Posted in State Department on October 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Karen Hughes, the head of communications and public diplomacy and long-time Bush enabler adviser is out at the State Department.
Hughes had probably the hardest job in government today — making foreigners like America again. However, her thinking on the best way to achieve this mission was, at best, small minded.
A Pentagon insider tells the D-Ring [...]
Posted in Links on October 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Visit Transformation Tracker. Sean Lawson is a smart guy.
I mean, friggn’ Ph.D smart.
Posted in Logos on October 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Blackwater USA also has a new logo. I think they have a few problems greater than branding however…
Is it much of an upgrade from this? Maybe there is a less direct allusion to a target, but… well, I’ll let you judge.
Read more in the New York Times.
Update: From an enterprising comment at Danger Room, here [...]
Posted in Logos on October 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The CIA has a “Terrorist Buster” logo:
I wish I were kidding.
(Hotel Tango: Danger Room)
Posted in Advertising, DADT, Online, Social Networks on October 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
But maybe he should have:
The Army, Navy and Air Force unwittingly advertised for recruits on a website for gays, who are barred from military service if they are open about their sexual orientation.
When informed Tuesday by USA TODAY that they were advertising on GLEE.com, a networking website for gay professionals, recruiters expressed [...]
Posted in Off Topic on October 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I don’t go off topic much.
But I think I have a new favorite blog.
Sometimes you say it best when you say it simply.
Go check out theshortestblogintheworld.
Posted in Blogs, Homeland Security, Transparency, Web 2.0 on October 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Dear Secretary Chertoff,
You’ve created a blog. Good for you. Nice job making a move to enter the conversation.
But I don’t think you are the one writing the blog.
If I were you, I would heed the advice of National Journal’s Danny Glover:
Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine think it’s a bad idea for politicians to try to adopt [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 9, 2007 | No Comments »
This post doesn’t really relate to new media. And it only has casual reference to the military (albeit the Middle Ages).
But I must say that I was impressed when a colleague uses the word “trebuchet” in conversation at work.
For background on the inspiration behind the conversation, click here.
Posted in Twitter on October 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A few days ago, a former Pentagon colleague asked me what Twitter was and if it had any importance.
I was inspired by this to write a post. A few people smarter than I, however, beat me to the punch.
Kami Huyse turned to her Twitter network to answer the question “What is Twitter.” She had a [...]
Posted in Harpers, Outreach on October 5, 2007 | No Comments »
Ken Silverstein from Harpers is at it again, accusing the DoD’s blogger outreach program of being a right-wing propaganda machine (even though there are liberals on the e-mail outreach list, including me).
This time, Ken set his sights on Michael Allen Leach (right), who is working for the DoD’s new media operation. Media reports from the [...]
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