by Sue Horner | Jan 25, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Those who spend large amounts of time online will totally understand when T.J. Larkin, in a weekly Larkin Pages research summary, says that we’re the ones responsible for half of our own interruptions. Think of all those blogs you follow, keeping up your own...
by Sue Horner | Jan 24, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
It seemed an incredible cosmic coincidence that I would start blogging on the very same day as the informative, insightful and strategic Les Potter, but as I found out when Les posted his one-year commentary on Tuesday, it was merely close. Well, two days apart is...
by Sue Horner | Jan 18, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Sorry, it’s a Friday afternoon vent! The good news is that my ISP, Bell Sympatico, has added a “service status” page to their web site, so you can check it before calling (shudder) to talk to their tech support. If you are lucky, the status is...
by Sue Horner | Jan 17, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
It’s only marginally related to communications (let’s put it under word play) but if you’re a fan of occasional silly fun, I ran across a quiz (oops, no longer available) through the Mental Floss trivia newsletter: The quiz posted phrases and asked...
by Sue Horner | Jan 16, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
One of my clients used to challenge those of us (employees and freelancers) who wrote for the employee newsletter to come up with ever more interesting and clever headlines. During a weekly conference call discussing the newsletter, the editor often mentioned...
by Sue Horner | Jan 14, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
There was some back and forth in the Toronto Star last week about outdated language in reference to people with disabilities. A column by Kathy English noted that former Ontario MPP Gary Malkowski, a long-time advocate for those who are deaf, took offence at a Star...
by Sue Horner | Jan 11, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
IABC’s January CW Magazine includes an article called “In, Out or Somewhere In Between” by Peter Eschbach (IABC login required to view this), in which he discusses how to structure a communications department. He says: “When considering...
by Sue Horner | Jan 10, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Some colleagues were recently discussing words and phrases and how they change, and how often the change involves opposites. For instance, you used to be “up for” something if you were eager to do it, or “up on” something about which you were...
by Sue Horner | Jan 9, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Now THAT’s using your words. Isn’t this a great title for a book? Does this clutter make my butt look fat? by Peter Walsh. Although I expected to book to deal with clutter, the sub-title (“An easy plan for losing weight and living more”)...
by Sue Horner | Jan 7, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Happy New Year! So here we are in the aftermath of the famous “holiday season.” It feels like the last two weeks have been spent doing nothing but eat, drink and be merry, which is great fun but not too conducive to jumping quickly back into a productive...
