by Rob Cottingham | Nov 28, 2007 | Blogging, Communicating, Speechwriting
In the midst of this great GuideStar piece on writing fundraising letters comes a sentence that galvanized me: Beginning sentences with “and”- one of my favorite connectors that encourages readers to keep reading (actually “listening” because... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 26, 2007 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Technology
Friends, our long national nightmare is over. As the CBC is reporting, TiVo is officially on its way across the border: The TiVo set-top device, which allows viewers to record shows and skip commercials, will be available across Canada – except in Quebec –... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 18, 2007 | Online Community
Amazing what people will put up with to keep a community alive. (And it sure doesn’t hurt if there are market forces involved.) by Rob Cottingham | Nov 17, 2007 | Comedy, Vancouver
I hope you had a quarter of the fun I did last night. I headlined the Friday social for the BC NDP convention, a karaoke pub night sponsored by the Young New Democrats. (Wisely, they asked me to do stand-up rather than singing.) And even though it was my first time... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 13, 2007 | Media Mix, Politics
Think you wasted all that time on indefinite pronoun references in high school English class? Here’s how The Guardian (usually no slouch in the putting together of the words) reported on the recent Danish election: Rasmussen was opposed by a four-party...
