This article appeared in about five Canadian newspapers – the Toronto Sun, the Calgary Sun, the Edmonton Sun, and maybe the newspapers for a couple of smaller cities in Ontario. I loved getting free publicity for the shoe site and appreciate Sarah Millar’s efforts, but I found there is one thing that is potentially worse than being misquoted: being quoted verbatim.
Seeing your own words in print can be embarrassing. I’ll definitely speak slower and more deliberately the next time a reporter calls and try to leave out all the “I means” and other fillers that do not translate well to text – or to the spoken word.
Those articles led to my being contacted by the science writer for the Alabama editions of the Examiner.com. He saw that I am an Alabama native and he likes to find nice things to write about our beloved, but often maligned, home state. As a result, he wrote this article, which was published in all Alabama cities served by Examiner.com.
If you ever drink beer from a can, you have been affected by the author, Paul Hamaker. He invented a coating used inside beer cans. I guess whoever invented the wheel or inclined plane had a bigger impact, but how many people in modern history have had an idea that is used daily by two billion people? I feel honored to have had an article about the site written by Paul.
About a year or so ago, there was a short article about the site in a Dutch newspaper. I don’t have a link to it and I don’t think many users of the site speak Dutch. If you do speak Dutch, the fact that you are reading this means you also understand English and have nothing new to learn from that article. There was also an article about the site in my law school alumni/ae magazine for which I do not think there is a link.
Free publicity is welcomed!
