Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

That Dog Gone Tessa (Robocall Edition)

Think of it as Les Poocherables: Boston author Dennis Lehane as Javert, and his runaway dog Tessa as Jean Valjean. The hardwalking staff has already chronicled Act One: The ubiquitous flyers Lehane and his wife Angie have posted up and down … Continue reading

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Hark! The Herald!

In its Tuesday edition the Boston Herald – ever Whitmanesque – celebrates itself and sings itself yet again. Page Two:   Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.

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Why The Wall Street Journal Is A Great Newspaper (New Delhi Edition)

Since the brutal rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi several weeks ago, there have been any number of snapshots of the victim, including this from the New York Times India Ink blog: Portrait Emerges of Victim … Continue reading

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The Creepiest Place on Earth: The MagicBand Kingdom

Disney World is now Digi World, as this New York Times piece reports: At Disney Parks, a Bracelet Meant to Build Loyalty (and Sales) ORLANDO, Fla. — Imagine Walt Disney World with no entry turnstiles. Cash? Passé: Visitors would wear rubber bracelets encoded … Continue reading

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Let The Wild Chuck Hagel Rumpus Begin! (ChuckHagel.com Edition)

As former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Aggressively Nay) battles his way to Secretary of Defense, one skirmish he’s already lost is control of his domain name. Home page of ChuckHagel.com:   ChuckHagel.com happens to be the exclusive province of Weekly … Continue reading

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Midnight For Paris

Funny – the Missus and I just saw the eminently watchable Midnight in Paris, which as usual triggered the Big Town vs. the City of Light Service debate. Now comes this letter from Charmaine Teodoro in Monday’s New York Times Metropolitan … Continue reading

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The Branded Content Boiler Room

This is the face of branded content as depicted by a weekly newsletter from the Custom Content Council, “the leading professional organization for branded content and content marketing in North America.” Content Marketing: A process for evaluating content channels When engaging … Continue reading

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OMG! Herald Has A (New?) Advice Column

Page 3 of today’s Boston Herald features this advice column, which the hardreading staff doesn’t recall seeing in the paper before, although we could be wrong. Regardless, it’s lame even by Herald standards. Time to give in and wear the watch … Continue reading

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Dead Blogging Artist Talks At The Boston Sculptors Gallery

On Saturday the Missus and I trundled down the South End to catch the Boston Sculptors Gallery‘s Traditional & Non-Traditional Sculptural Materials in a Contemporary Context, a series of artists talks that was much more interesting than that title might imply. … Continue reading

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