by Sue Horner | Jul 4, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Fun words spotted recently: BlackBerry prayer. The head-down, slightly hunched position characteristic of a person using a BlackBerry or similar device. (From Wordspy.com.) Word of Mom. Attributed to Mabel’s Labels (“labels for the stuff kids lose”),...
by Sue Horner | Jul 1, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
I helped a friend bottle wine the other day, after which we were lured over to the nearby “fresh cut fries” stand. I had never had poutine, that fries/gravy/cheese curd snack people rave about, so that’s what we had. (It was OK, but really, I prefer...
by Sue Horner | Jun 30, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
This would all have been relayed as it happened, if only I had brought my laptop. Since I didn’t, the New York highlights continue after the fact, this time related to food and fun: * Tribeca Grill, which is co-owned by actor Robert de Niro. The building itself...
by Sue Horner | Jun 29, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Taking notes during a conference is a great way to remind yourself of the speakers you heard and the insights you gained. Otherwise, I find one presentation tends to blur into another and it’s the standout performance (Seth Godin springs to mind) that you...
by Sue Horner | Jun 28, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
The IABC International Conference in New York City was great! I got back Wednesday evening but have been scrambling ever since to catch up – I didn’t bring my laptop and couldn’t log in using my roomie’s (forgot my password). I’m up...
by Sue Horner | Jun 21, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Stephen King’s books used to be on my reading list. Early in my working career, I read The Shining on the half-hour train from the suburbs into the city. I would get on the train and start reading, and suddenly I would look up, eyes wide and heart pounding, and...
by Sue Horner | Jun 20, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Today is Take Your Dog to Work Day, as I learned from the Mental Floss e-newsletter. Launched in 1999, the day celebrates “the great companions dogs make” and encourages adoption from humane societies, animal shelter and breed rescue clubs. We didn’t...
by Sue Horner | Jun 16, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
According to an article in Sunday’s Toronto Star, Father’s Day seems “like an afterthought” compared to Mother’s Day. Writer Sara Barmak says, “Despite the concerted efforts of greeting-card makers everywhere, compared with the...
by Sue Horner | Jun 12, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Really, I’m working away here, but I just had to stop and share this. A client invited me to sit in on a conference call, with the intent of writing an article for the employee newsletter. Before the call, the fellows we’d be talking to took the time to...
by Sue Horner | Jun 11, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
What a great exercise in telling a story and setting a mood, in a tight framework too! I’m talking about the Copyblogger’s Twitter Writing Contest. The goal: Write a story in exactly 140 characters (the length of a post on Twitter, aka a tweet). Not more,...
