red Sox fan! Seriously, though, he’s going to be part of a blogger dinner in Boston on July 12 at 7 pm at Fire and Ice…