In our last post we looked at some of our highlights from 2011. In this post, we’ll take a look to the future and take a swing at what the coolest things 2012 will bring. Ian Co-Working Takes Off in ’12 Ottawa’s about to see a major shake up in the labour market. The tech-sector…
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MediaStyle loves great local stories, good design, and cutting-edge tech, which is why we are re-blogging this abridged version of an article I wrote for OpenFile. The entire story can be found here. Canada is no stranger to independent video games. The movement of art-focused, largely un-financed video game designers has produced some of the…
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Rob Walker, who maintains the Murketing blog, recently wrote an article for Slate, taking to task designers that are creating posters and T-shirts to help fund relief efforts in Japan. I’m all for concerned designers using their skills to raise money for a good cause, so I thought I’d answer the questions raised in Walker’s…
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Rob Cottingham and Alexandra Samuel are early movers in the social media world. Their combined online presence leaves a big impact. Alex’s articles appear online for the Harvard Business Review and Oprah.com and Rob’s cartooning is a mainstay of several well read blogs. Most interesting to me is their commitment to the ideals of their…
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Anyone on Twitter these past few days might have been bombarded by messages tagged with #sxsw. I know I was. South by Southwest is no stranger to public relations. SXSW, or “South-by” as it’s known, is all about getting noticed. Here is a quick guide to what all the fuss was about these past five days….
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Phillip Van Leeuwen was an Ottawa institution for modern furniture lovers in Ottawa well before the ByWard Market became a destination for high-end furnishings. They have been on the Ottawa scene for over forty years, and the first of the mid-century modern classics they are now known for are coveted heirlooms. Local Ottawa vintage modern…
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A vibrant and energetic crowd filled Parliament Hill today where Shawn caught up with the CBC’s Kady O’Malley to get her take on the protest and what it’s like live-blogging these types of events. O’Malley on the prorogation protest from Shawn Dearn on Vimeo. It’s been a busy day. When I wasn’t freezing and tweeting…
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No Canadian Member of Parliament carries an iPhone. No Canadian MP has a smart phone other than a Blackberry. [Update: Stephen Taylor suggests he knows two MPs that have non-Blackberry smart phones; “I know of at least 2 CPC MPs (one cabmin and one MP). Remember, two cellphones particularly useful when one is paid for…
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Sean McDonald – a communicator at Toronto-based digital PR firm com.motion (owned by Vertitas Communications) was kind enough to answer a few questions about how he sees Fourquare playing into the technology sphere, PR and business marketing. Q) It’s looking like “geo-tagging” is one of the most cited tech-trends-to-watch for 2010; the first move advantage…
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Several major announcements recently made in the smartphone market and my ongoing research (read: playing) on Foursquare – a hyper-local social network based on “checking in” at locations (office, restaurant, home, etc.) to earn points with your phone, are perfect fodder for a set of MediaStyle.ca posts. Over the next few days I’m going to…
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