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PR desktop wallpaper series

I got to thinking - Geez, we spend half our lives staring at a computer monitor - which then made me think how valuable that real estate actually is.

So I decided to start a PR desktop wallpaper series. A series of walllpapers (the goal is 100) which will act as little reminders as to what is important to remember when it comes to PR.

You'd think someone would have done something like this at some point, but nope, there's absolutely nothing out there. Who knows, maybe other PR folks will join in and we'll end up with a huge series of PR theme desktop wallpapers out there (which PR folks can then give to their CEO's to use on their computers and grow mind share as a result - I'm partly joking here).

I really like what Paver Smith did a while ago with daily PR tips on the iPhone.I think we need more of that knowledge capital sharing - because after all, a certain percentage of PR you can't learn in school (it's best practices and a thought process you can only gain from experience or from other professionals).

I figure I'll do one a week, so it will take a few years for the series to be completed (unless I decide to start banging out five of them a week or something, then obviously it will take less time).

I'll do my best ot make them look half-decent, but I'm not going to spend hours on the design (I'm not a graphic design artist after all). Try designing something half decent and you realize how essential having a great graphics designer on staff is!

With that said, let the series begin:

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