The weekend read

Run for the exits. Run for the hills. Run for the finish line. But wherever you run, be sure you're pointed toward the weekend, so you can catch up with the good finds and reads I shared on Twitter this week. Can you keep pace with me as we round the curve?

• Running commentary: Online journals can help you record processes, keep a media-contact log, or confide your future career plans. Here are 5 killer online journal tools to check out. Oh Life is my favorite.
• Tripped up: Facebook has noted a bug in its Page Insights. But don't worry. It "only" affected data on your page's impressions and reach. Your numbers are expected to stay level or go up.
• Fun run: Facebook events finally get to have cover photos, offering lots of potential for making your events look more appealing.
• Marathon media: The federal Department of Health and Human Services has a slew of social sites on which it participates, and they're all collected in this "social hub." Great idea to steal.
• Race numbers: 5 creative uses of QR codes, with return on investment and crazy-good ideas.
• Run between the lines: Problogger dives into the rules and rights of free images on the web. A must read.
• Run with it: Can you keep a straight face while saying your company's tagline or slogan?
• Out of the running: That moment when your desk is cleaned out for you? It happened this week on the Pope's Twitter account, which was fully deleted and labeled as "seat vacant" as part of the formal process of making clear the path for a new pontiff. Even on Twitter.
• Run for office: There are lots of cities where there are more freelancers, but if you freelance and want to earn the most, Washington, DC, is number two on the list, after San Jose, CA. Since it's among the most affordable cities for middle-class families, this bodes well for the freelancer. I'm just sayin'.
• Run after them: Now you can follow the top social chief marketing officers from Fortune 250 companies who are on Twitter.
• Run, but don't get caught: Those cool Google Glass shades can record you without your knowledge.
• Running time: Tablet and mobile video views are through the roof, live video is the new normal and long-form video is in resurgence: Those are just three of the smart insights from this substantial international survey of how online video viewing habits have changed.

Run into these great communications jobs: Justice at Stake wants a deputy communications director....the Level Playing Field Institute needs a science writing instructor...NYU Langone Medical Center seeks a senior marketing manager....the University of California, Davis, is looking for a senior director of communications for the graduate school of business...Edible Arrangements is recruiting a director of corporate communications and public relations...MD Anderson Cancer Center wants a director of external communications.

I'm running up to New York City next week to coach some speakers, take some meetings and speak to the Science Writers in New York and the American Society of Journalists and Authors on March 6 about using Pinterest to communicate science. It's free if you're a member of either of those groups, or very low cost otherwise. We'll have ideas for journalists, PR types, nonprofits, universities, government agencies, companies, the whole nine yards. Will I see you there? Register here.

In the meantime, thanks for making me a stop on your race to the weekend....as usual. Love having you here.

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