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...
by Minter Dial | Feb 12, 2008 | Entertainment
My friend, Black Peter, in LA, nailed this one for me as I was walking home through the streets of Paris listening through my IPOD to the Grateful Dead’s 1983 concert at the Warfield Theatre, SF. I told him that I was listening to the music as it kept me sane in...
by Minter Dial | Feb 12, 2008 | Social Media
To Do or Not to Do? I get, what seems to be, undue pleasure at times by crossing out an item on my list of things to do. The mere act of crossing out the item (or ticking the box on the blackberry or PDA “tasks”) is itself a pleasure. That said, I have...
by Minter Dial | Feb 7, 2008 | Travel
Fasten your seatbelt up at 10,000 feet? Is it any better to buckle up at 35,000 feet? If you are like me and the intimate masses who travel frequently, you will no doubt share a preconceived notion that wearing a seatbelt in an airplane is tantamount to putting a...
by Minter Dial | Feb 5, 2008 | Genomics, Politics
Are Men and Women So Different? An advocate of diversity and a student of women’s studies at university, I keep an eagle eye on topics concerning equality. That said, there are also many ways to express and give value to the differences between men and women. A...