We’re about one week away from the CMA – Canadian Marketing Association – Digital Marketing Conference 2006. This two-day marketing
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Webcom Montreal Web 2.0 Conference Today
I spent the entire day at Webcom Montreal. Most of the presentations were in French and, truth be told, I
Continue readingThose Scraping Bastages
It sounds almost as good as that classic movie line, “you fargin bastages” from Johnny Dangerously. This whole notion of
Continue readingDone Deal – Google Buys YouTube – It's 2000 All Over Again
What’s that saying: “always believe the rumors”? It was just announced that Google has agreed to purchase YouTube for 1.6
Continue readingIn The Spirit Of Thanksgiving, I Am Thankful For The Words Of Wisdom From Doc Searls
Doc Searls is probably best known as one of the co-authors of The Cluetrain Manifesto. He is also the man
Continue readingPodCamp North Hits Toronto
PodCamp North is making its debut in Toronto on February 24th – 25th, 2007 at Ryerson University. I am still
Continue readingWebcom Montreal 2006
Webcom Montreal 2006 is being heralded as a Web 2.0 conference for Montreal. When I first got the email announcement
Continue readingWho Needs Awards?
There were two events that happened recently, which made me reflect on the marketing and advertising world and our addiction
Continue readingSix Pixels Of Separation Comment Line Is Down
Six Pixels Of Separation – The Twist Image Podcast audio comment line is down. I’m not sure why, but the
Continue readingGoogle Reader – What A RSS Reader Should Be
This is sweet. I’ve been grappling with Bloglines for the past little while after not getting what I needed out
Continue readingDoes CEFRIO Understand Online Advertising?
I got a call last Thursday from CBC TV – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation – who wanted to conduct an interview
Continue readingFirestarter
Here’s what Wikipedia says about the word Firestarter: “The title character of Firestarter is Charlene ‘Charlie’ McGee , a young
Continue readingSecond Life Gets Featured In The Economist
Let’s start with a snippet from the article, Living A Second Life, from the September 28th, 2006 edition of The
Continue readingInfoPresse Integrated Marketing And Challenging Traditional Advertising
I spent the day downstairs at the InfoPresse Integrated Marketing Conference (the events are sometimes held at ex-centris where Twist
Continue readingSmall Is The New Big By Seth Godin – Montreal Business Book Club October and November Selection
The next session of The Montreal Business Book Club will be two months in one. The session will be the
Continue readingBarCamp Montreal Ready To Roll On October 21st
There is lots of action happening over at the BarCamp Montreal wiki. The event date is set for Saturday, October
Continue readingFortune Magazine Looks At The Chaos At Google
One feeling that is creeping back up on me is that of a new dot com boom. I’m much more
Continue readingIt's Time For Marketers To Burn The Ships
I’ve been grappling with new marketing and how it fits into the current infrastructure of advertising, communications and marketing. I
Continue readingWeblo – First Montreal And Now The World… Virtually
Antennas up! This is a prime example of me not listening enough. A former client of Twist Image got involved
Continue readingThe Globe And Mail – Report On Business Features Social Media And Michael Seaton
Today’s edition of The Globe And Mail has an article titled, Big Business Climbs Aboard Social Media Bandwagon, in the
Continue readingMarketing Magazine Lets Me Look Inside Second Life
The latest issue of Marketing Magazine has a full-page feature titled, Get a (Second) Life, written by yours truly. I
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