by Rob Cottingham | Oct 29, 2014 | Everything Else
Let’s do this in an orderly fashion: If… …then… You’ve seen Morgan Brayton perform… … you know she’s one of the funniest women on the planet. You read this blog… … you know I’ve seen her perform, and I... by Rob Cottingham | Feb 15, 2010 | Social Media, Social Signal
I missed passing this along when it first came out, because I didn’t know those nice CBC people had put it on YouTube. It’s their segment on what to expect in 2010 for social media, based on an interview they did with me in their stunning new Vancouver studios.
The key point for me is that I’m finding people are becoming more deliberate and discerning about where they direct their attention, whether it’s in who they friend, what they watch or which applications they install on Facebook. (That doesn’t mean I’ll always agree with the choices they make: witness the rise of FarmVille. [shudder])
And in the background, yes, you’ll see VanTrash on my screen.
Enjoy… and see what you think of how my predictions are turning out one month in.
by Rob Cottingham | Nov 26, 2008 | Everything Else
Something occurred to me last night while we watched Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on TiVo. (No, not that we should be watching more Canadian TV. That’s a given.) I realized that Terminator has exactly the same plot as Back to the Future… except... by Rob Cottingham | Sep 26, 2008 | Media Mix, Politics
There’s probably some deep-seated psychological reason for it (“Mommy and Daddy are fighting again!”), but I can’t stand watching televised election debates. I’m on edge the whole time, fidgeting, finding excuses to be elsewhere and just... by Rob Cottingham | May 24, 2008 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn
Once you’ve heard enough Grey’s Anatomy monologues, the moment comes when you realize: nearly all of them start and end with the same sentence. I can’t be the first one to notice this, right?