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- The Web as the New Petri Dish for Budding TalentNovember 28
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Since @marymetcalf introduced me to Tavi’s blog, I’ve tweeted and shared her posts ad nauseum. At 12 years old, Tavi is one of the smartest and most creative style mavens on the Web. Her ability to mix DIY creations with store bought staples is as impressive as her ability to turn Rei Kawakubo’s CDG H&M line into a chic little rap for readers.
She’s a true example of what the Web does best: giving a young person the ability to share her talent with the world and have a voice in a crowded scene regardless of geography, social connections or professional status. In a case of digital Darwinism, Tavi’s emerged as a prominent figure, capturing the attention and respect of New York Magazine, Vogue and New York Times style critics, to name a few of her admirers.
She’s so talented, she’s met several skeptics along
- Flash mob for freedomNovember 25
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Last Friday November 14th influential Brazilian bloggers, netizens and students participated in a flash mob at Paulista Avenue – São Paulo´s most famous street – against a bill that should punish cyber-crimes but has been considered by many as censorship and disrespectful to civil rights.
The bill led by Senator Eduardo Azeredo is polemic mainly because everybody can go to jail. The vagueness and the lack of clarification in many of its articles have been causing alarm and even an online petition (with more than 120,000 signatures) was created to try to impede the sanction of bill by the House of Representatives. It has already passed the Senate.
According to the law every user has to fully identify herself before doing anything online, including sending e-mails, participating in chats, creating blogs, commenting on blogs and downloading files.
Major Internet providers already keep its users data but as Global Voices Online explained all access to any Brazilian Web service will have to register the user ´s complete name, ID number, phone number, address, etc. If you own a blog, you'll have to do this with all collaborators and commentators otherwise you
- The Interweb Will Not Go AwayNovember 24
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No, it was not my 6-year-old son who asked this question. But it would have been possible, indeed. And on a conference I would maybe tell this story like a lot of consultants in my age right now do here in Europe - pretending their kid, daughter or son, about entering school, just this weekend asked them the question:
- Instructor's Notebook: PR In JapanNovember 21
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Last week, my travels took me to our Tokyo office. Our Executive Chairman Thomas Zengage has some advice for people who want to work in PR in Japan. Special message at the end.
- 60 Miles or BustNovember 19
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In October, I went to Atlanta with a group of Edelman colleagues to participate in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3Day. This walk was a chance for me to test the support of my online social networks. Below is a video that our hosts in the Atlanta office put together with photos and memories from many people on the team.
Thanks for everyone who supported me or members of 60 Miles or Bust.