Michael Stevulak | Gadgets, Miscellaneous, iPhone | March 4, 2011
Do you want to delete a birthday from the birthday calendar on your iPhone? Do you wonder where the iPhone birthday calendar comes from? This is not as simple or obvious as it would seem.
Chris Burdge | Miscellaneous | January 22, 2011
Millions of users are turning to Foursquare every day to help them find explore their world. They’re checking out new restaurants, visiting their favourite stores, and they are sharing their activities with their social network (users send check-ins to Twitter and Facebook), and earning badges along the way.
From nationwide chains like American Eagle Outfitters (Special Offer), [...]
Chris Burdge | Miscellaneous, News | November 25, 2010
Watching a recent CBC Doc Zone documentary about mobile phone usage got me to thinking about my own use of the technology. Has it really improved my productivity or am I a slave to it, an addict.
It’s funny, even as I write this, knowing that I answered “YES” to 6 out of the 8 questions below, [...]
Michael Stevulak | Miscellaneous, News, Social Media | November 18, 2010
“Why doesn’t anybody talk anymore”? I was pleading with my team to start to talk to clients and co-workers rather than use email, text messages, and any other “cover your ass” methods of communication.
One of my managers said “So you want us to get more talky and less typey” . PERFECT! That’s exactly what I want to see happen.
Chris Burdge | Miscellaneous | August 19, 2010
Many of the online marketing and social media campaigns I see these days focus on the big three networks; Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. Occasionally a smattering of Flickr, and some social bookmarking sites and of course YouTube, which is the one I want to talk about today.
YouTube is the most popular video storage and sharing website [...]
Chris Burdge | Miscellaneous | July 27, 2010
People are talking about you, your company, your brand. They’re making comments – good, bad, indifferent.
Word of mouth affects people’s choices in every aspect of their lives from purchases to travel tips and where to stay, which furniture to buy, where to go out for dinner.
If you’re tapped into the conversation and what’s been said, [...]