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Insensitive Hippo opens Twitter account, harasses man it once swallowed

Protip: Do not play around with hippos.  Art by Netlizard. At 27 years old, Paul Templer was swallowed by a hippo. In 1996, Templer was giving a tour of the Zambezi river in Africa when his canoe was… more →

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Insensitive Hippo opens Twitter account, harasses man it once swallowed — 2 comments

Alex Corey wrote 1 week ago: Protip: Do not play around with hippos.  Art by Netlizard. At 27 years old, Paul Templer was swallow … more →

Tags: 7 Media Strategy Saturday, Animals, monsters and monstrous animals, muffin chokers, The Twitter, the Book of Face and the Series of Tubes, Africa, twitter, muffin chokers, weird news, California State University Northridge

The Overachiever’s Guide to Job Hunting — 10 comments

lapzzo wrote 4 months ago: In my final semester of school, I juggled four classes, three jobs, and an internship. Did I mention … more →

Tags: 4 Writing Secrets Wednesday

3 ways to change the digital world FOREVER — 7 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 5 months ago: It is official: social media now dominates the Series of Tubes. Every year, these smart people produ … more →

Tags: 7 Media Strategy Saturday, The Twitter, the Book of Face and the Series of Tubes, Apple, facebook, Google, iPhone, Karl Rove, Pinterest, Public Relations

Is journalism dead? — 7 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 5 months ago: By Alex Corey Contributing Editor Every day, you see stories wailing about the death of journalism, … more →

Tags: 7 Media Strategy Saturday, Old Media, which is still Big and Strong, iPhone, Journalism, media, Trends, twitter, YouTube, Media Strategy

A media star is born, then goes all supernova on us — 2 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 6 months ago: Who ever suspected that a sign-language interpreter could ROCK? Lydia Callis has been the star of NY … more →

Tags: Old Media, which is still Big and Strong, New York City, news conference, Michael Bloomberg, language interpretation, mayor of New York City, slang, lydia callis, American Sign Language

5 ways to make blog posts GO ALL VIRAL — 9 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 6 months ago: There is no guaranteed method, no secret way, to make a blog post that causes the Series of Tubes to … more →

Tags: 7 Media Strategy Saturday, Old Media, which is still Big and Strong, The Twitter, the Book of Face and the Series of Tubes, Viral media math, Blogging, Bloggity blog blog, blogs, Cocoa Puffs, digg

Hunter S. Thompson + Conan O'Brien + whiskey + machine guns = WIN — 4 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 7 months ago:   Most interviews of authors, actors and artists put the B in Boring. (Related: Top 10 evi … more →

Tags: 7 Media Strategy Saturday, Old Media, which is still Big and Strong, Hunter S. Thompson, Conan O'Brien

Top 10 Myths of Journalism School — 14 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 8 months ago: Oh, if I could go back in time, and whisper in the ear of my younger self during journalism school. … more →

Tags: 4 Writing Secrets Wednesday, Speechwriting, Old Media, which is still Big and Strong, The Twitter, the Book of Face and the Series of Tubes, inverted pyramid, Jim Beam, Journalism, New York Times, radio

Journalists just wanna have fun — 3 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 8 months ago: As a reformed journalist, I can tell you secret things. Number One: Coffee. If you want to make a re … more →

Tags: 7 Media Strategy Saturday, The Glowing Tube, Old Media, which is still Big and Strong, Journalism, katy perry, Music Videos, Television, PR, Jackie Bange

Banning women from college degrees is an achy breaky big mistakey — 17 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 9 months ago: I try to stay away from politics on this silly blog. HOWEVER: government peoples in Iran just b … more →

Tags: 5 Random Thursday, muffin chokers, iPhone, Ninjas, Arab Spring, Iran, Women in Iran, English Literature, Sarah Jessica Parker

Top 10 evil tips for authors, actors and artists — 18 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 9 months ago: So, you’re a creative type — a writer of epic literary novels, an actor schlepping table … more →

Tags: 7 Media Strategy Saturday, Fiction, Instant Noodles, New York City, Science Fiction, Publicity, Mug Shots, Amsterdam, Black Sabbath

Best headline ever: Belarus expels Sweden's envoy after teddy bear incident — 7 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 9 months ago: The nation of Belarus, a leftover from the old Soviet Union, is all upset and in therapy because Swe … more →

Tags: 5 Random Thursday, Animals, monsters and monstrous animals, muffin chokers, Sweden, Belarus, Teddy Bear, Swedes, Soviet Union, Minsk

Book publicity: The case of the hitchhiking writer who gets shot — 8 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 11 months ago: So this West Virginia photographer is hitchhiking around the country, writing a book about kind … more →

Tags: 7 Media Strategy Saturday, Montaña, united states, YouTube, Ray Dolin

Old Media versus The Series of Tubes — 2 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 11 months ago: Internet Fanboys claim that the invincible air attack of the Series of Tubes will shred the ground g … more →

Tags: 7 Media Strategy Saturday, Old Media, which is still Big and Strong, The Twitter, the Book of Face and the Series of Tubes, facebook, media, twitter, Series of Tubes, aaron rogers, old media

Build your own Writing Monster (Part 2 of Why critique groups MUST DIE) — 12 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 1 year ago: Conventional wisdom is conventionally wrong. Nowhere is this more true than in the fields of writing … more →

Tags: 4 Writing Secrets Wednesday, Speechwriting, Fiction, Red Pen of Doom, The Twitter, the Book of Face and the Series of Tubes, Brad Pitt, Editing, iPhone, Michael Bay

The lost art of rhetoric and persuasion — 16 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 1 year ago: Whether you write (a) for fun, (b) for money or (c) for all the fast cars and groupies, I bet you … more →

Tags: 4 Writing Secrets Wednesday, Speechwriting, Fiction, Red Pen of Doom, Arts, Creative Writing, Jar Jar Binks, Communication, Rhetoric

Top 5 reasons why Twitter CRUSHES Facebook — 21 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 1 year ago: Sure, the Book of Face is the big green hulking monster of social media right now. You don’t w … more →

Tags: 7 Media Strategy Saturday, Old Media, which is still Big and Strong, The Twitter, the Book of Face and the Series of Tubes

You can pitch ANYTHING except quality — 29 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 1 year ago: Quality matters. Oh, it matters a lot. Nobody wants to pay money to see a movie that stinks, a book … more →

Tags: 7 Media Strategy Saturday, Old Media, which is still Big and Strong, chuck norris, Hollywood, iPhone, matt damon, Sylvester Stallone, YouTube, free ink

Media Strategy Saturday: Tim Tebow's favorite word, 'excited' — 5 comments

Guy Bergstrom wrote 1 year ago: So the gym where I sweat plays ESPN without the sound on, but I didn’t need any sound to watch … more →

Tags: 7 Media Strategy Saturday, Old Media, which is still Big and Strong, The Twitter, the Book of Face and the Series of Tubes, Brad Pitt, Charlie Sheen, Christian Bale, ESPN, Publicity, Donald Trump


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