Archive for February, 2008
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
My Yank readers will no doubt be familiar with the painful Verizon ad campaign 'It's the Network'. Essentially, the campaign features an army of helpers backing the lucky Verizon customers. Despite the fact the commercials shit me to tears, they provide a good metaphor for the greatest opportunity for individuals ...
Posted in Blogging, Marketing, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Podcasting, Students, Twitter, Wikis, Workplace Issues, word of mouth | 12 Comments »
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Today every proud Australian will stand a little taller as the Australian Government Parliament formally apologises to our indigenous aboriginal people for wrongs committed since our nation was colonised 200 odd years ago.
This is an important symbolic step for my nation and I'm really disappointed to be removed from it. ...
Posted in Australian Media | 11 Comments »
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
This morning I treated myself to a classic diner brekky with my old mate the NY Times. As I knocked back coffee #3, I spotted an obituary paying respects to 'The Sign Guy':
Known as the Sign Man of Shea, Mr. Ehrhardt brought his big bag of 20-by-26-inch placards to dozens ...
Posted in Blogging, Media Ownership, word of mouth | 3 Comments »
Friday, February 8th, 2008
My fellow Converseonite, mate and life coach Bryce Tom sent me the following email today - and an as an Aussie living in the US it had me belly laughing.
A Message from John Cleese
To the citizens of the United States of America:
In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates ...
Posted in Humour | 10 Comments »
