Apr 6, 2008
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...
Apr 6, 2008
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...
Apr 6, 2008
…it’s Inside PR.OK, it wasn’t a taping of David Letterman, SNL or the Yuk Yuk’s Great Canadian Laugh Off*. But Inside PR listeners had a chance to get up close and personal with podcast at last week’s Third Tuesday Toronto (yes, it was on...
Apr 5, 2008
I read that the peace symbol turns 50 this year and was a bit taken aback by the news (it didn’t look a day over 40 to me).Actually, I always thought the icon was a U.S. anti-Vietnam war invention and was surprised to find out it was created in 1958 by Gerald...
Mar 31, 2008
If you’ve been to New York recently and happened to be flying out via LaGuardia, you’ve probably experienced a delay.Occasionally it’s short, often it can stretch in to a couple of hours or more.And an advance call to your airline doesn’t...
Mar 28, 2008
I needed a good cup of coffee after reading a story by Globe and Mail reporter Jennifer Wells about a new Maxwell House advertising campaign entitled ‘Brew Some Good’.It turns out the ad agency decided to go minimalist with its TV spot, spending $19,000 on...
Mar 26, 2008
Last week I was fortunate enough to be in Manhattan for work.And while Ontario’s TV ads may claim, ‘there’s no place like this…’, they really should be referring to New York City.It happened to be raining on my second day, constant but...
Mar 25, 2008
…Twitter. (Does that make me a twit?)I’ve read about it. Registered. Checked out the site. Tried to follow a few people. Got frustrated. Read a bit more. Looked for enlightenment in Robert Scoble’s recent post.And yet it still seems a bit banal. I...
Mar 23, 2008
In a recent Inside PR podcast, I was taken to task for my statement (and I’m paraphrasing) that in Canada, tobacco companies are legal entities and, while most of us would say that smoking is bad for you, tobacco companies, like other Canadian corporations, are...
Mar 21, 2008
I think boingboing was the first blog I visited back when I didn’t know what a blog was. And I was instantly captivated by the delicious tidbits it presented; its odd and obscure collection of ephemera.Well, ReadWriteWeb had a ‘wonderful’ post last...
