tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:54:57 +0000Communications GoddessPrint. Online. Broadcast. Audio. Verbal. Written. Video. Photography. Advertising. Social Networking. Intergenerational. Body Language. So many ways to talk with each other. The Goddess loves them all.http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/noreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)Blogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-4108613141430335633Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-03-09T09:00:55.587-05:00Obama racist jokesnon-apologyNow That I Think of It, Why WOULD A Racist Know How to Apologize?I am so deeply disappointed in America's media, both traditional and online. It's nothing new, really. Journalists should challenge authority at every turn, yet most outlets shirked that duty when they should have fought harder to get facts, not spin, about why the country was heading to war. Now, the media has an exceptionally distinctive opportunity to advance U.S. race relations: refuse to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/E9V75z7uWfQ/now-that-i-think-of-it-why-would-racist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/E9V75z7uWfQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/03/now-that-i-think-of-it-why-would-racist.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-2970164016493509731Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-03-08T10:23:54.760-05:00digital divide19% of Americans Find the Internet Irrelevant. Not the Digital Divide You Thought, Eh?Consider this: For people without a credit card, Life today is full of obstacles beyond online shopping. Try making a hotel reservation without one. Or renting a car. You can live without a card, of course, but that little piece of plastic keeps things flowing nicely.And that, in a nutshell, is why I fret about the so-called "digital divide," the chasm that separates people who are not computerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/NUYhY0RONkc/19-of-americans-find-internet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/NUYhY0RONkc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/03/19-of-americans-find-internet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-5505671964887132958Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-03-01T07:00:06.700-05:00Oprah No Phone ZoneChatRoulettetexting while drivingOddity vs. Substance: ChatRoulette & Oprah's No Phone Zone CampaignLast weekend, the NY Times introduced me to ChatRoulette, the peek-a-boo webcam phenom. (Credit for these pix of actual online chatters goes to NYT.) In a nutshell, the site randomly connects you to another person's live webcam every few seconds. That person can be anywhere in the world. Each of you has the choice to text or talk to each other, or not. Within days of the Times story, I saw http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/LLtnkT3nFL0/oddity-vs-substance-chatroulette-oprahs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/LLtnkT3nFL0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/03/oddity-vs-substance-chatroulette-oprahs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-7420348246951248462Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-02-24T09:14:52.537-05:00MoMAwebsite designTim BurtonTim Burton, Websites and YouIn all the fuss and bother about social media, plain ol' websites have lost some of their appeal. I mean, really, when's the last time you heard someone just go bonkers over a site? Not an application or program or network, just a site. The more critical question, when's the last time you looked at yours?I'm guilty of being a bad site-parent myself, so I understand how shiny, sparkly new stuff http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/BXHFPwXc15w/tim-burton-websites-and-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/BXHFPwXc15w" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/02/tim-burton-websites-and-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-3838789761082524855Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-02-22T07:00:05.429-05:00live videoTiger Knows: There's Something Special About Doing It LiveNow that Tiger's apologized, a question remains (thanks CoachWrite!): why go live? Q&A was never an issue, so why not simply distribute a video of the apology if a written statement wasn't an option?The Goddess believes that even in our millennial lovefest with new communications technologies, there's a tangible bated-breathiness that comes with LIVE.Boomers ingested a subsconscious "you never http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/UcnCV7kqidA/tiger-knows-theres-something-special.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/UcnCV7kqidA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/02/tiger-knows-theres-something-special.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-421300015569496997Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-02-18T07:00:09.120-05:00UStreamTiger Woodslive videoAdd Live Video to Your Marketing and Thank Tiger Woods for the IdeaPerhaps you were away -- in another galaxy, perhaps -- and missed the news that Tiger Woods is not having a press conference on Friday at 11:00 am.Here's the way the event is described on the homepage of tigerwoods.com:"Tiger Woods will be speaking to a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates at 11:00 a.m. EST on Friday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., at the TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse."http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/ViaT-WwkjWM/add-live-video-to-your-marketing-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/ViaT-WwkjWM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/02/add-live-video-to-your-marketing-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-7147373892805954345Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-02-17T07:00:03.249-05:00Barbie jobscomputer engineer Barbieboomers onlineA New Role Model for Boomer Women: Barbie, Computer EngineerWhen it comes to discussions of female Boomer celebs, let us never diss Barbie, Mattel's trillion-dollar girl who was born in 1959. The princess of Dolland was intimidated for a while by the Bratz pack of dolls that dress like guests on Maury, but baby, Barbie's back!Actually, the Goddess has only a passing interest in the recent uptick in Barbie shipments, sales and market share. What floats myhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/R8_WTe3ijTg/new-role-model-for-boomer-women-barbie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/R8_WTe3ijTg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/02/new-role-model-for-boomer-women-barbie.