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Archive for May, 2008
Canadian student solves the plastic bag issue
Posted in Ideas, tagged environment on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Laneway House in Toronto
Posted in trends, tagged Architecture, Toronto on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080523.re-laneway-0523/BNStory/RealEstate
Allan Harding MacKay
Posted in art, tagged art on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I saw his work this evening at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery.
“The history of art is reflected in MacKay’s superb drawing and painting style as well as the figures, the poses, the compositions, the cropping, the lighting and the mysterious ambience. This effect is achieved by an original layering technique which begins with a colour [...]
Rick Hancox - documentary filmmaker
Posted in Ideas, film, tagged film, photography, Rick Hancox on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I attended a session this evening with Rick Hancox, one of the best documentary filmmakers in Canada who teaches a film course at Concordia University. He was introduced to film by American filmmaker George Sensel who taught in Prince Edward Island. Rick went on to study film and photography at New York University and Ohio [...]
All the Little Parts of American Spending
Posted in Consumer Price Index, Food, tagged CPI, oil, prices on May 17, 2008 | No Comments »
The New York Times shows American spending on the 200 categories that form the Consumer Price Index with colour coding that shows price increases over the last year. The article is entitled “All of Inflation’s Little Parts”.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/05/03/business/20080403_SPENDING_GRAPHIC.html
Top 10 Functional Foods
Posted in Food, trends, tagged Food, functional food, trends on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
I listened to a webcast this afternoon on functional food trends. There are some underserved areas in relation to the trends. They include:
Healthy convenience foods for families
Nutritional bars for kids to match their nutritional requirements
Sports drinks for those 50+ years
By the way, the top new product pacesetter is Campbell’s reduced sodium soups - $101 million [...]
Age of Persuasion
Posted in Advertising, trends, tagged Advertising, CBC on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Excellent radio segment called ”It’s the Insight, Stupid” that was aired on May 3 on the Age of Persuasion radio show. Here’s the link to the audio file: http://www.cbc.ca/ageofpersuasion/2008/05/its_the_insight_stupid.html#more
The Solar Bug
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
http://www.freedrive-ev.com/index.html
Tom Waits…the story architect
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
If you are a Tom Waits fan…you will enjoy the brilliance of this clip. If you are not…or don’t know him, you will thinks he’s a bit crazy. I am a fan…saw him in concert in Toronto and was transformed by his genius to weave a story. He is not just a storyteller, he is [...]
Nelson Mandela Speaks
Posted in Ideas, tagged Add new tag, Nelson Mandela on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
I saw this printed on a banner when I was touring through the shops in downtown Toronto this afternoon. I thought it was worth repeating.
