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Posted on 28.05.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Les relations blogueurs: qu’est-ce que c’est, et en quoi est-ce différent des relations presse/publiques? (Je pense qu’il va falloir faire un article là-dessus en français à l’occasion.)[en]I thought I’d write a post to quickly explain what I view as a … Continue reading →

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Do Not Use Your Brand Name to Sign Comments

Posted on 18.04.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Ne signez jamais des commentaires que vous laissez sur le blog d’autrui du nom de votre marque. C’est irrespectueux (vous parlez à une personne identifiée, et vous vous cachez sous une marque, sans dévoiler votre visage?), cela vous fait ressembler … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Corporate | Tagged brand, branding, commenting, conversation, human, identity, rant, signature | 2 Comments

Ye Olde-School Personal Blogs Are Still Around

Posted on 01.04.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Le blog personnel existe toujours. On a parfois tendance à l’oublier, noyés que l’on est sous la masse des machines à audience que l’on appelle “blog” ces jours.[en]Yesterday evening I was winding down when I thought of checking a bunch … Continue reading →

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Blogging Feast and Famine

Posted on 27.03.2011 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Je n’ai jamais pu me résoudre à planifier la publication de mes articles, ici. Sitôt écrit, sitôt publié — tu parles de gratification immédiate. Ces temps, je me demande si je devrais peut-être changer ça.[en]One thing I’ve never managed to … Continue reading →

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Quick LeWeb’10 News, and IceRocket

Posted on 02.11.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]LeWeb’10? C’est le dernier moment pour demander une accréditation blogueur officiel (lisez un peu la littérature avant de le faire, cependant, pour être au fait de nos attentes). Inscrivez-vous à la blogger boat party organisée par Frédéric et Damien, regardez … Continue reading →

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Le blog et le blogazine

Posted on 01.11.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[en]I write a weekly column for Les Quotidiennes, which I republish here on CTTS for safekeeping.[fr]Chroniques du monde connecté: cet article a été initialement publié dans Les Quotidiennes (voir l’original). J’ai pris une grave décision aujourd’hui: je vais arrêter d’appeler … Continue reading →

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Zemanta’s Related Articles: Very Mixed Feelings

Posted on 17.10.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Zemanta est un outil séduisant (sauf qu’il ne comprend que l’anglais). Il fournit au blogueur du contenu (images, liens vers des sites, autres articles) en rapport avec ce qu’il est en train d’écrire, et qu’il peut facilement ajouter au corps … Continue reading →

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Twitter Killed My Blog and Comments Killed Our Links

Posted on 11.10.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Un titre un peu provocateur pour une réflexion que je pourrais résumer ainsi: l’apparition des commentaires sur les blogs a réduit le nombre de liens que les blogueurs faisaient entre eux (et leurs articles), et a distendu la blogosphère. Celle-ci … Continue reading →

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Don’t You Tire of Real-Time?

Posted on 11.10.2010 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Tout ce temps réel sur le web me fatigue. On néglige les expressions plus profondes que permet le web, sur nos blogs par exemple.[en]I find that I’m increasingly tired with real-time. Keeping up with the stream. Living on the cutting-edge. … Continue reading →

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Remembering that James Buchanan was homosexual complexifies our national narrative, to be sure, but it is a complexity that we need. It prompts us to remember that terrible era, the nadir, when we all moved backward, not just the South. Not just organized baseball but also the Kentucky Derby, the NFL and even previously “black” jobs like railroad foremen got redefined “white only.” Communities across the North became sundown towns, barring African-Americans formally or informally. Even North Dakota outlawed interracial marriage.

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All that said, President Obama’s change of heart about gay marriage remains significant. It does show increasing tolerance compared to our recent past. During the nadir of race relations, that terrible period between 1890 and about 1940 when white America went more racist in its thinking than at any other time, the U.S. also clamped down on beards, liquor (briefly) and, yes, homosexuals. As Jackie Robinson was not the first black player in Major League Baseball, but rather the first after the nadir, so President Obama is not our “first gay” president (Forgive me: I cannot seem to retype Newsweek’s silly headline without putting quotation marks around the words), but only our “first” since the nadir.

