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Good counsel: Counselors Academy 2009
When I started Palette five years ago, I asked Pat McNamara, president and founder of Apex PR, for some advice. And she suggested that I should join an organization called Counselors Academy, which comprised agency owners and principals and had a not-to-be-missed...
Rupert Pupkin lives – but not necessarily on Skittles
Last week, I re-watched Martin Scorcese's piercingly funny, King of Comedy, where two psychotically-obsessed fans (Robert De Niro and Sandra Bernhard) kidnap a popular late night talk show host (Jerry Lewis). The reason? For Bernhard it's love. For De Niro (aka Rupert...
Facebook listens
After the brouhaha that erupted over the change in Facebook's terms of reference (TOS), founder Mark Zuckerberg has reverted to the old terms for the time being while the organization works to develop its new TOS.And this time, they created a Bill of Rights and...
Something newer
Earlier in the month, I wrote about a job seeker who sent me a snail mail resume and cover letter addressed: 'Dear Sir/Madam'. Thanks again for all your thoughts.Today, we received another note I wanted to flag (again for the wrong reasons). It was addressed to the...
Everything that’s mine is Facebook’s
Facebook has altered its terms of service and the wording indicates that it will now own all of the content people post - in perpetuity. The change has generated a lot of disgruntled comments on Twitter and in the blogosphere here and here. And it's easy to understand...
New Toronto in Old City Hall
I first met Bobby Rotenberg around the time he launched T.O. magazine, an upstart, edgy city publication I had the pleasure of writing for, a long time ago. Since then, I've bumped into him from time to time and reconnected when we found out our kids go to the same...