by Minter Dial | Aug 30, 2013 | Marketing
In a world of quotations and sayings, it occurred to me recently that many of these old dictums have taken on new meaning in this fast-changing world. Whether because a noun has been co-opted or distorted, or the content of the saying now has a new reference,...
by Minter Dial | Mar 4, 2013 | Marketing
WIth my long-time love of words, especially when it comes to translation, I thought about how the French translate the word “timing.” The word the French use is “delai” or “delay.” How ironic! Certain words can have such a way of...
by Minter Dial | Jan 3, 2012 | Social Media
Time to reflect Dwarfed by time I recently saw the new Scorsese film, Hugo. While I didn’t like the film particularly (see the review here), time is certainly a central tenet of the film. Clocks abound. Hugo keeps winding {us} up the clocks… and Scorsese...
by Minter Dial | Aug 6, 2009 | Education
For all of you living outside of the US who write the date ‘normally’ (i.e. DD/MM/YY), tomorrow morning the time and date will read: 04:05:06 07/08/09 five minutes and six seconds after 4 AM in the morning of the 7th of August 2009 If nothing else, pause...
by Minter Dial | Jul 7, 2009 | Education
Tomorrow will be a beautiful day…especially if you live in the United States (i.e. you write the date MM/DD/YY). At five minutes and six seconds after 4 AM in the morning (of 8th of July), the time and date will read: 04:05:06 07/08/09 It’s a beautiful...
