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Movie Memories: Million-Dollar Legs

“This is an ancient Klopstockian love song in the ancient Klopstockian language we spoke before we learned English” Woke up this morning remembering this absurd political parody set in the mythical republic of Klopstockia. In Klopstockia all the women are … Continue reading

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Western Mass Travel: Bradley Airport growing again

2010 saw new carriers and expanded service coming to Bradley, Western Massachusetts’ regional airport. Great if you could fly to Europe from Bradley! From Masslive.com: http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2011/02/bradley_international_airport_takes_off.html

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Why the economy is not run more…intelligently

I’ve been walking around with this wonderful quote from J.M. Keynes echoing in my head. (From The General Theory Of Employment, Interest And Money, 1935) The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they … Continue reading

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Bloggers you should follow today – Dec. 9 2010

Just looking at my links on this website and I realized that Seth Godin and Chris Brogan have great blogs that I read all the time, but they don’t really need any encouragement from me. So I’m taking Seth and … Continue reading

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Twitter Usage: Statistics from Pew Internet & American Life Project

Pew Research about Twitter: some good things to know Eight percent of the American adults who use the internet are Twitter users. Some of the groups who are notable for their relatively high levels of Twitter use include: Young adults … Continue reading

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A Blogger needs Social Media, and Social Media thrives on Blogging

I’m a big fan of using blogs and Social Media to reinforce one another. Social Media is a great way to expose your ideas to a larger audience than you may be able to attract easily to your blog (as … Continue reading

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Dan Zarella studies optimum blog posting schedules

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2010/12/06/whens-the-best-time-to-publish-blog-posts/ In general during the day is better than at night and later in the week is better than earlier to get retweets and sharing on Facebook. But posting multiple times a day (any and all days) swamps these effects … Continue reading

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Social Media arms race: How Republicans are winning on Twitter

Studies have shown Republicans have taken to Twitter more vigorously than Democrats — in part because of their minority status following the unpopular Bush administration. “The 2008 election was a huge wake-up call to Republicans across the country. The approach … Continue reading

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Agility: A brand takes advantage of news that’s not about them

My father used to quote Shakespeare (Macbeth?): “t’were done, t’were best done quickly”. Point being that if you decide to do something, or see an opportunity, act. (This is, of course, one of those truths the that provokes the recital … Continue reading

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Millenials’ Attitudes about Social Media from Buzz Machine

Jeff Jarvis of Buzz Machine met with a bunch of New York City teenagers to explore how they use Social Media and their attitudes about it. He calls it “The Kids are all right”. Fascinating. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2010/11/13/the-kids-are-all-right

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