Movember 2011 announcement
Here’s the promised important personal announcement. As you know, I got involved with a little organization called Movember last year, and somehow managed to raise over $500 bucks for prostate …
In defense of Earth Hour
Now that Earth Hour 2011 is behind us, it’s not a surprise to hear that Toronto didn’t do “as well” as in previous years. Here’s an article in BlogTO stating …
Trickle-down economics of new Charlie Sheen
Do you remember where you were on that fateful Saturday night, March 5th, 2011, at 10PM Eastern, 7pm Pacific? I remember – I just brought in a take out order …
Fix those broken URL links
If your site’s content has a lot of external links, you depend on them for back-linkage and your online reach. It’s no longer a secret that your site’s popularity is …
Caching external content for site performance
I recently had to re-install some twitter/tumblr syndication modules on a few small sites. Reason: sudden performance issues. The sites were medium-sized, and depended heavily on externally syndicated content. You’ve …
Hell is other (sales) people
This is not about people you see at the checkout in stores. Plenty of comedy routines have been dedicated to wonderful beings who sell you groceries, shoes, perfume or cars. …
Job growth – good for company?
It started with a quick twitter exchange with @juntajoe. He suggested that employees should evolve in their positions to a higher level, before such a promotion is given by their …
Why am I doing Movember
Hi, folks As you know, November is prostate cancer awareness month. For the last 7 years socially brave men all over the world have been growing out their moustache as …
Random thoughts on Canadian magazines
Magazines Canada has just finished an exciting week of MagNet. A four-day long marathon of seminars, galas, sold-out speaking engagements, endless networking, culminating, of course, with National Magazine Awards ceremony. …
Social sharing all-in-one tools
Social sharing has come a long way in so little time. Just a couple of years ago the concept of ‘viral’ or ‘widgets’ didn’t exist, and webmasters/publishers were happy just …