Archive for the 'Opinion' Category

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Visuals are All

As I have mentioned in previous posts, I am not at present able to upload any media. To me part of what I want and need to tell in my storytelling must include graphics. This has led me to not posting. It also has led me to a realiszation about the importance of this blog to me. I am unsure
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Hey Television. Why the Interupt?

I am sure that you are like me that you have a set amount or number of programs that you enjoy and watch live or from a record on television. I am constantly annoyed how after every commercial break that they recap the story til then. When at the 45 or 55 minute mark it is almost unbearable to have
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The Up and the Down of 1863

Since leaving the agency I was at I am now online in a mobile form. This meaning that I am roaming the house with my laptop and not really tied to any one place. Sure I have an office, but that is more or less a bunker and one at this time of year I choose not to be in.
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Falling Behind. Draper Style.

I’m a big fan of the AMC series Mad Men. One thing that I draws me to it is the setting. The details and fashion are very well researched. If you have watched the entire series to date, you will notice changes to the set design and the characters fashion. Subtle yet very specific changes that reflected the changes over
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I really don’t mind sharing how I feel. It is incumbent on the post on Facebook, the email emoticons and the in person conversations I have. If I want to tell you I am just shitting on you – you know it. It’s in my demeanor or an email signed with a :P. What I am not happy with is
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Apple Support: Sigh – Another Sears Situ

The following is a post from a friend of mine in Florida. It is with regard to the iPhone 5. As I have just recently bought a new 4s and declined signing up with my provider, and did not follow up in the following 30 days with Apple for the extended warranty, this might be of note to those of
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Encouraging Signs of a Proactive Youth

On the weekend, my daughter suggested that if she got over 10,000 likes, would I quit smoking. I was not sure that she could get this number as she did not mention where she was going to post it. So thanks to the power of social connectivity, I guess I have to at least give it a try. My daughter
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“I don’t want to be engaged”

Sounds like that Newfoundland and Labrador government’s social media advisory train is off the track. First, opposition Gerry Rogers member was kicked out of the house because she would not apologize to Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale for someone else’s Facebook posts on the group Kathy Dunderdale must GO!!!. Rogers says she was added to the group without her
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Crafting a Creative Response

In South Africa, business practices in the advertising industry have clients create briefs for the agency. I say this as at first I was not sure what the process being described was. The following is from their post on Vemo. I found it to be not only interesting, but a great creative solution to spur business solutions. Think of RFPs
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Pretty Man and the Social Clan

Now that the dust has settled from the coronation of Justin Trudeau as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, it will be interesting if the Trudeau team can capitalize on the interest surrounding the new leader that is buzzing on social media. Like anyone ‘new’ they tend to steal the spotlight from others for a period of
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