FOUR YEARS ago, a shroud of despair and fear descended after George W. Bush’s re-election. Bush’s victory–legitimate this time, as opposed to the stolen election of 2000–was seen by many as a popular endorsement of his administration’s right-wing agenda at home and abroad, and confirmation that the U.S. had become “red-state America,” with Republicans looking forward to a “permanent majority” in government. Four years later, the mood could not be more different. Obviously, reason number one

By James Slack The Daily Mail | CCTV cameras which can ‘predict’ if a crime is about to take place are being introduced on Britain’s streets. The cameras can alert operators to suspicious behaviour, such as loitering and unusually slow walking. Anyone spotted could then have to explain their behaviour to a police officer. The move has been compared to the Tom Cruise science-fiction film Minority Report, in which people are arrested before they commit planned offences. CCTV fram

The question comes up every time there’s an attack by terrorists who say they’re acting in the name of Islam. “If all the other Muslims are so peaceful, why don’t they condemn these attacks.” As I’ve pointed out before: They do. But it doesn’t generally get much play. I was off last week (I hope your TG was a good one) during the main — and horrible — religion news from Mumbai. Amidst the hundreds of other terrible stories, that the killers managed to target what may have been the only conc

Black Friday: It’s like watching the Running of the Stupid Americans. Jen and I did not go shopping the day after Thanksgiving, save for a few groceries.  We stayed indoors, ate home made soup, drank wine and watched old Mystery Science Theater 3000 movies instead. While we were minding our own business, noshing on coffee and donuts and enjoying Buy Nothing Day, a Wal Mart employee got trampled by a throng of over-zealous shoppers. Can you just IMAGINE?  What a way to go:  I mean, it’s bad enou

I was invited to speak as a part of the Rotman Lecture Series on some of the strategic insights learned from the Obama Campaign that could be applied within organizations. It was a really great experience, and despite a case of the nerves, I had a lot of fun sharing my story. There was a lot of interest so we ended up doing it in the Fleck Auditorium and 295 people showed up!  (You can see more photos here) Yes We Did: Strategic Insights from the campaign that redefined modern polit

原帖见seopher的“The 10 best viral marketing campaign videos” ，建议看原帖，作者有不少点评（题目是10个最好的视频，帖子里却只写了9个，这个老外数学不好）。 1. Blendtec – Will It Blend? 这个活动无比吸引人，是因为人们爱看坚固昂贵的东西被这个搅拌器化作灰尘。搅拌iPhone和iPod的视频都达到了近600万访问。Will It Blend网站。 2. Honda – The Accord “Cogs” Honda的营销团队经常有让人记记得牢、立即能识别的广告，使人们乐意互相转发这个广告。如果 Honda能在广告上如此细致入微，那车想必是精工极致。 （YouTube上的“Honda Accord Commercial”，2006.2.27上传，观看次数101万； YouTube上还有个“Honda Ad”，2006.1.22上传，观看次数近98万。） 3. Guitar Hero – Bike Hero 一个家伙把脚踏车当做吉他英雄的控制器一样，骑车沿着邻里街坊的一条轨迹绕行。完全没有品牌化

From: Dave Screwtape To: Subscribers Subject: Thanksgiving Thoughts As Democrats, we should be thankful for many things this year. I’m of course thankful we have a President-elect who subscribes to progressive principles and is aggressively bringing change to Washington with his appointment of former Clinton Administration officials. I have to be thankful for my son being hired to work in the Obama White House. While I was nearly completely absent for his childhood, I’m more than happy to sh

I realize this was inevitable, but I will fight it Chicago style. That is the Iraq that Obama is inheriting. It is an Iraq where we have to begin drawing down our troops — because the occupation has gone on too long and because we have now committed to do so by treaty — but it is also an Iraq that has the potential to eventually tilt the Arab-Muslim world in a different direction. I’m sure that Obama, whatever he said during the campaign, will play this smart. He has to avoid giving Iraqi lea

Time To Give Thanks Brian Haymond has much to be grateful for this year, including sharing in a recently awarded accolade for his involvement in a Samaritan’s Purse commercial / PSA which garnered a National Religious Broadcaster Media Award. Although the award is worth writing about, the real story here is about how Brian Haymond’s association with the organization and joyful parenting with his wife inspired the Haymond daughters to give back to those in need using their voiceover talent. As

This trip was conceived relatively recently, but I never say no to an adventure – particularly one involving Andy and Nigel. And so off to France and Belgium we went… Much of the first part of our tour covered the sites of World War I: Spanning Europe, Africa, the Middle East and even China and the Pacific Islands, it is difficult to overstate the impact of “The Great War”. Four empires disappeared – the German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman and the Russian. Four dynasties, the Hohenzollerns, th