by Minter Dial | Nov 12, 2008 | Politics
Obamania and other reflections on a Sunday morning The effect of the Obama victory overseas has been impressive. Much like the initial outpouring after September 11th, 2001, since November 5th, 2008, I have come across a newfound sense of support for the US from many...
by Minter Dial | Nov 6, 2008 | Branding, Business, Marketing, Responsibility, Social Media
Web 2.0 and Sustainable Development – A Way of Life Via personal predilection and, as it happens, in my work, I am embedded in Web 2.0 functionality. When I take a helicopter view of web 2.0, especially as it applies to the corporate world, I associate the 2.0...
by Minter Dial | Oct 4, 2008 | Business
L’Oreal Professionnel Business Forum 2008 Coming back from the 7th edition of the L’Oréal Business Forum, held September 29 through October 1, 2008, in Villasimius, Sardinia (Italy), I wanted to share with you the day-by-day videocast which was put up on...
by Minter Dial | Apr 16, 2008 | Entertainment, Marketing, Politics
Lions for Lambs Watched Lions for Lambs (released Nov 2007) on a recent long-haul flight and have to say that, although the film is clearly lacking in overall finesse, I was nonetheless interested in the political stance of the film. The film touches on lots of great...
by Minter Dial | Feb 16, 2008 | Branding, Marketing, Social Media
In the wake of the social networking onslaught has come the wave of the more overtly commercial social shopping online concept. A combination of social networking and e-commerce, the concept is a consumer-centric version of Amazon, putting the shopper at the centre...