Way back on February 9, 2004, I wrote a famous (well, Doc Searls
linked to it) post called The Internet Does Not Scale/The Internet Is Not Random (scroll down) on the collapse of Howard Dean’s mostly internet-fueled campaign in the cornfields of Iowa. It said, in part:
Hail To The Chief, President Gates
An idea floated by Dilbert cartoonist and frequent blogger Scott Adams that Bill Gates belongs in the White House in 2008 has been matched by a website dedicated to the idea, and arguments pro and con about the possibility of Microsoft’s founder and the world’s richest man occupying the Oval Office.
PayPal President Punches Out
Online marketplace eBay disclosed some senior management changes, including the “planned departure” of Jeff Jordan, president of the PayPal payment processing division of eBay.
President Bush Hails Alternative Media
The various blogs, websites, and radio shows supportive of the President and his Administration’s agenda have given George W. Bush an edge against a frequently hostile mainstream media.
Sports Marketing Vice-President Shares Ideas
Laurel Lindsay is the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team Vice-President of Consumer Marketing.
X Marks The Vice President In The Blogosphere
CNN offered an apology on Tuesday after an apparent technical glitch put a big black “X” over the face of Vice President Dick Cheney. The mishap only lasted a fraction of a second but leave it to the blogosphere to turn it into a major diatribe.
Interview: Michael Rotkin President/CEO Universityloveconnection.com
I was interested in getting some feedback from a conference attendee’s perspective and I ran into Michael Rotkin President/CEO of universityloveconnection.com and Hydroponicswholesale.com. Michael’s take on the conference was interesting to me given the nature of his sites.
AFL-CIO President Elected for 4th Term
John J. Sweeney, the president of the AFL-CIO, was re-elected yesterday for a 4th term. This comes right after a big fiasco in which two major unions left the federation.
PR Face2Face: Andrew Gilman, President, CommCore Consulting Group
Andrew Gilman, president of CommCore Consulting Group, has been a communications strategist and crisis counselor for more than twenty years.
Morgan Stanley Co-President Steps Down
Morgan Stanley Co-President Stephen S. Crawford has stepped down from the company, and Co-President Zoe Cruz has been named Acting President.