Archive for April, 2007

Google is not a search engine

April 29, 2007

“Google is not a search engine. It’s a reputation management system.”
Was a quote in a feature article called The See-through CEO in the April issue of Wired magazine (yes, I am a little behind on my reading). It is amazing how thoughts dance around in your head like a swirling cloud and then something comes [...]

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The Death of Shame

April 26, 2007

I have been listening to Hill & Knowlton Canada’s new podcast Connected Conversation (disclosure: my wife works at Hill & Knowlton and I know and like many people there). The podcast is hosted by Boyd Neil, whom I consider a very smart cookie and a great guy. They are into the third episode and currently [...]

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A list of excuses for not blogging

April 25, 2007

Only one of the following excuses is not true for why I have been negligent in blogging for the past couple of weeks, see if you can guess which one is not true:

 Starting a new job
Buying a new house
Moving to a new city
Renovating my current house
Travelling on business
Travelling for personal reasons
I no longer like [...]

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The Importance of Proofreading

April 2, 2007

A gentle reminder to bloggers and t-shirt manufacturers that we should all do a “once over” on our work. I am as guilty of this as anyone, but a careless misspelling doesn’t make anyone look like a champion.

[h/t Tcritic]

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