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Commenting on comments – a policy is born

by Minter Dial | Aug 17, 2007 | Social Media

About comment etiquette! I have realized that commenting is not a common practice, at least not my site. That said, on reading the Blog Herald, I thought it appropriate to add a comment policy and suggested guidelines. You will now find at the bottom of the page this...

Full text feeds are better than ha[lf]..te[xt]..

by Minter Dial | Aug 14, 2007 | Social Media

On the good advice of a charming new acquaintance, Jean-Marc, I was sent to the site techdirt.com. And, I immediately found an interesting piece of advice which I thought I would share: when creating feeds, allow for full text feeds. The polemic was initiated after...

Emoticons in the city of lights

by Minter Dial | Aug 13, 2007 | Social Media

Revel in this shot brought from Paris Daily Photos. Eric has a great sense of humour as well as a candid eye. From the 2nd arrondissement in Paris. Of course, if people actually stopped at red lights…

Clean Slate

by Minter Dial | Aug 7, 2007 | Politics, Social Media

Cyber journalism may be taking on a new slant… What if [new age] journalists just spent their time outing the silly things people say and do, behind the slim veil of anonymity, on the net. Take this most recent outing revealed by Lucy Caldwell on Slate via a...

Merging fields of ad, web and creative agencies

by Minter Dial | Jul 25, 2007 | Branding, Marketing, Social Media

As the marketing world and consumer behaviour evolve, one of the more interesting battle grounds involves the creative process and production. When a marketer plans to make a communication campaign or a shift in brand image, he/she now has a number of alternatives. As...

Microsoft looking at buying Facebook?

by Minter Dial | Jul 13, 2007 | Branding, Business, Social Media

I am fascinated by the new rumors coming out today… $6B tag for Facebook? What a statement. Here is a blurb from the Seattle Post. If this is true, it shows that the landscape is fast changing and Microsoft is scrambling for new directions. The biggest...