I want to share some coverage of the, as the American media calls him, The Crack Smoking Mayor of Toronto. Rob Ford is the Mayor of the fourth largest city in the US and Canada combined. Mayor Rob Ford thinks this is all fun and games, but this story lives on with the web. So here are four shots I
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Recently while grocery shopping I noticed a new product which might help me keep my stainless appliances up to par. Wipes, regular clothes and other solutions are a pain as anyone who bought a stainless appliance will attest to (why did they stop making black or even avacado green?). This product was from Scotch Brite. What did catch my eye
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Well this was quite the day with revelations all around with respect to the Senate scandal. The main thing is that truth never varies this be the Duffy status. Lies do. That be the the PMO’s status (Nigel Wright had from the lips of Stephen Harper, until today, had resigned. Now I hear that He was according to the lips
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The idea of Lack of a Better Word is to bring awareness to digital ideas, developments and extensions for current digital based platforms, social media products and ideas. Lately I have been thinking that how can I best serve you – my readership? To post the latest change on Facebook such as how search is done, you will have no
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OK so here in my part of the world there is a large backlash against cups from coffee from Tim Hortons coffee ( no ‘ as they need to be in Quebec). They are everywhere. What to do to pick those up? Nothing! The question is what to do to stop the dumping in the first place. Well for me
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This is the third of my historical series on marketing. Listerine. Had it today? Used it? In any case you know it as what? A mouthwash of course. But that is not what is was made for originally. Originally it was an antiseptic. When the 1921 recession came about, then the sales declined of the antiseptic. Gerald Lambert who was
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In my second installment about the advent of marketing, history and advertising I want to draw attention to something that was prevalent in the first decade of the 20th century. This was the line of still new or fresh or undebated ideas about psychological and analytical analysis. Still at that time, one could take leanings or rather reports and relate
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Golden Eagle Snatches Kid in Montreal So yes you have all seen this and at first were taken in. The reality was that students from an arts college in Montreal were tasked to make a viral video that would garner over 100K views. They did well. After researching about what works best on YouTube it was kids, animals and more
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Facebook continues to allow one to add you to a group without your permission. Worse, you will not know about it unless you have notifications turned on. To me it comes down to simple etiquette. A group is not like an event. I do not mind being invited to events, but of course I am not automatically tagged as being
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pro·rogue /prəˈrōg/ Verb Discontinue a session of (a legislative assembly) without dissolving it. (of such an assembly) Be discontinued in this way. Synonyms adjourn – postpone – defer – delay So the federal government has decided to prorogue Parliment again. Basically cancelling debate and bills before the House. To me it is very clear that this is an attempt to
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