Hope everyone had a nice Fourth of July. Working closely with clients on very interesting projects is one of the best parts of my job in technology PR. Most of the time, the knowledge I gain is proprietary. But occasionally I get to share it, and today is one of those times. Recently Bitcurrent conducted […]
This weekend I tackled an irritating issue with my BMW 530i. I had a problem with the air conditioning, and the recent heat wave pushed this problem into the urgent quadrant. Summer time in DC, plus my wife complaining about it meant I could no longer use the time-tested technique of ignoring the problem. The […]
One of my jobs as a technology PR consultant is to stay current with industry trends, as I’ve written about previously here. No trend is bigger right now than cloud computing, which Gartner pegs as a $150 billion market by 2014. However, the term “cloud” is rapidly becoming like the term “2.0” — meaning whatever […]
Gabriele and I recently went for dinner at Tallula for the first time in a while. As readers of this blog know, we’re big fans of the restaurants in the Neighborhood Restaurant Group. Unfortunately, things had changed since we last ate at Tallula. I apparently was the last person in the DC area to realize […]
I’ve written previously in this blog about the success of TANDBERG’s Break Down the Walls social media portal. Tuesday night that success was officially recognized as Break Down the Walls took the prize for best corporate blog at the inaugural Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) social media awards. TANDBERG wasn’t the only winning Strategic Communications […]
This weekend I gave the M3 a good hand wash, and I replaced the low and high beam bulbs. If you really care about your car, you should wash it yourself. Automatic car washes use recycled water, harsh chemicals and the track your car travels through the wash can easily damage your rims. If you’re […]
Last night Intelligence Squared and Neustar conducted a fascinating, Oxford style debate on whether the threat of cyber war has been exaggerated. A packed house at the Newseum in Washington, DC heard four cyber heavyweights go toe-to-toe verbally both for and against the proposition that the threat has been exaggerated. The audience size was all […]
Gabriele and I just got back from a very fun trip to Prague, where my best friend Chris married a beautiful Czech woman named Martina. It was a beautiful ceremony held at a castle outside of Prague, and we were thrilled to share the day with them. The service and food at the wedding was […]
Yesterday I listened to Dan Pink talk about human motivation, as part of Neustar’s Innovation Speakers series. Dan’s well known for writing “Free Agent Nation” about ten years ago and is a good speaker. I attended one of his addresses in 2008 and wrote it up for the blog here. Dan usually takes something of […]
Seth Goldman of Honest Tea spoke at the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) National Capital breakfast last Friday. He gave an extremely engaging address about the continuing success of his company, and the ways they work hard to stay true to their beliefs, especially after the Coca-Cola company purchased a 40% stake in 2008. My […]
I’ve been drinking some good wine this month, or “good juice” as a friend of mine likes to say. Of course I’m doing this purely so I have a nice variety of wine notes to share with you, my readers. <smile> One nice discovery happened during a prospect dinner at Capital Grille Tysons Corner. The […]
Todd Defren’s PR Squared blog is usually a good read, and a couple of days ago he wrote a particularly interesting post. He talked about how every agency is jumping on the social media bandwagon, and the way they describe their social media quals are sounding awfully similar. He compared his own description against those […]