When gaming and social media collide, the ramifications can be amazing. Or terrifying. As game-lord Blizzard found out, the masses love and hate the theory, but in the end in any arena where ego can be built or bruised, those playing with real names are the first at risk. Simple clashes of personality, mis-communication, or [...]
So – we’ve been subscribers of that beautifully marketed communications giant for a long time. Well over a dozen years. Internet, and phone. Now – to suggest it’s been a rosy relationship would be silly. Why just last christmas, we had an outage of a few days, which required a call for support. During that [...]
TLDR: Edmonton loves wild weather, and we tweet about it. Let’s all use #YEGWX rather than #YEGWEATHER cause it’s shorter, sassier, and makes us look cool.
I’m curious to see how this all plays out. You see – I’m an Apple fanboi, with a development background. My home has housed (over the last 2 years) a G3, G4, iBook, Powerbook, MacPro and an iMac and of course several iPods, and yes, an iPhone too. I added to that list only a [...]
So today is “Quit Facebook Day” – but something tells me it will amount to less than a hill of beans at Zuckerberg’s office. Facebook has become ubiquitous alongside texting for most of today’s teens and sadly, preteens. Their rampant sharing of inane high school and pre-high school content will follow them into their late [...]
TLDR: Social What? Get out of Social Media what you put in…
It’s happening again folks. While I’m still cheesed that Darryl and the Gang wouldn’t consider a stop in the arctic (ok… Edmonton Canada) they’re now less than a month from the tour and a number of creative agencies and progressive potential clients will get the treat of meeting one of the coolest agencies I’ve ever [...]
So. Grant MacEwan school of business, and in particular BlogCamp (http://macewanblogcamp.ca) have launched a contest to suck link equity out of Twittering bloggers with a contest. Damn. Sucked in. See – I have a unique perspective perhaps. My wife worked (yes – past tense) for the school for many years, and as a result I [...]
