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Public Relations: The Two Sides of Information Access

Waxing UnLyrical

Boston and the world recently got an unfortunate and disturbing lesson on and reminder of the power…and the perils…of information access. The perils lay in the ability of anyone, anywhere…at any time…to acquire information that, sadly, could be used to inflict harm on others. Image: National Library of Scotland via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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What Information Is Not

Waxing UnLyrical

It used to proclaim at program breaks: “WXXX, where information is power.&#. Information of itself (in hands other than Google’s, Facebook’s, or the FBI’s) is useless. Information of itself (in hands other than Google’s, Facebook’s, or the FBI’s) is useless.

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18 Tweetable Twitter Tips for Newbies

Waxing UnLyrical

For those of us who’ve been using Twitter for a while, we sometimes forget that there are new adopters of the network every day. Trying to figure out Twitter back in the day was bad enough; can you imagine what it’s like these days? So here are 18 tweetable Twitter tips for newbies (check out that alliteration!).

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How To Use Twitter For PR

Waxing UnLyrical

When I first started writing this post, I was going to call it “How I Use Twitter.” ” Then I thought again, because a) I’m not as frenetically active on Twitter these days as I used to be, and b) who the heck cares how I use Twitter? Image: TheNextWeb via Flickr, CC 2.0. Taking it a step further.

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Twitter and Television: A Match Made In Heaven

Waxing UnLyrical

My experience is that Twitter has become very intertwined with primetime television. So when NBC Universal Research Chief Alan Wurtzel had this to say about Twitter and the Olympics , I was shocked. Image: David Ross via Flickr CC 2.0. Twitter and Television: A Match Made In Heaven is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical.

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Flickr adds Downloadable Video Sharing

The Way of the Web

It’s not often that there’s a new feature worth talking about at Flickr. And it seems to have been so long that Flickr’s marketing team dropping it into a particularly bare email, giving it just two lines. Flickr allowing video sharing changes that. But it’s actually quite interesting.

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How Manwich Could Use Twitter Without Even Being On It

Waxing UnLyrical

He said, “It was practical, funny, informative and useful. Image: keysi via Flickr, CC 2.0. Well, recently Gini Dietrich invited Lindsay Bell to dinner via The Twitter. I did a Flickr search for Manwich and got over 1,500 results! I mean, they chose “Manwich” for their Twitter handle. You should.

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