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CapCut Ushers in Era of ‘Good Enough’ Content, and That’s… Fine, I Guess

I held out on the idea of professional communicators using tools like CapCut, believing the wall between consumer and prosumer was still significant. I was wrong, it isn’t.
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What’s Wrong with Having Standards? A Call for Communications Self-Regulation in the Age of AI
A tutorial about spokes-bots turned into an examination of how AI is affecting the professions aimed at gaining people’s attention and a conversation…
 • David Quiñones
Your AI Spokes-Bot Resources and Runbook — How to Build Your Own Lil Miquela (If That’s What You Really Want)
This is a resource document/runbook specifically for the attendees of my talk at Ragan’s Social Media Conference 2026.
 • David Quiñones
Comms Magic & Dark Arts: A PR Toolkit for Steve Ballmer and the Los Angeles Clippers
A billionaire basketball owner might have more dirt in his past than anyone suspected, and an oft-injured superstar might find more reasons to stay…
 • David Quiñones
On Political Violence, Charlie Kirk, and the Inherent Grace of Shutting Up
Following the murder of Charlie Kirk, let’s once again push back against the impulse that public figures and brands have compelling them to weigh in on…
 • David Quiñones
AI Eats the World | Hope You Like Working with Dying People | Good Marketing Trumps a Karen | It’s Your Tuesday Roundup
On this Tuesday Failure to Communicate, we’re sharing some items you should know about and emptying the notebook of comms-related stuff that’s caught my…
 • David Quiñones
The Taylor Lorenz Paradox: ‘If I Can’t Work the Register, How Do You Expect Me to Make Any Money?’
A recent kerfuffle between legacy journalists and a Substack provocateur over promos has me thinking about exactly what the rules should be for indie…
 • David Quiñones
Morning in an America Where Political Ad Spending Doesn’t Matter
As we bid a fond farewell to election season and its record ad blitz, how do we know political campaign ads really work? How do we know advertising…
 • David Quiñones
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