When I had to do research in high school in the 80s, I was reliant on dated encyclopedias and other research materials which was at best 10 years old, and at most, woefully under performing and useless. Skipping forward to university, I was able to do a little better with the use of the NovaNet which linked libraries on the
Read more…
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
Read more…
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
Read more…
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
Read more…
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
Read more…
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
Read more…
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
Read more…
The idea that we have within us a power to disseminate and detect what we see and hear in advertising might not be what it seems. We have been subjected to over 100 years of manipulation by advertising. Is this a good thing? A bad thing? Regardless, advertising is part of our lives and dictates trends. Advertising was a catalyst
Read more…
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
Read more…
I recently had a complaint with my local radio station. When I commented on their page, I also took the time to post it to my own timeline. Copying and pasting the same text will ensure that you are replicating the same message. To start though, use the @ symbol in front of the name. In this case I used
Read more…
Recent Comments