by Rob Cottingham | Nov 6, 2005 | Communicating, Technology
Mystery Pollster’s look at diverging polling results in the runup to California’s various referenda is more than just wholesome political geeky goodness. It’s also a quick course in some of the latest polling techniques out there, including online... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 30, 2005 | Communicating, Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Media Mix, Politics
When The Karasik Conspiracy hits bookshelves this September, the plot may sound just a wee bit familiar: a group of shadowy terrorists conspires to murder thousands of Americans by poisoning the medicine they’re importing from Canada to beat U.S. drug prices. It... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 17, 2005 | Communicating, Technology
We’re trying a new piece of software, BurnoutMenu 2.0, which we hope will be our long-sought-after way of giving iCal a half-decent to-do list. But this piece of copy on their web site gives me pause: BurnoutMenu 2 is a complete refit of the original idea. Built... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 12, 2005 | Communicating, Politics
One of the first big international campaigns to ever hit my radar was the Nestlé boycott: a successful mobilization of consumer outrage over Nestlé’s aggressive — and destructive — marketing of breastmilk substitutes to mothers in poor countries.... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 5, 2005 | Communicating, Media Mix, Politics, Technology
It’s going to be really, really good to have the CBC back. But I’ll miss the highly personal style of CBCUnlocked. The corporation’s web team would do well to take a close look at what made that site work so well. And I’ll also miss the... by Rob Cottingham | Sep 27, 2005 | Communicating, Media Mix, Technology
It’s hard to pull off humour in the middle of a pitched labour battle — the stakes are high, and earnestness has a huge gravitational pull all its own — but the locked-out CBCniks have done it. Meet Tokyo Rose’s match, Contract Charlie:...