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-7403296046011106247Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-02-15T07:00:01.191-05:00wi-fi school buswi-fi busPeople Like Wi-Fi. What Are You Doing With That Information?This well-written headline from the NY Times says it all...it's like a fully-realized tweet: Wi-Fi Turns Rowdy Bus Into Rolling Study HallThe Internet Bus in question is in Vail, Colorado, as reported by Sam Dillon. I was never a hardware girl, so all I can tell you is that a router gets attached to the bus and presto! (or something like that). The good news is that the router company has sold http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/ykyXB-u6avg/people-like-wi-fi-what-are-you-doing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/ykyXB-u6avg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/02/people-like-wi-fi-what-are-you-doing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-5064357906251502890Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-02-12T07:00:07.266-05:00crisis communicationsTiger Woodscrisis managementJohn EdwardsAkio ToyodaAre You Smarter than John Edwards, Tiger Woods and Akio Toyoda? I Bet You Are.The power of the human instinct to hide and protect oneself from danger is, I've decided, insurmountable. I was guided to this conclusion by John Edwards, Tiger Woods and Akio Toyoda. Anxious, scared and under attack, they not only made bad decisions, they made them even though both precedent and advisors urged a different route.That's what continues to confound the Goddess most: our recurring, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/-CxaGshyCLk/are-you-smarter-than-john-edwards-tiger_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/-CxaGshyCLk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/02/are-you-smarter-than-john-edwards-tiger_12.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-1591336094298916837Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-02-04T09:46:43.501-05:00mi-fiepic failpodiobookpaywalltech slang2010 Techie Slang: There's More to Learn Than" iPad"We're just 35 days into 2010 and I keep running into terms that aren't just new to me; they're opaque.Most of my new vocab words refer to the Net. I'm not saying that each of these words is brand-spankin' new to the planet, only to me. I figured I'd share them with you because, well, isn't that what a Communications Goddess is supposed to do? Aren't any of them new to you, too?mi-fi: A friend on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/_FHfZpiJDDQ/2010-techie-slang-theres-more-to-learn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/_FHfZpiJDDQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/02/2010-techie-slang-theres-more-to-learn.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-6212374748299757531Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-02-02T07:00:02.743-05:00televangelistsArchbishop Fulton J SheenRev. Billy GrahamWho'll Tell Pat Robertson There's a Catholic Archbishop Behind "The 700 Club"?Today President Obama held a Q&A with America on YouTube. Was it really just 6 years ago when we were amazed that presidential candidate Howard Dean could actually use the Internet to connect with college students? We are marching, sometimes reluctantly, toward another shift in the definition of Normal. Normal for every home in America used to include a kitchen wall phone with a formerly curlyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/Plv7myMiR00/wholl-tell-pat-robertson-theres.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/Plv7myMiR00" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/02/wholl-tell-pat-robertson-theres.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-4163014577257649904Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-01-31T07:00:01.292-05:00Super Bowl adsManCrunchSuper Bowl 2010United Church of ChristCBSCBS & the SuperBowl's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell and Don't Prance' PolicyHave you been paying attention to the sex-fueled drama behind SuperBowl 2010? It's not as flashy as Justin Timberlake exposing Janet Jackson's embellished boob, and so not many folks are talking about it. Nevertheless, communicators know it is more significant.SuperBowl host CBS changed its policy on advocacy ads. They weren't OK. Now they are. They're a lucrative lot, too, but we're not http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/u_Z7Pxt2ETA/cbs-superbowls-dont-ask-dont-tell-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/u_Z7Pxt2ETA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/01/cbs-superbowls-dont-ask-dont-tell-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-6200040794554795843Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-01-29T07:00:05.306-05:00FBI social mediapolice social mediaDon't Know Anyone on Twitter? Head for the Nearest Police DepartmentRemember way back when e-mail was something that only people with certain