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Entries categorized as ‘Humor’

Michael Kanellos is a funny guy

August 14, 2007 · No Comments

I have been accused, sometimes correctly, of zoning out a bit during long calls and saving myself by blurting out something about RSS feeds. RSS is an important technology to those of us in PR, but for a long time, PR (and the tech industry in general) was fond of phrases that ended up on the Bullshit Bingo board.

Today, c|net’s Michael Kanellos gave us a new top 10 list of terms to avoid. If you’ve ever struggled with an executive who insists on making “inflection points” the centerpiece of their keynote or product managers who talk about Web 2.5, you’re going to bust a guy laughing at it.

Categories: Humor · Media relations

Dilbert is Funny

August 3, 2007 · No Comments

I read this on the beach (today is the last day of vacation…sigh) and it just cracked me up:

Categories: Humor

Dogbert, PR pro

February 22, 2007 · No Comments

Dilbert, PR pro

Scott Adams is an engineer, and this strip illustrates a fairly widely-held belief among engineers that PR is all about press releases and booze.

But that doesn’t make this any less funny :)

Check out this week’s Dilbert strips, which are devoted to PR, starting with Monday.

Categories: Humor