Category: media
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A photo a day
Well, I’ve already blogged about this over at the new envy creative blog, but I’m excited enough about it that I figured I’d post it here too. I’m not going to be duplicating posts very often, if at all, but I do want to point to other things I’m doing online from here at the…
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have i none theatre review
Last week I attended Have I None, a minimalist play set in a post-apocalyptic world. Taking place in the bowels of Captain John’s Harbour Boat floating in Toronto’s harbourfront directed by Lary Zappia and starring actors Dusan Dukic, Martin Julien and Dragana Varagic, this is a play for those who enjoy serious and intense visions…
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digital media ruminations
This week my work hosted a conference specifically addressing technological issues in the book industry. It was a fantastic forum for harvesting ideas and, I believe, if publishers were open-minded and fore-thinking enough to look at some of the panelists’ presentations in metaphorical terms, could stimulate some interesting new directions for marketing the creation of…
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libraries versus publishers
Working in the publishing industry and being particularly sensitive to publishers, I’ve often wondered how they felt about libraries when I’ve passed them during my rides on public transit throughout the city. Now I have a clearer idea. Taken, of course, with a grain of salt.
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cataloguing books
A service has emerged called LibraryThing. For free, you can list up to 200 titles from your own private library. For a fee, you can join the site and list as many books as you like – from your library, your wishlist, ones you want to read but not own etc. Apart from the fact…
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this is a book everyone must read
I first read about Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning, by George Monbiot, on several of the book blogs I keep up with. I heard about the marketing associated with the book: how Random House shipped free copies of it along with fluorescent lightbulbs to reviewers. I heard about how everyone should read…
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leveling the playing field, a little bit
Kudos to Reversa for turning around the “hot women as an incentive to buy products” in advertising. This is a really good one. Check it.
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dove’s commercial on faked beauty
This issue of over-photoshopped images has been on my mind since I saw the insanely faked image of Pamela Anderson in a Mac makeup ad. I didn’t recognise her and only later knew it was her when I saw a photo of her, the way she looks in reality at about 40 years old, standing…
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audiobooks
I’m always a proponent of free stuff. That being said, with the rise of mp3 players, e-readers and non-traditional book formats I thought some of you might be interested in this. Whether you want to see what it’s like to listen to audiobooks on your mp3 player or already enjoy them regularly, you can head…
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funny post plug!
Bookseller Chick has a hilarious post about people talking on hands-free sets in bookstores. I was laughing out loud almost soon as I began reading it. Moreover, I love the reference to Borg. Check it out.