Aug 14, 2008
Our 24/7 communications world sometimes seems a lot like the Autobahn: no limits to speed. But I think we’d be a whole lot smarter if we if we took our foot off the accelerator and paid more attention to the road ahead. (Watch our for that pothole!) We could...
Aug 11, 2008
Guest blog by ANTHONY WESTENBERG, account director, Palette PRWhen I was working in Amsterdam as the global communications manager for Randstad, I had the honour to represent my company in the Public Affairs Task Group, established for sponsors of the Dutch Olympic...
Aug 1, 2008
We all have stories we tell people. And it feels like they fall into several categories:- memories- gossip- news or information- recent personal experiences or observationsWell, lately I’ve been using my recent personal experiences/observations as fodder for my...
Jul 31, 2008
I was walking home today and happened to pass a Norman Rockwell-esque family moment: a hot and hazy mid-summer evening; a young boy (around five or six) is playfully chasing his slightly older sister; her mock screams, a sound like enjoyment.What makes this scene a...
Jul 28, 2008
I remember an ad campaign from many years ago that used to proclaim long distance as ‘the next best thing to being there’ – pre-fibre optics.I think the same epithet could be used to describe blogging and social media (except without the exhorbitant...
Jul 20, 2008
For nearly a month now, there’s been an uneasy truce with Israel. I’m talking Shel Israel and his feud with Loren Feldman over the sock puppet incident.And now that the dust has settled, I think this is a good time to offer my (Canadian) two cents. To be...
