Torn between several subjects from my mental ed-cal—fighting with multiple Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter status thingies, connecting my online connections, my recent blogging exposé in Prague and yelling at my web class—I will instead take the low road and follow what scooped Dr. Death’s impending congressional run. That being? Today’s announcement that the mayor of Detroit, of which our campus’ city of Southfield is a suburb, is booked with a variety of felony charges stemming from a long-brewing political scandal.
Far be it from me to cast any stones. Pure as the driven snow, my students know me to be. What caught my eye was today’s take from Detroit Free Press and NBC columnist Mike Wendland on web coverage of the Kwame Kilpatrick fiasco. I caught his piece roughly the same time I wished I had a TV in my office. But between all the local new affiliates streaming today’s press conferences online and my trusty RadioShark, let alone my wife chiming in on my Treo, I was never without coverage.
…which got me to thinking: what about social media? How much traction did the story really gain in the blogosphere? Or on sites like Digg and Delicious? Wendland’s piece scratched the surface, but honestly, what impact would this story have on our region’s reputation when taking social media into account?
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I couldn’t let a Wednesday pass without taking up your evening for a brief while. Tough love, I know. But it’s why you pay me the big bucks.
We’ve all been there. Deleted a file—or an entire hard drive—and couldn’t recover the data. Sometimes, it’s not your fault. A virus sneaks past the firewall and corrupts your entire PC. Or your laptop bag walks away from you in a busy airport.
I suppose the guilt of presenting at a 
