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Scott Anderson's Keynote at Syndicate

Hewlett Packard's Scott Anderson recently delivered a keynote on blogging, which is neatly summarized by Ed Batista. It seems that the company has managed to integrate its interests with the openness of blogging, through some obvious insights (people dialog with people, not corporations) and guidelines (no flacks, lawyers, or censorship, but please show good judgment). I'm thinking: If Hewlett-Packard's executives, lawyers, and communication staff can embrace blogging, why can't yours? Posted: 12/13/05; 5:30:21 PM #

A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email
	Originally written back over the course of the mid-nineties, A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email by Kate Sherwood, has aged well. Unless you are totally enamored of rich text or HTML email, even the parts on formatting are still useful. Posted: 12/13/05; 5:21:02 PM #

Everything's Broken

In Everything's Broken (ad-supported article at Salon), David Weir looks at the situation in Biloxi, Mississippi now that it's been three month's since Hurricane Katrina. It seems that the big government assistance that was promised is nowhere to be found and the big charities have largely withdrawn. In both cases it may be because public attention has waned. People fear the worst for their communities, in Biloxi, as in so many other places on the Gulf Coast and around the world. The state goes back to helping the rich and the people are left to help each other. Posted: 12/13/05; 5:09:54 PM #