Here’s a short video I put up on YouTube about just one way we misuse communication technology to the detriment of communication.

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My early morning walk usually finishes with a coffee at my favourite coffee shop. I’ve been going there so long that it’s now one of those places where, in the words of the old TV program slogan, “everybody knows your name.” This morning, though, I had a rather different experience. Alongside the always-friendly Lily, a [...]

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I had planned to post a follow-up to last week’s topic, but this sentence appeared in this morning’s paper, and I couldn’t resist! It came from a review of the movie, “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” — have a go at figuring it out: She’s Lisbeth (Noomi Rapace), the dragon inked girl of the [...]

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Another of those surveys on outrageous interview mistakes recently turned up some that just made me scratch my head and wonder why anyone would make such a stupid interview mistake. Examples given by some of the 2,700 hiring managers surveyed included candidates who: wore flipflops with business suit invited the interviewer out for a drink [...]

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I’ve just received a mysterious holiday card. It came from a major professional firm, with which I did a very small piece of business in the distant past. The card was not signed, nor did it even have anyone’s name printed on it. It just came from the firm. To me, this is the antithesis [...]

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