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Photo-Essay: Sunset & Sillhouettes

// March 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

There’s a certain haunting beauty to so many Canadian winter landscapes. I love the intense and striking quality of winter light. On the way home, I was enjoying the lovely, painted scenery passing by my window – so I automatically (without looking) captured a series of these striking landscape images, and edited them down to this little travelogue.

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Thought for the Day

// March 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

Show your true colours: Go Canada Go! Wallpapers

// February 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

GoCanadaGo Android Wallpaper

I have prepared special Android & iPhone Wallpaper designs – so all the patriotic Canadian smartphone users can proudly show their support for the Game of the Century on Sunday! 

Download links after the bump.

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Cartoon of the Week

// February 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // Business & Strategy

Laughing on the outside - crying on the inside.

© Copyright 2000 – 2008 by Tom Fishburne.  All rights reserved.

Adieu a Kim.

// February 26th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Events

Saying goodbye to a great friend and colleague today. Gonna really miss Kim. Goddamn recession sucks.

“Everybody’s weird.

Actually, now I’m convinced

everybody’s delusional.”

- Kim McQuaite

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Five New Rules For Marketing

// April 13th, 2009 // No Comments » // Marketing

I have a bit of a penchant for lists, manifestos & declarations, so these Five New Rules captured my imagination.

The CMO of Unilever, Simon Clift recently warned that marketers who do not recognize that Brands are part of (and wholly subject to) the new social media landscape — and adapt their marketing — are in grave peril. In his coverage of Mr Clifts speech to Ad Age’s Digital Conference on the new state of Marketing, Jack Neff included his (excellent) preliminary draft for Ad Age’s “New Rules.”
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Top Ten Mistakes in Web Management

// March 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // Business & Strategy

The development of a great web site requires the synergy of solid strategy, a comprehensive understanding of the audience AND great design. The usability of a website is more a function of how it is managed than of how good its designers are.

Taken from a truly prescient posting from Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, written way back in 1997, but still incredibly insightful and relevant today.

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Way of the Whiteboard

// March 22nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Communication

Dan Roam talks about persuading people with pictures. Whether convincing leadership to back a project, getting a VC to fund a business, building consensus on a project team, nothing is more powerful than a simple picture for persuading others to take action.

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