July 2006 - Posts

• Fashion-forward and socially ahead

  By: Ian Barr As if style wasn’t personal enough, Auj collections has taken it to the next level of social cool. This Toronto-based clothing designer has a ‘ Save the World’ initiative that uses the simplest of technology to promote social responsibility Read More... Posted 27 July 2006 22:12 by Ian Barr | 2 Comments

• Mobile Technology Aids Evacuation

  by Emilija Businskas The Swedish government has been applauded for doing a fantastic job evacuating Swedish citizens from war-torn Lebanon. As of last week, Sweden had evacuated 6,800 of an estimated 8,000 citizens. Communication in a crisis is critical, Read More... Posted 25 July 2006 10:20 by Darren Leroux | 2 Comments

• Dude, watch what you say

  By Darren Leroux [First and foremost - in an effort to be transparent, H&K Canada represents HP Canada and I work on this business so I have a built in favoritism toward HP.] Well, it looks like an overzealous PR intern over at GCI Group made an attempt Read More... Posted 12 July 2006 19:27 by Darren Leroux | 0 Comments

• Are bloggers journalists? Pt.2

  This weekend I came across an interesting blog post written by Toronto Star media reporter Antonia Zerbisias . While it points out a blunder made by a Toronto Star competitor, it also shows that the National Post views some bloggers as credible journalists Read More... Posted 10 July 2006 15:54 by Ian Barr | 3 Comments