The New York Times press release confesses: Our core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and disseminating high-quality news, information and entertainment. We do this at all of our properties and the same is true of About. Ranking in the top 15 most frequently visited sites, About.com is one of the Web's most popular destinations. Its network of nearly 500 experts, known as guides, create Web sites on thousands of topics – from personal finance to consumer electronics, to history and geography Compelling Strategic Benefits For Future Growth
The Blog, The Press, The Media: The News That Fits
So much of leadership literature is about doing things right, that the term "leadership" itself has come to imply goodness. But not all leaders are good. World history and our own life experiences have taught us that.
Now Barbara Kellerman, of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, has put bad leaders under the microscope. In her book "Bad Leadership: What It Is, Why It Happens, Why It Matters," she argues that, "To deny bad leadership equivalence in the conversation and curriculum is misguided, tantamount to a medical school that would claim to teach health while ignoring disease." In order to lead well, we need to learn from those who have led poorly.
She illustrates each type with real cases, from Juan Antonio Samaranch's flawed stewardship of the International Olympic Committee, to William Aramony's sticky-fingered direction of the United Way's fortunes, to more recent bad leadership names in the news like Skilling and Saddam.
Be loyal to the whole and not to any single individual ...
• Leading Badly [Full disclosures, please Gates, Spitzer, Bezos at SABEW meeting ; Long criticized for its brand of journalism, The Washington Times makes a habit of publishing the work of extremists — including the wife of the newspaper's managing editor The Evans-Novak Political Report ]
• · The blogosphere, or the universe of Weblogs, continues to explode exponentially The Coming of blog.gov? ; If the news media were a stock market, the blue chips would be tanking. The establishment names that everyone used to trust have crashed in credibility and prestige, and are now living through their own Great Depression. Top executives at bastions such as The New York Times, CBS News, and CNN have been leaping from the highest windows in the business Why Blogs Are Like Tulips
• · · You're too young to know about the cafeterias. Blogs are nothing like the cafeteria. Well, maybe a little, but not that much. Go ahead though, Scott Go ahead and chop that kettle ; Why businesses should blog and how to do it effectively By Robert Scoble & Shel Israel Hot off the press: They have a publisher! On a personal note, Shel is a kindest blogger in the entire world; I mean it! Mark my words. I've been in this business for 25 years, and I think this has all the marks of a winner
• · · · There have been a number of articles in recent months on privacy issues associated with search engine queries. Investor.com offers a quick review of how data from public sources is aggregated and returned in search results via services from Google, Yahoo and MapQuest. Is It Too Easy To Find People On Google? ; The scale and speed of online threats is growing Secret Service says Internet fraud threatens economy
• · · · · The reaction is a bit like that of primitive cultures believing cameras could catch your soul ...Created by tech pioneers Adam Curry and Dave Winer, podcasting offers "amateurs" a means by which they can create and disseminate information on issues great and small, special interests and news, that listeners download and listen to on their PCs, iPods or handhelds. A How-To Guide is available from iPodder.org ; Clutching a microphone and leaning over a laptop on the coffee table, they praise the beauty of the Red River, now frozen on the edge of town, and plug an upcoming interview with a top-ranked professional walleye fisherman. Then they sign off Tired of TiVo? Beyond Blogs? Podcasts Are Here
• · · · · · Bill Gates’ Czech Agenda; Hands up who misses Steve Liebmann? It's only been a week. The new boy will be fine. That's not the point. The old boy was great. He was professional. He was cool. He had hair. He didn't insinuate his own politics into an interview. Even his passions (let's not dwell on an image of a passionate Steve Liebmann) could be held in check, unless some courageous Australian had kept him up half the night during Wimbledon. It's not that I hate change, but who doesn't? ; So freelance photographer Steve Malik was taking some photos of MUNI Metro. Suddenly, a hodgepodge of fuzz came and tried to arrest him. But get this: there's no statute in the books to prevent people from taking photos of city property Photographic Protest