by Rob Cottingham | Mar 22, 2005 | Communicating, Media Mix, Politics
Three minutes to deadline, and you’ve got a turkey of a story: an opinion poll that shows a minor difference – barely outside the margin of error – in the way Democrats see the Terri Schiavo issue, and the way Republicans see it. What to do…... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 19, 2005 | Communicating, Politics
I love The Left Coaster. It’s thought-provoking as well as irreverent (a balance I suspect we rarely quite get right here at ODTAA, despite our staff of 200 researchers, 16 writers and 24-hour TiVO tech support) (ah, you knew I was making that up – you... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 16, 2005 | Communicating, Technology
Jake at Community Guy has kindly extracted the top ten “I Hate (insert name of clod-like corporation here)” web sites from an article at Forbes. Here’s a little background, for the curious: Back in 2001, Canadian Tire tried to separate Mick McFadden... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 15, 2005 | Communicating, Everything Else
2016 Update: The website was deactivated quite a while ago. (Here’s the announcement, via archive.org.) Here’s what it looked like in its heyday. One aspect of the whole Jetsgo fiasco that this space has touched on (without adequately addressing) is the... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 11, 2005 | Communicating
Update: One of the things I love about the Net is the willingness of people to spring into action in times of crisis. Case in point: the spanking new site JetsGone that stakano plugs in the comments on this post. I’ve touched on JetsGo’s problems in the... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 10, 2005 | Communicating, Technology
Heading off on a tangent from the pivotal issue – when does an employer get a say in an employee’s off-hours life? – let’s take a moment to consider ten pieces of sage advice from Robert Scoble on what to do when your blog goes horribly,...