by Minter Dial | Aug 6, 2009 | Sports
Taking a cue from one of my favourite blogs Being Peter Kim, I thought I would take a step back and write down which are the top ten posts read on this blog over the last month. As Peter says, “blog content can be both highly perishable and easy to miss.”...
by Minter Dial | Nov 3, 2008 | Social Media
The difference between Educating and Teaching… and the emptiness inside I have decided to translate into English a post I did in French over the weekend due to the interesting discussion that it provoked. An article, entitled (for you francophones) « Il y a un...
by Minter Dial | Jun 24, 2008 | Business, Sports
What makes association football—a.k.a. soccer–the world’s most popular sport? Clearly, as a professional player, there is the attraction of fame, fortune and free tattoos. But what’s in it for the spectators who are paying top dollar to go to the stadium*, pay...
by Minter Dial | Jun 9, 2008 | Mobile, Travel
It’s Good to Talk? An old British Telecom (BT) saying that’s not applicable for Eurostar … or any public transportation for that matter. Having recently done a couple of round trips on the Eurostar I have made a few survey-of-one conclusions about...
by Minter Dial | Mar 31, 2008 | Entertainment
And this I, too, believe… As part of All Things Considered, NPR and Jay Allison have (re-)created a “This I believe” segment, based on a 1950s radio program of the same name that was hosted by acclaimed journalist Edward R. Murrow. The purpose of the show is to...