by Minter Dial | Oct 13, 2007 | Business
Are you left, right or whole brained? One of my favourite ‘business’ books in the past couple of years was “The Whole New Mind” by Daniel Pink. (@Amazon, 2005). What I enjoyed about this book was a revaluing of the right side of the brain in...
by Minter Dial | Sep 27, 2007 | Branding, Business, Marketing, Mobile
Courtesy of Greg Verdino and Joe Jaffe, have learned about the creation of FIREBRAND TV, “a new, opt-in entertainment and marketing destination that gives consumers interactive access to their favorite brands, products and promotions.” The idea is to...
by Minter Dial | Sep 17, 2007 | Business
I cogitate and agitate much about our (at least my own) relationship with time. One of my all-time favourite books is “The Art of Time” by Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber. I came up with an epithet that tends to summarize my (rather Anglo-Saxon) concept of...
by Minter Dial | Sep 16, 2007 | Entertainment
For the latest fashion week in New York, the standout performance has been the pre- and post- tangle surrounding the Marc Jacobs Collection, shown on September 10th. Among other things, I was very impressed by the use of SMS by Jacobs’ Press team to alert...
by Minter Dial | Sep 13, 2007 | Business, Marketing
Looking for the jackpot, Facebook has decided to make its 40 million members public, as USA Today reports (see mashable for more intersting commentary). If Facebook members don’t adjust their privacy settings, they will find themselves unwittingly listed on line...