Oct 15, 2008
Watching the Canadian election results last night was mildly frustrating (and a bit dull). And ending up with essentially the same House we had before the vote was called is a strong message from ‘the people’ to politicians of all stripes – no matter...
Oct 2, 2008
It doesn’t usually happen with MSM. I’m talking about Canadian PR outreach to Canadian editors being picked up in publications beyond our borders. But with social media and blogger outreach, traditional country mandates are starting to be...
Oct 2, 2008
In honour of its 10th anniversary, Google has treated us to a youthful version of itself; the web circa 2001. It’s quite charming really and the searches yield no Wikipedia results – unless, of course, you type in ‘Wikipedia’.I found an early...
Sep 23, 2008
This past summer, I was driving through upstate New York and passed through a town called Flackville. And I wondered if this is where old PR people go to retire…(a news release on every corner…)OK enough of that.Yesterday, I received an email from a client...
Sep 22, 2008
Giovanni Rodriguez contends that many our social media tools are DIY versions of things we already have:Blogs = publishingPodcasts = radioYouTube = TV broadcastSocial networks = community centresI agree. And I’d like to add that I think Twitter is a souped up...
Sep 22, 2008
There’s a Canadian federal election in full swing. Or should I say in full baby swing – as in fun if you’re in it, but other than that quite dull.It’s the same old posturing, spinning and name calling we remember in the past – only this...
Sep 12, 2008
Not too long ago, I mentioned I was going to upgrade to a Blackberry Bold and I did get one. (Hey, iPhones may be super cool, but that’s just never been me.)After a bit of back and forth trying to find one in a store, I asked to have it shipped. It arrived the...
Sep 5, 2008
If you look at my last post, written using the Google Chrome browser, you’ll notice there are bigger spaces between paragraphs than usual (similar to what happens when I save in edit mode). I don’t understand if this is a function of the browser or some...
Sep 5, 2008
To me, that would usually mean one of those *&*?@#! Toronto parking tickets. (I used to love it when Li’l Abner comic strips used symbols to stand in for cussing, but I’ve never done it myself until now.)But I digress.Joel Postman tagged me with the...
Sep 1, 2008
I’ve finally made the leap (into the void?) and have posted to Twitter – twice tonight. I’m still trying to get my head around the notion of 140 characters. It’s not a lot of words, that’s for sure. For anyone who’s interested,...