If this example seems too religious, consider the huge secular company Walt Disney Enterprises. The last time I visited Disney World, it still banned facial hair, although it quietly made exceptions for African-Americans with well-trimmed beards or mustaches.

In themselves, beards may not be signs of progress, although mine has subtly improved my thinking. Nevertheless, we reached an arresting state of intolerance when the Disney organization, founded by a man with a mustache, would not allow one even on a janitor. Moreover, before we trivialize these examples by thinking they apply only to facial hair, consider that Lincoln was also our last president who was not a member of a Christian denomination when taking office. Could a non-Christian like Jefferson or Lincoln be president today? It’s not clear.

Wednesday 16:43

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Wednesday 15:55

The new issue of Newsweek features a cover photo of President Obama topped by a rainbow-colored halo and captioned “The First Gay President.” The halo and caption strike me as cheap sensationalism. I realize airport travelers look at a magazine for 2.2 seconds before moving on to the next one. I grant that this cover will probably get Newsweek a 4.4 second glance. I also understand that Newsweek is desperate for sales. Nevertheless, I doubt that the Newsweek of old, before it was sold for a dollar, would have pandered as shallowly.

I am now “solitary and alone,” having no companion in the house with me. I have gone a wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any one of them. I feel that it is not good for man to be alone; and should not be astonished to find myself married to some old maid who can nurse me when I am sick, provide good dinners for me when I am well, and not expect from me any very ardent or romantic affection.

Despite such evidence, one reason why Americans find it hard to believe Buchanan could have been gay is that we have a touching belief in progress. Our high school history textbooks’ overall story line is, “We started out great and have been getting better ever since,” more or less automatically. Thus we must be more tolerant now than we were way back in the middle of the 19th century! Buchanan could not have been gay then, else we would not seem more tolerant now.

This ideology of progress amounts to a chronological form of ethnocentrism. Thus chronological ethnocentrism is the belief that we now live in a better society, compared to past societies. Of course, ethnocentrism is the anthropological term for the attitude that our society is better than any other society now existing, and theirs are OK to the degree that they are like ours.

Wednesday 13:57

More About Hearing Aids (And Geeking Out a Bit)

Wednesday 14:08

There can be no doubt that James Buchanan was gay, before, during and after his four years in the White House. Moreover, the nation knew it, too — he was not far into the closet.

Wednesday 13:58

Bookmarked a link: Our real first gay president - American History - Salon.com

Wednesday 14:06

To think even for a moment about aspects of personal presentation other than sexual orientation forces us to realize that we today are not necessarily more tolerant. Consider facial hair. In 1864, with a beard, Abraham Lincoln won reelection. Could that happen nowadays? Is it mere chance that no candidate with facial hair has won the presidency since William Howard Taft — and he wore only a mustache? Indeed, since Thomas Dewey in 1948 no major party candidate with facial hair has even run for president, and Dewey wore only the smallest of mustaches.

Wednesday 14:55

Bookmarked a link: Facebook

Wednesday 14:12

bon week-end de l'ascension à l'équipe Social Media d'@orangech! https://t.co/q5JgHSBX

Wednesday 14:12

Our real first gay president - American History http://t.co/R3hkxic1 > fascinating! /v @zephoria

Wednesday 14:06

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Wednesday 14:00

Bookmarked a link: MACGREGOR 26 HOME PAGE

Wednesday 11:36

know anybody who might be interested in buying a MacGregor 26x? http://t.co/k5xAXCA2 (2001) LMK

Wednesday 11:36

Bookmarked 2 links

don't stick q-tips in your ears, folks http://t.co/5s0iiT5B (don't stick stuff in your ears, period)

@_charliemoseley Sunny in Spain, indeed! "pretty warm", even http://t.co/l50UCFEq

Wednesday 9:32

don't stick q-tips in your ears, folks http://t.co/5s0iiT5B (don't stick stuff in your ears, period)

Wednesday 9:31

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