People are changing the way they read books. Amazon put out a press release on Christmas Day saying that more Kindle books were sold this holiday season than ”physical”  books. 

I don’t have one yet.  I still love to curl up in my cozy bed and read a book while I  hold it in my hands. I like the feel of the paper and the heft of the book. Sometimes I like to underline and highlight things in the book.  I also like to mark my place with a bookmark or by turning the page corner over (only on paperback books, however.)

On the other hand, my brother Walter (who is six years my senior) digests books at am amazinng pace, so he loves his Kindle becsause it allows him to acquire and consume several new titles each week. And my friend Ross loves his because he likes to read the New York Times on it each morning.

I imagine I’ll get one at some point, but for now, I am going to stick with my old-fashioned paper books. Continue Reading »

My 17 year old son Craig recently won third place in an international video competition related to his sociology class at Carrabassett Valley Academy which is taught by Eric Chamberlin. The competition relates to the book “The World is Flat“  by Thomas Friedman.  I think this project is a great example of how teachers around the world can bring students together via the Web to work collaboratively.  Check out his video on YouTube. I may be partial since I am his mom, but I think it is very clever. And he composed the music himself on his computer, too! Continue Reading »

We publish a monthly e-newsletter called The NMC Report that focuses on the intersection between public relations and the Web. Since my agency was founded in 1991 purely as a public relations firm, and has grown from there into a full-service Web site development, Marketing Communications and Internet Marketing agency, we use our e-newsletter to share our knowledge and expertise with our readers. Continue Reading »