Meet the new software, same as the old software
We’re trying a new piece of software, BurnoutMenu 2.0, which we hope will be our long-sought-after way of giving iCal a half-decent to-do list. But this piece of copy on their web site gives me pause: BurnoutMenu 2 is a complete refit of the original idea. Built...Stop corporate abuse, change the world, live in Boston
One of the first big international campaigns to ever hit my radar was the Nestlé boycott: a successful mobilization of consumer outrage over Nestlé’s aggressive — and destructive — marketing of breastmilk substitutes to mothers in poor countries....CBC lockout may be the first ever Web 2.0 labour campaign
It’s going to be really, really good to have the CBC back. But I’ll miss the highly personal style of CBCUnlocked. The corporation’s web team would do well to take a close look at what made that site work so well. And I’ll also miss the...His master’s voice: Contract Charlie goes live
It’s hard to pull off humour in the middle of a pitched labour battle — the stakes are high, and earnestness has a huge gravitational pull all its own — but the locked-out CBCniks have done it. Meet Tokyo Rose’s match, Contract Charlie:...Write if you (want to) find work
You’re heading into the workforce. What’s the one skill you need more than any other: computer networking certification? the latest management techniques? a driver’s license? Or is it the ability to string a sentence together? That last answer would...
Why, yes — I’d LOVE to speak at your event
Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
