Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Twitter conversations & PR spammers
Chris Anderson has had it with being spammed by PR staff, and today he made a line in the sand no one is going to forget. At least no one who’s spammed him recently. Today he published the email addresses of everyone who sent him inappropriate in the last 30 days:
I’ve had it. I get [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in general by Sandra Fernandez
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
a discussion on immigration at HPL
The Houston Public Library is going to have C-SPAN2’s Book TV taping the upcoming “An Evening with Gregory Rodriguez.” Rodriguez will be reading from and discussing his book Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans & Vagabonds: Mexican Immigration and the Future of Race in America.
“An Evening With Gregory Rodriguez” November 5, 2007 at 6 PM McGovern-Stella [...]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson (photo)
Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson
Originally uploaded by eschipul
Ed Schipul took this photo at the Houston Chronicle’s Book & Author dinner last Sunday. Portions of the proceeds from that dinner benefit the Houston Public Library.
Pictured here is Dr. Rhea Brown Lawson, director of the Houston Public Library.
1 Comment » - Posted in general by Sandra Fernandez
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
blogger relations
Stuart Henshall has a post covering the differences between blogger relations and the social media news release. He does a good job of comparing one versus the other.
Blogger Outreach vs Blogger Relations vs Blogger PR.
Blogger PR: Providing Traditional PR Kits jazzed up in a format that blogger may or maynot see. (How do [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in general by Sandra Fernandez
Monday, October 15th, 2007
Blog Action Day
Today is Blog Action Day. What’s that?
On October 15th - Blog Action Day, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind.
In its inaugural year, Blog Action Day will be co-ordinating bloggers to tackle the issue of the environment.
My Facebook profile lists the ways I am green. I follow [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in general by Sandra Fernandez
Monday, October 15th, 2007
Personal Mission Statement
This is a work in progress, the same as my life:
I will be fearless in my creativity. I will be relentless in my pursuit of greatness. I will be myself, always.
This is a statement of intent, the guide for my day to day living, the standard for my professional and personal existence. I hope to [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in general by Sandra Fernandez
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
KPFT, undiscovered in Houston
I don’t listen to KPFT, I’m ashamed to admit. Today’s Netsquared meeting had the KPFT programmer Ernesto Aguilar as the guest speaker. I was very impressed by everything they do. I need to check out their programming, or at least do something to support them.
New sites and resources from those at today’s meeting:
Natalie J. Evans’ [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in general by Sandra Fernandez
Monday, October 8th, 2007
Fearless
My yoga center posted this on their MySpace page. It’s one of my favorites:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant,Gorgeous, talented and fabulous?Actually, who are you [...]
