Jan 20, 2008
I didn’t realize Winnipeg had earned the dubious distinction of being the ‘car-theft capital of Canada’. (I did know that during especially cold spells, people left their cars running and other people ‘borrowed’ them to avoid...
Jan 17, 2008
We relaunched the Palette PR website today. It’s a whole new look that reflects the type of agency we’ve become; our approach and offerings. It’s also the debut of our in-house designer, Andrew Glenn, who will enliven Palette’s graphic and...
Jan 13, 2008
I was watching Adaptation again last night (what a film!) and wanted to know the name of an actor who played a certain role. So I went to imdb, typed in the title and found out without ever having to leave the room.Earlier, I wanted to find the lyrics to a somewhat...
Jan 13, 2008
So much has been written and/or talked about PR folks reaching out to bloggers with stories and news. There’s been a lot of ‘tiptoe round the tulips’ advice (e.g. tread very lightly) and comments about how different it is from traditional media...
Jan 12, 2008
Earlier this week I read a wire story in the Globe and Mail about students having to pay a fair bit of money to secure a Wall Street internship. Here it is from another outlet.Now, while this doesn’t apply to PR (yet), I don’t like it one bit. I think...