types of jobs had? Why do so many people doubt that it won't be long before we wistfully think that way about social media, too?I'm not saying that absolutely everyone will tweet, or that everyone will have a sweet page on Facebook. Heck, Twitter and Facebook may die tomorrow for all I know. Not bloody likely, but if http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/9s9235tygHU/dont-know-anyone-on-twitter-head-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/9s9235tygHU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/01/dont-know-anyone-on-twitter-head-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-5321591724602304945Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-01-26T07:00:01.442-05:00learning social mediamifionline time managementHow I Learned to Use Social Media and Stay [Somewhat] SaneCall Dr. Phil...the Goddess is in a confessin' mood. You can learn from another's pain [see: Clinton/Lewinsky], so pull up a chair. We all know that maintenance of an online social persona takes a nice hunk of time. From stolen quick-checks during work hours to entire Sunday afternoons, we give up other pursuits, or pretend that we are multi-tasking, in order to be online. The first http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/LeujVxGuFPM/how-i-learned-to-use-social-media-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/LeujVxGuFPM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/01/how-i-learned-to-use-social-media-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-6764223824262489820Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-01-22T07:00:10.060-05:00libel by TwitterCourtney Lovesocial media lawA Communications Lesson from Courtney Love? Seriously?If you're still learning the details of Twitter, you might think that your little tweet is going to be lost in a vast global network. After all, you only have 15 followers. Who's gonna pay attention to what you have to say?Wrong kind of thinking, my friend. Rule 1 of today's Internet is to redefine community. It's not only the people down the street who you can see; it's the cities in your http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/nmVAgiOK_n0/communications-lesson-from-courtney.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/nmVAgiOK_n0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/01/communications-lesson-from-courtney.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-4489114121088405913Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-01-21T07:00:06.962-05:00Super Bowl 2010Pepsisocial media advertisingConfused About Social Networking for Business? Watch Pepsi.Surprisingly enough, SuperBowl 2010 is shaping up to mean something to me this year. Not the game itself -- us Browns fans are forever clinically depressed. It's Pepsi's decision to pull its ads in favor of a new social networking campaign that's floating my boat. The last time there was a Pepsi-less Super Bowl, 23 years ago, Denver's QB was John Elway (boo-hiss) and he lost to the NY Giants'http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/VybHxt_eZuM/confused-about-social-networking-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/VybHxt_eZuM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/01/confused-about-social-networking-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-3671590555984338644Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:15:00 +00002010-01-18T07:15:00.222-05:00Conan O'Brienboomer retirementJay LenoBoomers Don't Fare Well in "The Tonight Show" MessI wasn't going to blog about NBC's late-night suicide attempt. Other than the fact that it's all related to television, that mess of egos isn't a result of miscommunication. NBC was quite clear in letting its late-night team and everyone else know who's #1 in Peacock Land. So it sucks to be Conan, and I really didn't care. That being said, I've read a good pile of the coverage, but that's in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/d3HIIwS7wX8/boomers-dont-fare-well-in-tonight-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/d3HIIwS7wX8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/01/boomers-dont-fare-well-in-tonight-show.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-1760440235535328955Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-01-15T07:00:08.342-05:00Haiti social mediaemergency communicationsHaiti earthquakeHaiti, Social Media & YouPhoto credit: Financial TimesThe Goddess is so very saddened at the news from Haiti. There is indeed a biblical vibe to being the epicenter of a 7.0 earthquake after 4 hurricanes in a single year and decades of oppressive poverty. The Secretary of State, Ms. Hilary, knew what she was talking about.I hope that you'll give what you can to help the Haitian relief efforts. Thinking of a typical http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/RAEu5A7Zn6I/haiti-social-media-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/RAEu5A7Zn6I" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/01/haiti-social-media-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-2636507893758136584Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-01-13T07:00:00.929-05:00Meet the PressBill and Melinda Gates FoundationMobile Phones in the Motherland! Who Knew? Melinda Gates.Didja ever learn something so fascinating that you can't stop thinking about it? Bill and Melinda Gates, as in The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, explained to NBC's David Gregory how technology is impacting life in developing nations. I wasn't looking for much more than a standard answer to a standardly asked question. I mean, the man behind Microsoft must surely be asked his thoughts abouthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/fz6UEQB0pO8/mobile-phones-in-motherland-who-knew.