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Ford Uses Facebook to Reveal 2011 Explorer

I was raised on General Motors cars; that was my father’s choice of wheels. My first car was a Cadillac–an 8-year-old one that my dad, an automobile dealer, bought for my 16th birthday. it was a behemoth V8 gas guzzler, and I loved to drive it. My current car is a 2002 Ford Focus wagon [...]

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World Sjogren’s Day

Please indulge this off-topic post. It’s an important day for me personally, World Sjogren’s Day. Sjogren’s (pronounced “show-grins”) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes white blood cells to attack the body’s moisture-producing glands. Some four million Americans, 90 percent of them women, are living with Sjogren’s. I’m one of them. There is no cure. Symptoms can range [...]

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Travel and Tourism Meet Social Media

My friends Sheila Scarborough and Becky McCray are about to launch a membership site where travel and tourism professionals can learn all about social media. If you’re in destination marketing, you couldn’t be in better hands. These two ladies are true experts–and they are both great teachers. Don’t wait until the September 9 launch. Surf over [...]

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Now Connecting the Dots for New Media Lab

What happens when friendly competitors start talking? Sometimes it leads to huge, huge news. The communications consulting arm of Every Dot Connects has been acquired by Austin start-up New Media Lab. Please read the official news release for more details. In the year I’ve know Benn and Lani Rosales, I’ve come to respect their knowledge of social [...]

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Tips for South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) from a local

It’s that time of year again, when the tech universe is abuzz with the digital creative delights of the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference in Austin, Texas. Since I live in the Austin metro area and this is my third “South by,” I thought I’d update last year’s post on why SXSWi is like Disney [...]

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