inCommunicado - eric eggertson

Confesion: I have a thing for signage.  I rave about good signage, and contantly harp about the perils of bad signage.
When I see a new stop sign - without warning signs about the change - all I see is a lawsuit.  When I can barely navigate a parking garage because the signs are […]

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I always keep my eye out for startling news on April 1.  For a few years I couldn’t figure out why so many shocking stories broke on this day.  Then I realized, it’s the start of the fiscal year for many companies!
This year’s crop:
Josh Hallett does some sleuthing to uncover a new venture by previous […]

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The appeal of snarky, bitchy blog posts is undeniable. And, quite frankly, reading blogs would be boring without some of the raw entertainment of celebrity-style journalism thrown in for good measure.
So I’m not entirely sure why I have such a negative reaction to the shoot-first-check-facts-later approach that has burbled into my RSS feed aggregator lately.
I […]

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I’ve been meaning to add these to my blogroll for a while now.  Check them out:
Tech

Darren  Barefoot
Michael Geist
Peter Rukavina
Robert Scoble
Thomas Hawk

Communications/PR

Andrea Weckerle
Kami Huyse
Eric Schwartzman
Rob Cottingham

The blogs have fairly interesting names, from New Millenium PR, to Spinfluencer, but I prefer to just list the author’s name, since that’s how I typically refer to them when I […]

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  Elizabeth Albrycht    Originally uploaded by PROBLOG.
I’ve long thought there should be a way to link web-based and text messaging tools to all the information that’s gathered about the ethical behaviour of corporations. Why can’t I take a web-enabled PDA to the mall, to help me choose between brands, based […]

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  Pretend Passengers    Originally uploaded by hyku.
Josh Hallett blogged about his experience on the public transportation system in his part of Florida.
The fact that taking a few buses for a day merits a detailed examination of the experience says something about our dependence on the car (or SUV, or minivan, […]

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