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...

A-rain-ment

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...

Don’t look a gift blog…

… in the word-of-mouth…What I mean to say (if you’ve recovered from that pun) is that blogging is hard work: write; edit; publish; repeat ad infinitum.Sure, it’s fun and rewarding but there’s no mistaking the commitment. And every once in...

So you want to work in PR – revisited

Last year, I wrote a post about the key things I look for when someone applies for a job. And in response, Centennial College’s Gary Schlee invited me to take part in a class assignment where I would create a job description for his students and then grade the cover...

Cash for internships

Earlier this week I read a wire story in the Globe and Mail about students having to pay a fair bit of money to secure a Wall Street internship. Here it is from another outlet.Now, while this doesn’t apply to PR (yet), I don’t like it one bit. I think...