Unsubscriber blues

Guest blog by LOUISE ARMSTRONG, executive vice president, Palette PRWhen I turned 40, I decided to draft some resolutions for the second half of my life. Each goal is designed to simplify my life by eliminating time wasters – things that are a part of my day but which...

Introducing: beautygeeks!

Janine Falcon, a former Canadian Living beauty editor I know and have worked with, has just launched her blog: beautygeeks!And whether or not you’re interested in beauty opinion, news and tips, I think you’ll enjoy Janine’s writing which is playful,...

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...

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...

Media relations 2.0

A couple of days ago and quite out of the blue, I got a call from a reporter at the Louisville, Kentucky Courier-Journal. He was doing an article on a major infrastructure project in his community that refrenced the 407 ETR (a toll road in Toronto). And he wanted to...