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/fz6UEQB0pO8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/01/mobile-phones-in-motherland-who-knew.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-1156481586820255039Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-01-09T07:00:03.094-05:00Consumer Electronics ShowSkypeThe JetsonsSkype TVOne Screen, One World -- It's Coming, and Skype Is Leading the WayToday the Goddess Skyped for the first time! At some point, do let me know why no one ever told me that video chatting is so much fun, won't you?I knew that Skype was free, easy to do and getting more popular all the time, but no one, not even Oprah, warned me that it's a hoot and a half to see your friend, and yourself, as you talk.(On that note, can we please stop bitching because we still http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/k0q8Os-J3u8/one-screen-one-world-its-coming-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/k0q8Os-J3u8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/01/one-screen-one-world-its-coming-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-4896375767224080225Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:01:00 +00002010-01-06T07:01:00.459-05:00Fashion Fair cosmeticsEbony Fashion FairEbony magazineJohn H JohnsonJohnson Publishing CompanyJet magazineEunice JohnsonI'm Sure Casey Was a Lovely Girl, But Eunice Is the Johnson I'll RememberIt makes me sad that I've seen more coverage about the death of Casey Johnson, 30, the great-great-granddaughter of the founder of Johnson & Johnson than I have about the January 3rd death of Eunice Johnson, 93.From the time John H. Johnson launched Johnson Publishing Co. in 1942 at 27 with $500 of borrowed money, Eunice was his closest business partner. Three years later he started a second http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/1_bf9Aym8wI/im-sure-casey-was-lovely-girl-but.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/1_bf9Aym8wI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/01/im-sure-casey-was-lovely-girl-but.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-8204187851664166655Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +00002010-01-04T07:00:00.947-05:00home office organizationfeng shuiclutterOverwhelmed? Get the Clutter Outta Your SpaceI don't always get genuinely excited about the start of a new year, and I'm sure I'm not the only one feeling that way. For about 4 reasons that I could name and a million that I can't even imagine, 2010 has me buzzin' like a little sunbeam. I'm about 1 pair of fake eyelashes away from doing evangelical television.Lucky for me, the current Mercury Retrograde (you DID know that we're in one, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/66O8PVgb_Jg/overwhelmed-get-clutter-outta-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/66O8PVgb_Jg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/01/overwhelmed-get-clutter-outta-your.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-405346660177058455Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:00:00 +00002010-01-03T08:00:03.989-05:00Designated Driverbehavior modGo with your own GlowMere Words Can Turn Humans Into Lemmings (In a Good Way)Have you ever heard of the "Go With Your Own Glow" campaign? I hadn't until I saw a full-page ad in this week's Time. The Skin Cancer Foundation wants to make tanning uncool:"Tanning's 15 minutes are over. Let your inner beauty, and vitality shine through."A laudable goal.I thought it was a new effort until I hit the Net and found out it's been around since 2008. And yes, I know that as an http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/-6r1FsidVTI/mere-words-can-turn-humans-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/-6r1FsidVTI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2010/01/mere-words-can-turn-humans-into.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-1219808469146083192Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +00002009-12-31T08:06:36.426-05:00Gourmet magazineRihanna GQ coverGQExperian SimmonsConde NastWhat Will It Take to Save Magazines? Rihanna's Boobs Aren't Enough.No need for the Goddess to prattle on about the end of the Digital Decade that changed, um, everything. That newsbit is in every Top 10 countdown worth a darn. If tomorrow is the end of the digital decade, what else is it the end of?I think of sad little Gourmet magazine, 1941-2009, to put a face on the evolution of mag media. Identified by publisher Condé Nast as the weakest link, Gourmet http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/kH5e1Uv0rs8/what-will-it-take-to-save-magazines.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/kH5e1Uv0rs8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2009/12/what-will-it-take-to-save-magazines.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624499161247234319.post-6689780531361957226Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:20:00 +00002009-12-23T08:38:17.797-05:00White House Christmas cardChristmas traditionChristmas cardsThis Blog Post Is My Christmas Card. Enjoy.Life shouldn't be lived on a tit-for-tat basis, and yet it often is. If you're invited to a friend's home for dinner, you'll probably reciprocate and act as host soon after. One good turn deserves another and all that. And when Sara gives you a Happy 35! present and you don't even send her a birthday text, no matter what she says to your face, Sara is not thinking good thoughts about you.The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~3/zcCw_xflpHo/this-blog-post-is-my-christmas-card.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Karen Malone Wright)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UhurasOdyssey/~4/zcCw_xflpHo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.communicationsgoddess.net/2009/12/this-blog-post-is-my-christmas-card.html