Kudos to the Catholic Church…

...for the excellent job they are doing with the 'Catholics come home' campaign -- a great combination of traditional and new, online media. Discussing this with my good friend Jim Kelleher of Kelleher Creative in St. Louis, I was pleased to see the church hasn't lost it's sense of humor, either. For those of you … Continue reading Kudos to the Catholic Church…

Better than TV

Image by thebittenword.com via FlickrInteresting perspective on the use of time and intelligence..."I was recently reminded of some reading I did in college, way back in the last century, by a British historian arguing that the critical technology, for the early phase of the industrial revolution, was gin. The transformation from rural to urban life … Continue reading Better than TV

Framing your social media efforts

When Chris Brogan speaks, I listen. This time I take issue..."There are three main areas of practice for social media that your company (or you) should be thinking about: listening, connecting, publishing. From these three areas, you can build out your usage of the tools, thread your information networks to feed and be fed, and … Continue reading Framing your social media efforts

Open source in schools could save the taxpayer billions | ComputerworldUK blogs

Although this post was written in the UK, it's applicable here..."In a 2005 report the Government quango Becta showed that schools could effect considerable savings by making use of Free Open Source software such as Open Office. In their study they simply looked at “like for like” software replacement using existing networks and computers.Since this … Continue reading Open source in schools could save the taxpayer billions | ComputerworldUK blogs