by Sue Horner | Dec 29, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
I can’t resist sharing Bill Dyszel’s “freelance national anthem,” about the joys of being a freelance writer. Appropriately enough, it’s sung to Ode to Joy (written by German poet Friedrich Schiller but best known in its musical setting...
by Sue Horner | Dec 24, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Did you know that Santa’s blogging this year, and he’s planning to podcast next year? Dave Fleet, who listed what he’d do if he were Santa’s PR guy, directed me to Santa’s blog. Sadly, the blog is no longer live, but the list of 100...
by Sue Horner | Dec 16, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Here’s one for communications guru Les Potter, ABC: Krudzu: Any proliferating management fad — or simply dumb concept — that overtakes and eventually strangles a company or organization. (From Buzzwhack.com.) Why Les? Because we had a discussion...
by Sue Horner | Dec 11, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Here’s one for those of you who “dislike” when misguided “writers” apply quotation marks with wild abandon: Mark DiCristina’s “Blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks (misinterpreting bad punctuation since...
by Sue Horner | Nov 19, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Christmas catalogues are landing in the mailbox about as fast as the two maple trees next door dropped all their leaves last week. Today’s specimen: Lee Valley Tools. The company is based in Ottawa, but they have a dozen locations across Canada and a thriving...
by Sue Horner | Oct 30, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Do you read the fine print? I read everything, and I love that some creative types reward people like me. For example: Andy Wibbels offers to send his blog posts by e-mail, and when he does, it has this note at the bottom: “All Rights Reserved. Please forward to...
by Sue Horner | Oct 26, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
It’s funny how blogging is the first casualty when I’m up to my eyeballs in work. In the meantime, here are a few of the many mindless diversions on the web: “Insanely interesting facts” from the Mental Floss “amazing fact...
by Sue Horner | Sep 14, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
One of the great things about having small children is watching Sesame Street. My children loved that show for the funny puppets and silly sketches. I loved it for the way it made learning fun, and because the writers did crazy things that made parents as well as...
by Sue Horner | Jul 14, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
By now, you are no doubt among the estimated 15 million people who have viewed Matt Harding doing his goofy dance around the world. Talk about viral! It’s interesting to see how his video has taken off. His web site — which shows he’s home in...
by Sue Horner | Jun 9, 2008 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
There’s something so appealing about humour, I don’t know why people feel the need to be stuffy. An online posting led me to Woot, an e-store and community that sells “cool stuff cheap.” One look at the job postings shows you this crew has a...
