Live From London, It’s Politics Online
If you follow me on Twitter (@MichaelTurk if you don’t and would like to), you know I’m in jolly old England this week for the Politics: Web 2.0 Conference. Micah Sifry
Barack Obama Marx OR Is Obama Really Religious?
There’s been a lot of chatter about Barack Obama’s remarks to wealthy San Francisco donors regarding midwest voters.
You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration,
How Not To Sell Volume 1
I guess it is sales and marketing education day here at The Quip. No sooner did I complete my post about following your brand online that I get the e-mail below. This was the whole message:
Every Month, We Show 30 Million Cable Customers Why Cable TV Is a Great Educational Resource for Teachers, Students &
Follow & Defend Your Brand Online
A colleague pointed me at this article on ereleases.com. The writer had been trying to book a vacation and was swayed toward a particular hotel because he found the manager posting comments on travel websites – apologizing to customers who posted complaints and thanking guests for their feedback.
Cuddle Parties: When Touchy Feely Goes Goofy
Hat Tip to @megfowler via Twitter for this one. She writes:
i find the concept of cuddle parties really unsettling. i mean, i get it, but i don’t… get it.
The premise is that everyone needs to be more comfortable with touch,
The McCain Girls Hold America Hostage for J-Mac
Back in the 1980s, Weird Al Yankovic appeared on the scene and convinced every schmuck with rhyming ability that they could make millions by bastardizing pop tunes. I know, I was there, and I lyrically destroyed more than a few tunes while drinking with friends.
Unfortunately, not everyone outgrew
The Greatest Rick Roll of All Time
If you’re a fan of the Muppets and Rick Astley, you’ll love this.
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Hillary’s Deperation Play
As Pennsylvania voters head to the poll on April 22, the polls are closing. Hillary’s once vaunted lead of 20 points or better had disintegrated and she now stands only 6.6 points ahead. Michigan and Florida have
What The Hell Is A Mouth Ulcer?
Saturday morning I woke up with a terrible sore throat, and was convinced I had strep. Having had strep many times before, I was almost certain that was the case.
After a quick trip to the urgent care facility near my house, and a brief consultation with a doctor I could barely understand, I picked
Abolish Read Receipts On E-mail
Via Twitter, @agfhome asks, “Do people think i’m stupid? Does anyone else get insulted by seeing a read receipt on an email requesting a reply and getting none?”
For the record, here are my thoughts on the subject. I think e-mail read receipts re about the most annoying damn thing ever created