3 Free Tools for Digital Productivity

The age of the cloud is officially upon us, and as ominous as people may believe that to be, for a guy on the move it’s actually a good thing.  Read more…

High Key Finance: Thomson Reuters Eikon Tokyo Street Campaign

Out to today to take some shots of our Thomson Reuters street team in action at Tokyo station. We’re promoting the new Eikon financial product with chances to win a seat on the eco-friendly new vehicle that will vie for the land speed record in reaching the South Pole in December. And one iPad.  Read more…

Why The New Twitter Design Requires Brands To Think

The “new” Twitter was rolled out only last month, and I’m sure this redesign reflects the fact that a majority of Twittererers out there don’t actually log in and use the Twitter site anymore. The more mainstream microblogging becomes, the more people prefer to use stand alone desktop clients and mobile apps like HootSuite or […] Read more…

Rockin’ On and Off the Radar

Yes, yes…I have been woefully neglectful of this little site lately. I have, though (to make myself feel better) been active other wheres though.  Read more…

Small Victories and Social Media

I’ve read and heard about the power of social media as a service, especially when it comes to brands, as Chris Brogan says, “growing bigger ears” to monitor what people (especially customers) are saying about them. But I’ve never experienced this first hand until this morning. My fifteen minutes of gain. Here’s a small example […] Read more…

Kick Out The Spams

I’m really sick of spam. Not the man-up-Viagra-adult-friend-finder-banker-in-Nairobi-discount-luxury-watches kind of spam. I mean, I hate that, too but I have pretty much eliminated it from my life with a series of good spam filters, junk email rules, and just plain being cautious with my e-mail address. No, the spams I am talking about are the […] Read more…

Japan: Ahead and Behind

I have been putting social media strategy in place for Cabana Bar & Grill, a local establishment here in Yokohama. Since I am trying to attract Japanese and foreign clients, I’ve come to the conclusion that when it comes to social media and branding (and more importantly, mobile media), Japan is both ahead and behind.  Read more…

Silver and Gold

I watched the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics women’s ice hockey gold medal game this morning. As a Canadian and a hockey fanatic, of course I was overjoyed that the Canadian women won the gold medal with a convincing and dominating win over their biggest rivals, the U.S. women’s squad. All of the team’s training, effort […] Read more…

Whisky Undead 2010

Tomorrow, tomorrow, and tomorrow. I guess that’s really three days, but for me it’s a countdown.  Read more…