Where I Am From - by Charlie- June 26, 2008 Another quick drive-by post, slipped in between the long bouts of writing.Yesterday was the kids' last day at school. For the last few days, they've been shipping home giant bags full of project work completed over the course of the year. Leafing idly through Charlie's pile of stuff while on the phone, I came across a folder titled "Charlie Autobiography".The entire work is a thing of absolute joy, guaranteed to bring tears to the eyes and a lump to the throat - for his parents, at least. I'd..http://michaelocc.com/2008/06/where-i-am-from-by-charlie.html The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present...- June 25, 2008 A drive-by post, fired into the ether between bursts of proposal writing, to say three things:1. Roy Greenslade is absolutely right. This piece in today's Guardian is precisely what I've been trying to say for the past seven years of blogging, here and elsewhere. Amen, Roy, amen.2. Delighted to hear that Doc is out of danger, out of hospital, and blogging up an insightful storm.3. Never, ever feed the trolls. You're better than that.http://michaelocc.com/2008/06/dogmas-of-quiet-past-are-inadequate-to.html Praying for Doc- June 20, 2008 I'm not a very good Catholic, not even a terribly good Christian. It's hard for me to find the faith some days under all the doubt. Fleeting moments when I feel it; great long arid stretches of time when the inner skeptic is winning. I try.So whether the prayers of a skeptical Catholish optimist will amount to a hill o' beans, who knows - but I'm fervently offering them up tonight as they're all I've got.My old friend, inspiration, and blogfather, Doc Searls, is in hospital right now, fighting.http://michaelocc.com/2008/06/praying-for-doc.html Update: Third Tuesday Toronto Tonight- June 17, 2008 Just a quick note for those of you heading out to tonight's Third Tuesday with CBC Search Engine's Jesse Brown - we are still in the same venue as always, Fionn McCool's at University and Adelaide, but they've kindly offered to move us into a bigger room for tonight's event.If you come in the front doors, from Adelaide, don't head right and up the stairs to our usual room - turn left into the City Bar section, where you'll find all of your usual Third Tuesday friends (and more).Other than some..http://michaelocc.com/2008/06/update-third-tuesday-toronto-tonight.html Jesse Brown comes to Third Tuesday: searching questions for the host of Search Engine- June 12, 2008 We're big fans of the CBC Radio One show Search Engine here at TFC, and of the host, Jesse Brown's, dry wit.So I'm absolutely tickled that Jesse has agreed to be our guest for what will be the last of the 07-08 season of Third Tuesday Toronto meetups (before we go on hiatus for the Summer months).Here's the writeup we posted to the main Third Tuesday page:Jesse Brown is the host and one of the producers of the CBC Radio One show Search Engine. A journalist and humourist, Jesse has worked in...http://michaelocc.com/2008/06/jesse-brown-comes-to-third-tuesday.html Whither the Social Media Release- June 11, 2008 The splendid Todd Defren makes an excellent point, here, about the right way to look at the Social Media Releases as a communications vehicle.Thought I'd cross-post and expand on my comment to Todd's post here...Through my firm's relationship with CNW Group, I've had the benefit of an extraordinary education in the inside workings of a major international wire service. In addition, given the amount of work we do at Thornley Fallis in the social media universe, I've looked at countless examples.http://michaelocc.com/2008/06/whither-social-media-release.html A panel I'd really like to see at mesh '09- June 10, 2008 One of the big factors that makes mesh ("Canada's Web Conference") such a success is, of course, the founders. It almost goes without saying that this thing wouldnt be even a fraction as good as it is, year over year, without the passion, energy, and intelligence invested in it by Mark Evans, Mathew Ingram, Rob Hyndman, Stuart MacDonald, and Mike McDerment.And yet, other than the one Third Tuesday group hug we managed to pull off just before the mesh conference in 2007, there really hasnt been..http://michaelocc.com/2008/06/panel-id-really-like-to-see-at-mesh-09.html Recipe for Summer fun- June 8, 2008 Take one trampoline and one regular garden sprinkler. Add kids.http://michaelocc.com/2008/06/recipe-for-summer-fun.html The business card I'm just too polite to create- June 6, 2008 I keep getting these promo messages from Streetcards, trying to entice me to order a new set of Blogcards at super, extra discounted prices.Im very happy with my Thornley Fallis cards, and not convinced I really need or want to restock my old Blogcards, thanks.They can be fun to hand out at bloggy meetups. And they were kind of useful back in the summer of 06, when Jeneane Sessum, Chris Locke, and I put together the worlds first (and shortest-lived) Gonzo PR Agency, just so that we could help...http://michaelocc.com/2008/06/business-card-im-just-too-polite-to.html The Innovation Entropy Problem- June 6, 2008 Mathew Ingram posts an insightful commentary on the Wall Street Journal's fascinating piece about the Ballmer-Gates transition at Microsoft, and Michael Kowalchik chimed in with some excellent comments of his own, and a repeat of one of his earlier posts that is well worth revisiting.As I commented at Mathew's blog, I lived through a very, very similar nightmare a number of years ago, while working for what was, at the time, one of the biggest software firms in Canada, a darling of the TSE.Wed..http://michaelocc.com/2008/06/innovation-entropy-problem.html |