A few weeks ago, I spoke t a journalism class at Wilfred Laurier University about the internet – how information on the web may not be entirely accurate and how students need to be aware when they are researching facts for their communications. The presentation also dives into how marketers use the web to spread [...]

On Wednesday Feb 29th, Facebook is hosting a day-long conference specifically for marketers. It will livestream from 12-6pm from here. One thing that will be launched formally is the timeline for businesses. This will be a good thing for online marketers to keep an eye out for – apparently it is going to be in [...]

Great article from CBS about 6 things you should never share on Facebook 1. Birthdate (year) and place you were born 2. Vacation plans 3. Home address 4. Confessionals 5. Password clues 6. Risky behaviours Want to know why? Read the article  Proctor & Gamble is laying off 1,600 staff- a big reason for this [...]

Loneliness is the most terrible poverty – Mother Teresa  An article was written earlier this week in the Globe and it really hit me. The article focuses on children and teenagers – and the marginalization of disabled people in society. Are they really integrated? This is the BEST illustration of news reporting on TV. Beautifully [...]

My take on Google and its privacy policy changes…. basically they are consolidating user’s information from most of the Google products that the user has and creating one stream of data to deliver more targeted advertising to users… and more lucrative targeting for advertisers. What is Facebook going to strike back with? What are the US [...]