Heather Lauer
Heather Lauer, author of the Bacon Unwrapped blog, talked with Chip about a phenomenon known as the “Pitchfork Fondue.”
Some of you know that in a past life I was involved in politics and policy in Washington, DC. I spent time on Capitol Hill, with a think tank, and in various advocacy or public affairs positions. I haven’t been involved in politics regularly in about 7 or 8 years, but every so often the…
It was with sadness that I saw last night a bulletin that one of my favorite authors had died in a car accident. David Halberstam, writer of American history and sports, was the passenger in a car in Menlo Park, CA the was broad-sided by another. Halberstam was a master story-teller who wrote “popular history” better…
A snowstorm in the Northeast last week could prove extraordinarily costly for JetBlue. Accustomed to positive press coverage, the company has been besieged by a multimedia attack from customers and reporters alike. First there was the plane stuck on the tarmac for 10 hours while passengers suffered. Now, the airline has been forced to cancel…
The current credit and equity crisis is bad, but it has been made worse because too many people unwisely buy high and sell low.
Last week, my wife and I took our annual week away together. It wasn’t exactly as planned because one of my sons got a stomach virus just hours before we were to leave for the West Coast, so we had to wait to be sure everyone was OK before turning the children over to the…
Jim Horton wrote today about the lack of control that companies have, especially over product announcements, in the new media era we live in. That got me thinking to the question of control vs. influence. The mantra of the blogosphere tends to be that companies cannot and should not attempt to control the conversation. In…