by Minter Dial | Aug 31, 2007 | Sports
Avec 7 jours (à la minute près) avant l’ouverture du Rugby World Cup 2007, la pression sur l’équipe de la France monte. Cependant, j’étais frappé par l’idée des néo-zélandais d’aller s’entraîner en Corse. Ca veut tout dire....
by Minter Dial | Aug 31, 2007 | Branding, Marketing
As an American living overseas, you sometimes get bombarded with the (often well merited) criticism of American provincialism. And, the general line of argument centres around what type of news Americans follow. A recent study by McKinsey encouraged possibly a...
by Minter Dial | Aug 30, 2007 | Social Media
It’s August 31st, BLOGDAY. Time to discover some new blogs. First, I would be remiss not to recognize Sarah at St Bloggie de Riviere for putting me up for a Thinking Blogger Award (see rules below)* and whose blog is a regular favorite of mine. Having been...
by Minter Dial | Aug 30, 2007 | Travel
“Ch-ch-changes… Time may change me, But I can’t trace time.” Not alone to think that the USA Today Top 25 pivotal changes (in honour of their 25th anniversary) makes for quite fun reading, found a few other similarly minded posts (including...
by Minter Dial | Aug 29, 2007 | WWII
This is a photo of the Hellship Memorial that has just been inaugurated in Olongapo Bay, Philippines, in honor of the many thousands of victims of the infamous Hellships. My grandfather, Lt N Minter Dial, after whom I was named, died on one such ship, the unmarked...