Media planning and buying, once an art, seems to have become paper pushing to me. I find that in recent years media plans have become expected and predicable. In fact, I question how much value is actually added by today’s media planners and buyers from what they receive from the media properties. However, I don’t [...]

The Rock Paper Scissors Industry is not a very big one, so I find myself knowing most of the people. So it comes as a bit of a surprise when I read about Tod Brilliant (formerly of Roshambo Winery) in a context not related to RPS. I think what Mr. Brilliant is doing makes an [...]

Tamera’s recent post over at (3i) has me thinking about something I haven’t in a while which is the mental impact of all of the communication devices and channels we have from email, voicemail, SMS, IM, blog comments, community sites, etc. Aside from all the benefits of these channels, I do find it so much [...]

Assuming that the drivers behind the Web 2.0 evolution aren’t going anywhere, I have been thinking a lot about what this means for the future of the communications business. The trend seems to involve among other things, the following:

Consumers appear to want closer contact with the companies they patronize (i.e. corporate blogging, corporate communities, etc.) [...]

Saturday photo

A day spent at the Science Centre is never a day wasted.