Dick Tracy would love this latest wireless technology.

As a kid who read the Sunday comics of the Chicago Tribune, I loved reading about the exploits of Dick Tracy.   I always thought his wrist phone was something I would want to have in my technological tool kit. Right now, I am working on a project with a client and a government integrator that could convert a cell phone into something that Dick Tracy would want to use in his battle against crime.  The hope is that the new technology will help first responders get updates and other data as needed.

Garry Trudeau's "Dewey" moment

It was such a busy week that it wasn't until my Saturday morning breakfast with my wife Jackie that I learned that the San Antonio Express News wasn't the only paper to not run this week's Doonesbury strip.  So, taking a few moments to look at the Google news archives, I found a couple of articles from other major newspapers concerning their decision not to run this week's strip.  My favorite?  Why it was the one from the Chicago Tribune comparing the strip to their 1948 headline:  "Dewey defeats Truman!."  Except, Garry Trudeau the genius behind the Doonesbury comic strip, got his prediction right.

Why the media should be conservative when it comes to posting news results

I had to laugh when I read the Stuffjournalistslike blog with all of the great comments about dealing with politicians and issues. However, the real chuckle came when the blogger in chief made a very clever note about editors getting their headlines correct. His link to the famous Harry Truman pix holding up the Chicago Tribune headline that has "Dewey Defeats Truman" is something every reporter, publicist and anyone who deals with the media should keep close to their desk as a reminder of how mistakes can screw up a publication's credibility.

Sadly, the electronic types will get a lot of results wrong because there will be pressure to beat the others to the punch.