Archive for July, 2009
Kokanee Creek in the Morning
Taken around 7:30AM. The clouds are low in the mountains because it’s seriously humid here (north of Nelson BC). It gets hot during the day then big thunderstorms in the afternoon. Expecting the same today. So we get lots of greenery – it’s a completely different ecosystem than the Radium-Fairmont valley on the other side [...]
Lake Louise in Summer
We’re up at the top of the Lake Louise gondola, looking back at the lake, chateau and glacier. The sky has quite a bit of smoke haze, which I assume is from the wildfires in the Okanagan valley, 600km to the west. I’m shocked by the size of the glaciers. It’s been 8 years since [...]
ProductMarketing.com: Friday Fun: United Breaks Guitars
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You just can’t ignore customer service issues and hide behind policies anymore. Especially if you tick off a guy with talent. 2.7M views and counting. Bet United’s glad it saved a couple dollars?
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You still think TV is important?
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My pal Darwin Janz reminded me of a great presentation from Michael Wesch on how YouTube changed everything. Well worth your time to check it out. Then start posting some vids, pictures or writing….
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Seth’s Blog: Best new way to make an internal sale
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Seth shares a great example of how powerpoint doesn’t cut it anymore — video is the way to go. It’s cheap, it’s simple, and it makes an impact.
Bullet points are long gone from my presentations, but maybe it’s time to kill the presentation outright. Why tell people when you can [...]
Prairie Landscape
I’m rereading “Brilliant Orange”, an outstanding history of Dutch football in the context of their culture, art, architecture and landscape. The author, David Winner, makes the connection between the best Dutch footballer’s ability to create space on the pitch with the Dutch abiity to literally create a country out of the sea.
The vast land creation [...]