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Re: Everything You Know About Web Design is Wrong: Sharing Dan Willis’ SxSW panel

Web Design Outsource — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:51:34 -0000

It's been a while since you posted this article but i'm still glad that i was still able to read it because this is very informative.

Re: So What Does Cutting Bread and Pasta From Your Diet Do?

Judith Santillan — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:38:40 -0000

Subway does great salads too.

Re: So What Does Cutting Bread and Pasta From Your Diet Do?

Ladiholland79 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:34:30 -0000

The Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki with sweet onion dressing is coated in a ton of sugar!! One of those things they make sound healthy but isn't at all...check the sugar content and you may be shocked!!

Re: The Post-Digital Age and the People It Needs

DavidPylyp — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:47:57 -0000

this post resonated with me; I am in the single silo business, not only to I need to market, canvass, promote, produce, I also need to connect and engage with a new base of people daily.

Makes me wish I was part of a larger group, then I examine the responsibility and reporting I would add as additional insulation between my clients and their goals, not mine.

It was a good read

Thank you

David Pylyp
Loving it in Toronto

Re: CityChase 2009 – My Toronto #1 Experience. In a Word, Amazing

UGG Store — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:10:55 -0000

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Re: Why Pepsi’s Refresh Everything campaign isn’t anything new…

refreshyourstyle — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:14:54 -0000

very nice article

Re: Why Pepsi’s Refresh Everything campaign isn’t anything new…

jnoble1 — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:38:17 -0000

Another example of a company whose doing this is Adobe with their acrobat ideas site powered by Brigthidea's WebStorm solution. Adobe is trying to evangelize a community of loyal users by seeking their feedback on incremental product improvements, etc.

http://www.ideas.acrobat.com

Re: Why Pepsi’s Refresh Everything campaign isn’t anything new…

maxcameron — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:21:41 -0000

Interesting article Dan. I think it is an interesting campaign to follow precisely because they have funded it with money that would have otherwise been spent in a traditional space. You say it would have been controversial five years ago, but five years ago youtube didn't exist, twitter didn't exist, and facebook had just launched. Let's not forget that the landscape has changed quite a bit in the past five years, and prior to that the infrastructure for a decision like the one you're discussing simply wouldn't have been possible. It might have been "possible," but surely not measurable.

If this campaign, as you write, is defined by the absence of the Pepsi brand or messaging, I think it's another significant aspect. It might even set the standard for a more elegant form of promotion. One that's derived from public acts instead of gawdy messaging and short-sighted social media campaigns.

Either way, I see Pepsi's challenge to centre on the data they can collect and analyze above the number of units sold (although that is part of the data). If firms like yours are going to benefit from Pepsi's campaign, it will be because they collect and act on data that is relevant. This is all the more difficult a task because they'll be tracking data off and online. I hope their engineers and analysts are up to the job.

Thanks again for sharing.

Re: My Core Values: An Exercise

health_wellness_tips — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:36:41 -0000

Excellent! Great article, I already saved it to my favourite,

Re: Rogers on Demand Online (#RODO) – An Initial Review

Name — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:25:35 -0000

(1) But can I capture it? i.e. PVR like - capture it when available, play it back at my convenience, from my own machines, without incurring additional bandwidth?

(2) "is no longer in the cable TV business, but the video entertainment business." Or, are they in the content provisioning business (preferred). Or, that (provisioning) AND content creation?

Re: Rogers on Demand Online (#RODO) – An Initial Review

Name — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:21:38 -0000

They say yes.

Re: The Importance of Hobbies in Preserving Mental Sanity

lilianhutan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:57:16 -0000

I totally agree with you. I find that hobbies define us as individuals and it also helps us stay true to what we truly like doing, even if it is playing the guitar, or swimming or free game downloads for playing, anything that you like is acceptable.

Re: Rogers on Demand Online (#RODO) – An Initial Review

aou — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:03:29 -0000

CTV, Global, CBC and others are already making their content available online to Canadians. So far – programming of them altogether is way better than one from Rogers. And you don’t have to be a Roger’s customer to whatch it.
Here is the list: http://diyfreetv.blogspot.c...

Re: Rogers on Demand Online (#RODO) – An Initial Review

Jayme — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:05:42 -0000

I am not sure if those under private beta can answer this questions.

Channels
What channels are currenty listed.

Shows/Movies
What type of shows and movies are there.

Re: Rogers on Demand Online (#RODO) – An Initial Review

Jayme — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:42:56 -0000

Does anyone know if i have rogers cable and not rogers internetw ill i still be able to access this service.

Re: Rogers on Demand Online (#RODO) – An Initial Review

Jon Lim — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:12:32 -0000

This makes me excited - finally, we can stop seeing "Sorry, this content isn't available in your area."

I just hope that Rogers doesn't make all the really good content exclusive to those who subscribe to the extra channels. If that's the case, it would still be good, but it won't be as good as it could have been.

Either way, can't wait to try it!

Re: Rogers on Demand Online (#RODO) – An Initial Review

Emma Brooks — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:59:26 -0000

I watched Supernanny last week on this (part of my ...research... Sure. I'll roll with that).

As a non-cable TV customer, I'm pretty excited that my wireless account gets me access to On Demand TV, such as the TV show mentioned above. I don't get these shows on my rabbit ears, necessarily, so I'm excited for, basically to me, a perk of being a Rogers customer.

Definitely some discussion needed about capping and data shaping but I think Rogers is trying to do right by their customers in some way. I think it is great move to open it up to all customers, regardless of service used, and especially to pre-pay users who are almost always ignored by their company.

I think this is a mark of things to come in 2010... I hope to see more and more good news stories from a telco company that is almost hated by everyone. Couple RODO, with the launch of what seems to be a well-functioning iPhone app today, and I'm tickled pink.

Re: Rogers on Demand Online (#RODO) – An Initial Review

Thomas — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:53:08 -0000

And yet the GUI and features of the cable TV service is left in the dust...(IPG, features etc). Too bad It looks like a neat feature but why not upgrade the service that 90%+ of their customers will use day by day?

Re: So What Does Cutting Bread and Pasta From Your Diet Do?

natural weight loss — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:35:01 -0000

You might want to try the super size me kinda of Documentary.. Super Sub Me

Re: My Core Values: An Exercise

faraimpresii — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:08:54 -0000

Have you wondered how your live could be if you worked out a bit more ? I see all types of pills and lose 20 lbs a week programs but why doesn't anyone take some time of and run, swim or walk around the park (at least). So many people are suffering from ejaculare precoce but they believe every add that will make their lives better "guaranteed". Why are we so trusting ?

Re: So What Does Cutting Bread and Pasta From Your Diet Do?

Guest — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:28:54 -0000

Mmmm, milk duds. Let's do Fresh together next week (and Freshii of course).

Re: CityChase 2009 – My Toronto #1 Experience. In a Word, Amazing

dustin_jung — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:22:03 -0000

sounds awesome. and I was a staff one year ago. :)

Re: ‘Crowdsourcing’ Themed Dress Days…

wowgoldkk — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:53:19 -0000

Good post,This was exactly what I needed to read today! I am sure this has relevance to many of us out there.

Re: CityChase 2009 – My Toronto #1 Experience. In a Word, Amazing

Kim — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:45:27 -0000

Sounds wicked I can't wait! I'll be doing the #2 Toronto event this year, my first City Chase and I'm pretty nervous!

Re: CityChase 2009 – My Toronto #1 Experience. In a Word, Amazing

Linda Nguyen — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:46:54 -0000

Hey Dan,

Just a question, how did they know you raised $50? Did you have to show them some kind of proof?