by Minter Dial | Jan 11, 2012 | Mobile
Telling stories There are stories (lies) and there are stories (that move). Great storytelling is about communicating the story in a way that draws you in, makes an emotional connection. A telling story is one where the audience leaves itching to do...
by Minter Dial | Jan 9, 2012 | Minter Dialogue, Podcast
There is an autosave of this post that is more recent than the version below. MDE19: Turning insights into dollars & cents Kathleen Carroll is President and Chief Branding Strategist at The Branding Clinic, which has the stated mission “to...
by Minter Dial | Jan 4, 2012 | Entertainment
Not the film of all time To ring in the new year, we went to see the new Martin Scorsese film, Hugo, based on the book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick. This 2 hour+ film did not seduce me on the merits of the direction, plot or acting. I thought of it...
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 | Jan 3, 2012 | New Tech
I captured this image via a NBC midcoast. It’s a rather stunning shot. A satellite photo of northeast Asia at night. There is a startling blackout in North Korea. I cannot vouch for the timing of the shot, but I assume it is still the case in North Korea. Not...