THINK INSIDE THE BOX

DISCLAIMERS & DISCLOSURES

Everything posted on this blog is my personal opinion and does not necessarily represent the views of my employer or its clients. I work in PR and belive in my work, but this blog is about what I think, not about communicating my agency’s or clients’ messages.

I believe in transparency. When I talk about people, companies, brands and products, I’ll make clear if I have any perceived or actual conflicts of interests, including friendships, vested interests, and professional obligations.

I reserve the right to be wrong, change my mind, and hold dear ocassional contradictions. I approach my postings as essays about my thoughts on various subjects related to the creative process and living a life of ideas, both personally and professionally. Writing about what you think, then thinking about what you write tends to make your opinions fluid.

DOs & DON’Ts

Let me know what you think … Leave a comment. Contribute to the conversation. And sign your name. I’m skeptical about the motivations and convictions of annonymous comments. Besides, I like to know who I’m talking to.

… but please be civil. I shout the same things other people do when they hit their thumb with a hammer, forget to hit “save” or find out their client cut the budget two weeks ago without telling them. But I figure it’s easier to control our typing than our talking. Profane, racist, sexist or simply mean and hurtful comments shouldn’t be a part of the THINK INSIDE THE BOX landscape. I don’t moderate comments, but I do reserve the right to edit (or, if necessary, delete) those that are blatantly flaming or otherwise defy the spirit of civil dialogue. If that happens, I will indicate that the post has been edited.

RIGHTS & REQUESTS

All content © Copyright 2006-2007 by John Armato unless otherwise indicated or attributed.

Content may be freely excerpted with attribution and without alteration for nonprofit use only. If you do excerpt any of my content, I would appreciate it if you would link back to this site in addition to providing the required attribution. All other uses by permission only. Just ask me. I’ll probably say yes. (Officially, the content of this blog is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License. To view a copy of this license, click here or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.)

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