by Minter Dial | Nov 12, 2008 | Politics
Obamania and other reflections on a Sunday morning The effect of the Obama victory overseas has been impressive. Much like the initial outpouring after September 11th, 2001, since November 5th, 2008, I have come across a newfound sense of support for the US from many...
by Minter Dial | Nov 6, 2008 | Branding, Business, Marketing, Responsibility, Social Media
Web 2.0 and Sustainable Development – A Way of Life Via personal predilection and, as it happens, in my work, I am embedded in Web 2.0 functionality. When I take a helicopter view of web 2.0, especially as it applies to the corporate world, I associate the 2.0...
by Minter Dial | Sep 6, 2008 | Branding, New Tech
Why the decline of traditional Main Stream Media? Why the decline of Mainstream Media? This question has been argued and tossed around in many a media organization’s board room over the course of the last five years. Clearly, for news organizations in...
by Minter Dial | Aug 7, 2008 | Environment
Is an electric hand dryer truly more environmentally friendly than paper towels? Have you ever found yourself using a hand dryer for what seems like a protracted amount of time and thinking: this surely isn’t much more environmentally friendly than drying with...
by Minter Dial | May 17, 2008 | Environment
Alain Robert – Super Spiderman Scales Skyscrapers for Climate Change On an ABC World News webcast from 4/15/08, I heard about Alain Robert, the proverbial fou furieux. Robert, a Frenchman, is as close as you will get to a real Spiderman…without the web...