An open break-up letter to the Intel brand.
Dearest Intel,
This is hard. We had such a good thing going once, and in a lot of ways, I still love you. But, well, things have changed. You’ve changed.
And I’m afraid you just don’t understand  why… [sniff]
…I no longer want you inside. [sound of sobbing]

The early days
I remember the [...]

This Saturday, I had the privilege of photographing some of my favourite people from my favourite place in the world doing what they love to do. The event was the third annual Taste of Wellington West festival – when the food shops and restaurants of my neighbourhood in Ottawa give away free samples of thier [...]

My family and I walk by this tiny church on our way to the grocery store all the time. And while I’d always noticed the odd architecture of the place, it was only recently that I took a second look and was struck by the name.

Big promise + tiny package = big let-down
Now I know [...]

Yesterday, I blogged about the Interbrand 2009 list of 100 Best Global Brands and how it showed that Google was getting big, and I mean silly-big, fast. I mused about how this might impact their ability to deliver on their internal motto: “

Ten days ago, I wrote  10 days to Interbrand top 100 brands & 10 reasons to care. Well Friday (three days earlier than adverstised), the results came in. And if you have time, you can read full results and commentary at two sites: 1) Interbrand and 2) Business Week.
But I’ll warn you, it’s a lot of information, [...]

Monday, I wrote Six Reasons “Social Media” needs another name, Tuesday, why we’re probably stuck with it and yesterday, riffed a bit more on on the “socialness” of social media Today, I’d hoped to present a concise list of alternative terms – with some help from a few fellow bloggers and influencers. But the deeper I [...]