by Rob Cottingham | Apr 6, 2005 | Communicating
A. Ballpoint pens and damage control. Jake McKee dissects an interview between PRNews and the general manager of Kryptonite, the ur-manufacturer of those U-shaped bike locks you now see everywhere. Back in September, a user at a bike discussion forum posted the... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 23, 2005 | Communicating, Politics
There’s an entertaining if foul-mouthed blog out there, titled Alastair Campbell – the name of Tony Blair’s former Dark Lord of the Sith spin supremo. Is there even a chance that this is really him, with such tempered and reasonable posts as this?... 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...