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If only more disclaimers were like this

April 14, 2008 – 7:35 am

I’ve always been fascinated by disclaimers, they’re so Kafkaesque (in terms of both bizarreness and paranoia). Now if only more disclaimers were so frank and prominent…

(Thanks to Michael Kirk for the tip.)

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in fun stuff, law, video | Comments (0)

Why I Despise “Marketing Talk”

February 4, 2008 – 9:49 pm

This says it all, brilliantly:

Thanks to Terence Hoaglund for the tip!

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in PR & marketing, fun stuff, problems, video | Comments (2)

Webcast tonight: It’s a conversation, stupid!

October 1, 2007 – 2:57 pm

Greetings from Los Angeles, where I just flew in because in a couple of hours I’m speaking at a cool event at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism. And you can watch — and participate!
Michelle Nicolosi of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and I are co-chairing a panel at 5pm Pacific. It’s called “It’s a Conversation, Stupid: [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in Amy's Adventures, Conversations, community, contributed content, conversational media, culture, events, media evolution | Comments (1)

Jott: Auto-Transcription as Entertainment

September 20, 2007 – 11:59 am

RBerteig, via Flickr (CC license)

Cattle eater? Huh?

I’m trying out Jott, a free service that transforms short (30-seconds or less) phone messages into text, sent by e-mail or SMS to you or whoever you choose. This fits in with my overall strategy of managing all my tasks through e-mail. (Yes, GTDinbox is still rocking my world.)
I’m [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in fun stuff, tools | Comments (2)