Archive for October, 2005
Reading Roundup
From BlogWrite for CEOs: Blogging 101 Resources v. 2.0 Best new downloadable white papers on corporate blogging Reporters Without Borders has published a guide for bloggers and cyber-dissidents How blogging is different from journalism From Adventures in Net Marketing: Creative Commons Content From The Blog Herald: [...]
Writing Tools
Special thanks to Dave at Communication Nation for pointing me to Poynter Online's Fifty Writing Tools. I'm bookmarking this for future use.
Reading Roundup
From Wagner Communications: Local News Website Brings Citizen Journalism To Houston Even Small Businesses Need Crisis Plans Why Is It So Difficult To Create A Good Online Newsroom? Non-Profits Should Be Blogging ... It's Easy And Effective What Business Needs: Honesty The Dilemma For PR Professionals -- Facilitating [...]
New Cultural Arts School
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center launches new art gallery, school -- reported by the Houston Business Journal The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and the SBC Foundation officials Wednesday opened a new Latino Art Gallery and Visual Arts School on the city's West Side. The new gallery and school was made possible through a $500,000 grant given by [...]
a moment of anger
I should have taken a minute, or a few minutes, to cool down before I said something... before I did something. But I didn't and now I regret it. A few months ago the apartment above mine was rented out to an older couple, their daughter, her husband (or boyfriend or whatever) and their 4-year-old girl. They're a very noisy group. I understand [...]
RSS hacks
Steve Rubel posted his ten RSS hacks. Worth a read, here's the short version: Build Feeds for Your Favorite Writers Got a Car? Subscribe to its RSS Feed Merge Several RSS Feeds Into One, Then Stick it on Your Firefox Bar Track New Audiobooks with RSS Find Cool Stuff with a del.icio.us Inbox Feed Build a Library of Search Feeds in a [...]
being a flack
Steve Rubel asks the question, "Is Flack a Bad Word?" I never liked the word, but I know that some have embraced it as a way to empower themselves and the profession. I don't think that it really makes a difference, that it affects the way PR professionals are viewed. What do you think?
Rosa Parks dies
Civic rights activist Rosa Parks passed away, at age 92. A cultural icon, living history, Rosa Parks was one of the few women who could truly say "look at what I did." She will be missed. Let's not forget what she tried to do. Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks dead at 92 -- reported by KHOU CBS Channel 112 On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala, [...]
thinking of filing for bankruptcy?
Recent changes in the law have made it harder for you to file for bankruptcy. Tougher Bankruptcy Law Takes Effect Law Requires Mandatory Credit Counseling -- reported by Click2Houston.com ... it's tougher to file for personal bankruptcy. The new law makes it harder to liquidate. Those filing have to meet certain income requirements. In [...]
Gay marriage proposition
A little cross-posting, sort of, highlighting recent news coverage of a proposed change to the Texas constitution regulating marriage. For those of you who haven't been paying attention, the proposition is supposed to limit the guidelines of a marriage as that between one man and one woman. However, there are some problems with the amendment [...]
