You simply must read this laugh out loud funny list of crazy patents that have actually been awarded by the USPTO. I picked up on it from a post by Seth Levine where he reports on (potentially) good news about pending changes in the way patents are handled. We can only hope. My favorites from…
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…
The following is a transcript of the conversation with Pedro Noguera. Chip Griffin: Pedro Noguera is a professor at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University, as well as the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, and the co-director of the Institute for the Study of Globalization and Education in…
New York Times reports today on the future of cell phone advertising. It notes that a number of companies and carriers are exploring how best to do advertising in this medium where the providers already know a fair bit about their customers. The article is generally thin on details, but it certainly provokes my thinking….
Jen Phillips of 4L Strategies joins the Roundtable this week to discuss a variety of topics of interest to public relations and communications professionals. Among the subjects we explore include: — Does Harvard Business Review’s approach to online content demonstrate that quality trumps quantity? — Is Facebook on the road to becoming to news outlets what Amazon…
In this episode of Chats with Chip, Kevin Anselmo of Experiential Communications joins me to talk about founding a PR firm focused on helping academics and educators communicate more effectively. Listen to this episode at Media Bullseye.