Last Thursday, Maggie Fox, an entrepreneur who started the extremely successful Social Media Group (an agency dedicated to helping businesses understand Web 2.0), came in to speak to our class. She’s a really engaging speaker, and she taught some valuable lessons regarding using social media; however, the most interesting part of her talk came when [...]
Archive for February, 2008
When bloggers type, people listen
February 19, 200890-Day Jane
February 13, 2008One of my favourite websites to visit is Plime.com, a forum where members can post interesting or amusing links for visitors to look at. Though there are some silly ones – like the story of a 26-year-old woman who wants to date 300 men this Valentine’s Day – but many of them refer to cutting-edge [...]
When standing your ground pays off
February 6, 2008Victory!
After years of fruitless seasons, my New York Giants have won the Superbowl – and in spectacular fashion. By ending the New England Patriots’ potentially perfect season and engineering one of the biggest upsets of all time, they have carved themselves a place in football history.
Though the entire team played an amazing game, the win [...]