Blog Archive
The odds are in…
Since April 2nd, I've supped my share of rim-rolling Tim Hortons' coffees, in hopes of coming up with...anything.According to the rules and regulations on the Rrroll Up the Rim website, my best chances were getting a food prize. Odds: 1 in 9.Here are my results:- 34...
Makeover
I'm pleased to present the new, sleeker look of my(PR)palette, thanks to Andrew Glenn, our in-house designer. I say blogger never looked so good.Let me know what you think.
The old joke I alluded to on Inside PR #106
Inside PR #106, taped before a live studio audience at Third Tuesday Toronto, is available for download. For anyone who listens and wonders about the old joke I alluded to, here it is:What's the difference between advertising and PR? In advertising you pay; in PR you...
They started a joke…
With apologies to the Bee Gees, but this joke didn't start 'the whole world crying'. It was more like a frustrated sigh of bemusement.It happened a week ago, on the stalwart CBC Radio interview show, 'As It Happens'*. I was in my car and caught the middle of an item...
Is blogging hazardous to your health?
The New York Times says it may be. Robert Scoble contends it's worth the risk.I think this entire story is a little nuts; a hilarious example of the pedestal we, in the social media scene, are placing on communications 2.0.I mean, we're not talking heroin here, or...
Twitter redux
It's no secret that I've been baffled by Twitter. I can't seem to grasp why it's so popular in the blogosphere and why so many people I know and respect continue to sing its praises.Well, Ed Lee provides a wonderfully fun and creative analogy to explain the concept of...