ED: This is the first guest post of the Work Industries blog. Our guest writer is Kiley Turner, who attended the Book Expo Canada conference in Toronto, June 8th and 9th, 2006. Kiley’s bio can be found at the end of the post. Conferences can be among the dullest...
On Monday and Tuesday of this week, I was in Penticton visiting a client, Theytus Books. Theytus is Canada’s largest indigineous publisher and I’m part of a team doing work for them to analyze some of their business practices and make technology and web...
(Cross posted from the AdHack website.) The Age, a solid Melbourne newspaper I used to enjoy reading when I lived there for a few months, has a great article about the shift of power from marketeers to consumers entitled Y oh Y won’t you buy that brand?...
I’m proud to announce that First Weekend Club has become a Work Industries client. First Weekend Club describes itself like this: First Weekend Club is a cross-Canada film club that celebrates Canadian film and talent. Our goal is to build audiences and...
Just a quick note to clients and partners. Work Industries, that is: James Sherrett, will be on-site with Theytus Books tomorrow, June 18, returning to the office the following day, June 19. Communication may be sporadic in the interim, and most messages will be...
Mark Stuyt was once a salesman for Peoplesoft, the enormous software company that makes an octopus of interlinked applications to run the administrative functions of large companies. A few years ago he embarked on what he called The Truth Experiment. Then he wrote...
For almost a year now I’ve been a Flickr Pro member. I paid my annual tariff and upload at will with a happy Pro tag next to my name. A few weeks ago Flickr released a new version, with a revised interface and layout, and cheekily moved from Beta to Gamma. I...
CBC is running a great 3-part series right now on the shifting landscape of media entitled, The End: The End of Radio The End of TV The End of Print I watched the first segment, The End of Radio, on the web and really enjoyed it. (Sidenote: Finally (!) the CBC has...
Growing up one of the most memorable programs on PBS was Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting. I watched the show between other channels or while bored. It featured a white man with a beard and an afro painting incredible landscapes in half an hour. Sounds dry, but the...
A friend linked the other day to the Baby Name Wizard. I just got a chance to play around with it and I like it. Type in a name or part of a name in the top left and the graph shows you the prevalence of that name. Segment by boy or girl names if you like. Then run...