by Rob Cottingham | May 5, 2005 | Politics
Exhibit A: Even Liberal supporters grimaced at Walt Cobb’s response to a 19-year-old nursing student who asked how he justified his government’s “mean-spirited” attitude to the youth and the elderly. “A lot of work has been done to look... by Rob Cottingham | May 4, 2005 | Communicating, Politics
From The Tyee: The Professional Marketing Research Society, which represents Canadian pollsters and market researchers, reports that about four out of every five respondents contacted by Canadian pollsters refuse to participate. Because of answering machines and call... by Rob Cottingham | May 4, 2005 | Communicating, Politics
Unless you’ve just been indicted for pouring toxic sludge into the city’s water supply, one of your PR goals is probably to raise your profile. One way you do that is to get news coverage. But the news media have inertia; it’s much harder to get a... by Rob Cottingham | May 4, 2005 | Technology
MacMinute’s editor waves goodbye MacMinute won me away from the increasingly untimely MacCentral a few years ago. Sure, I don’t really have the kind of existence that requires me to know right now about breaking news in the Mac world… but it’s... by Rob Cottingham | May 4, 2005 | Politics
So far, so more or less good on my promise to steer clear of commenting on the election campaign. But I thoroughly enjoyed Gazetteer’s take on it, including his concluding passage (which should pretty much seal his fate as a confirmed non-member of the...