When PR gets a bad rep

Monday, May 16th, 2011

I don’t know about you, but, just occasionally when I tell people what I do for a living, I get a reaction that can be summed up by the following: Pah! Load of cobblers; lies, lunches, and so on.  Some will be sufficiently unchivalrous as to articulate this view.  A few others ...

Never follow your heroes?

Friday, May 13th, 2011

There’s that old saying that you should never meet your heroes. We’ve built these people up in our own minds to be so wonderful that actually coming face-to-face with them could never meet our expectations. Let’s face it: most of us are probably never going to meet those celebrities and public ...

Google’s Goggles: a perfect opportunity for companies to gain perspective?

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

The robotic hand of science fiction crawled its way into reality a long time ago. With massive advances in technology being made each day, I can’t help wondering just how far ‘the machines’ are going to infiltrate our lives. My train of thought was prompted by Google’s announcement on Monday that ...

Don’t shoot the messenger!

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Google finds itself in hot water today as an Italian court has convicted three of its execs in a trial over a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied. As keen social media-moguls, the Peppermints have been in lively debate about the case – there’s no denying that this type ...

Goodbye Google, hello Bing

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

I've been an avid fan of Google and its products over the years.  I installed their web browser and toolbar and also set up Google Calendar and Docs on my wife's new Netbook.  Even so, I've become increasingly frustrated with the company, to the point where I've decided to make ...