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...

Are you ready for social media?

Joel Postman’s new book, SocialCorp: Social Media Goes Corporate will be released in December. I’m looking forward to reading/reviewing it.It promises to feature case studies, a critical approach and examples of how organizations can develop an intelligent...

Meet the new boss…

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...

A perfect sentence

Every once in a while, I’ll come across one. Like the opening to Garrison Keillor’s hilarious novel Pontoon, which I’m currently reading:”Evelyn was an insomniac, so when they say she died in her sleep, you had to question...

Enter Philip Roth

I recently finished reading Philip Roth’s superb novel, Exit Ghost, the latest (and final?) Zukerman story. Nathan Zukerman, by the way, is Roth’s literary alter ego; a fictional author whose life has mirrored that of his creator’s. Or has it?And...