Artful Communications the Google Way

Google today celebrates Samuel Morse, the American inventor of the telegraph and of the electronic communication system named Morse Code.

The name telegraph derives from Greek meaning to write far. The telegraph’s significance is that it extended the reach and speed of communications electronically with a understandable alphabetical system.

Google often changes its brand logo on its homepage to represent a significant event, person, or idea du jour.

I find Google impressive in its ephemeral artistic representation of all things little and large as its occasional brand.

While the telegraph extended our communication’s speed and reach, Google broadens the context of our communication as a, and with its communication tools.

Read more on Google’s artistic flare here.

How to Save Newspapers (Or, Why the NYT Should Acquire Twitter) – Umair Haque – HarvardBusiness.org

Death of a newspaper is a frightening thought in a “free” society.

However, can newspapers evolve through the current crises plummeting readership and ad revenues?

Umair Haque posts on the HarvardBusiness.org an open challenge to the dying Fourth Estate.

How to Save Newspapers (Or, Why the NYT Should Acquire Twitter) – Umair Haque – HarvardBusiness.org.

The title says it all.

Viral Video Gone Bad

As posted on Mashable today, Susan Boyle’s wildly viral YouTube video broke all the records will see neither penny nor pound for lack of a revenue sharing agreement between YouTube and Britain’s ITV, the owners of the video.

Read Mashable’s post HERE.

Gavin Newsom’s Tweet Heard Round the WWW

The text read like this:

It’s official- running for Gov of CA. Wanted you to be the first to
know. Need your help. Check out video: http://tr.im/iOCN and
ReTweet9:05 AM Apr 21st from txt
9:05 AM Apr 21st from txt

San Francisco Mayor Gavin took to the global internet airwaves and made it perfectly clear: he is officially running for California State Governor.

In choosing Twitter as his medium of choice, Newsom joins the ranks of @Oprah, Ashton Kutcher and @The_Real_Shaq as one of the “most popular” online twitterers.

“Disruption?” It was evident  that Newsom’s tweet had major network media all a-twitter.

“Retweeting” Newsome’s announcement, The New York Times political blog called Twitter an “untrodden political tool.”

One would think that this “denial” is even more myopic to the detriment of their business survival.

Twitter already proved how it can break stories and command larger audiences faster than major network media. Read India’s Mumbai terror attacks and James Karl Buck Egyptian arrest stories.

See his how Newsom lines up against the twitterati at http://twitterholic.com/gavinnewsom/.

Hmmm, “disruption”?

Using Twitter for Educators

David R. Wetzel presents “5 advantages for Teachers” for using twitter
for helping keep teachers stay more engaged in their profession and
in the learning business.

See his five tips HERE.