As Darren says on the Northern Voice website: This year Northern Voice is offering six travel bursaries of CAN $500 each. The organizing committee will be awarding these bursaries based on a number of criteria, including: The contributions you can make to the...
Did you know I’m helping to organize the Northern Voice conference this year? It’s true, I am. Did you also know that Northern Voice is the best darned conference value out there? It’s also true. For $50 you get two full days of the best...
In the last few days I’ve been sent a number of jobs from folks I know. Since I’m not looking for a job (though I’m always looking for work!), I thought I’d post them to see if anyone else can connect the seekers and the sought. SXIP Indentity...
I’m tickled to announce that Monique Trottier will be joining Work Industries on a full-time basis in mid-January, 2007. A new year brings new beginnings! Monique is a web marketing superstar of the highest order and I feel flattered that she’s joined Work...
On Thursday morning this past week I met up with Megan Cole, Agent 99, of Raincity Studios to do an audio interview / Raincity podcast. Megan did a great job as interviewer and I come across as somewhat coherent. Megan posted the interview today in all its wholesome...
When I read the headline I did a double take - Britain leads the way in online advertising: 40% annual growth dwarfs the rate in U.S. market, where television reigns. Really? The conventional wisdom is that the U.K. lags the U.S. by about 18 to 12 months in adopting...
Just in case you thought that the ideas behind the shifting control of marketing were intangible, conceptual or abstract, please consider the Weighty Marketing Matters ‘06 post from the Church of the Customer blog. Between November 20 and December 22 Ben...
Congratulations to Kate and the team at Change Everything for the fine mention of their efforts to help the homeless with toques and warm clothes in the Globe and Mail. The harsh winter weather has also brought an outpouring of support for those who live on the...
Over the past few months I’ve been paying a bit of attention to the growing momentum behind microformats on the web. What are Microformats? Designed for humans first and machines second, Microformats are a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and...
Remember my Harebrained Idea for the ‘I’m busy’ Voice Mail? Well today I read on the Under the Radar blog that a company called YouMail has developed a product that does kinda what I was looking for, and more. YouMail is the new voice mail for cell...