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I had written just a fairly lengthy post in the text entry field in Expression Engine, the blogging platform I use, and wanted to add a link. I clicked the “link” button, which opens a pop-up window where you enter the URL. But I had forgotten that I was using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 (public beta 3). If I had listened hard enough, I…

PR Girlz is a brand new group blog co-written by eight female staffers at Thornley Fallis, a Canadian PR agency that has taken a lead in understanding and evangelizing social media. The site proclaims, “In a business which women dominate, our goal is to engage women in the emerging social media world by creating a collaborative forum to share interesting perspectives on…

Back when the world was young and I worked as an employee communications staffer at ARCO, our design maven—a ball of fire named Jessie Garrett—used to pore over copies of Communication Arts looking for inspiration and ideas to adapt to the various publications we produced. CA is still around—and still a terrific design resource—but the web makes it easy to assemble examples of good ideas…

One of the top questions I get about the prospects for an executive who’s considering blogging is about the commitment. “My CEO is so pressed for time,” these queries begin, “where will he ever find the time to blog?” I have several answers, having to do with reallocation of communication activities (use the blog in instances where it’s a better tool than the old way of communicating)…

I have to admit, I’ve never heard of Joel Cheesman. Evidently, though, he’s well-known among Human Resources types. Cheesman blogs as Cheezhead and is CEO of a couple recruiting companies. His blog bio pegs him as “one of the Internet???s most famous and widely-read blogger on emerging recruitment issues in the world.”

While Cheesman could use an editor (how many of you immediately…

Rex Hammock congratulates Terry Heaton on his new gig at Audience Research and Development of Dallas. What caught my eye, though, was Hammock’s observation that Heaton’s blog would move with him. Heaton himself notes, “(ARD’s) Jerry (Gumbert) and I have agreed that I will continue blogging.”

This seems to represent something of a trend. David Jones is continuing to author the PR blog he started while at