The blog before Christmas

Twas the blog before Christmas when all through the ‘sphereMany creatures had posted the ‘worst and best of’ the year.The rants were all TrackBacked, Delicious to sharein hopes that St. Googleus soon would be there.When out in the geek-world a new...

Blogger’s guilt

Yes, I’ve been feeling it all month, as day after day breezed by and I didn’t post a single entry (till now).So I figured it’s time to come clean and say that I’m happily shedding that guilt (which, by the way, is a pretty self-serving emotion in the first place)....

In praise of APR

First of all, I have a disclosure. I am an APR (accredited in public relation) and also the CPRS (Toronto) accreditation committee chair.And, as December 3 is the deadline for applications to the Canadian APR process, I thought I’d write a few words on why I feel...

From the outside looking in

Sometimes it feels like Canada is decidedly second tier. By that I mean there are often cool new products launched in the U.S. that aren’t readily available on our side of the border. We hear about them, read about them, see what they do. We covet them but just don’t...

Poppy Day

November 11.When I was growing up in Winnipeg we called Remembrance Day: Poppy Day. And every year when it came around, my Dad would return from work with a poppy on his lapel. Often, he’d bring some home for us and I felt it was both a thrill and an honour to wear...